Real Estate Broker

Steve Holly

Steve Holly is a Real Estate Broker based in Sandpoint, Idaho, serving buyers and sellers throughout Sandpoint and North Idaho. Real estate since 2009.

About Steve Holly

Real estate since 2009.

Steve Holly is a third-generation Realtor and Idaho-licensed Real Estate Broker based in Sandpoint. He represents buyers and sellers throughout Sandpoint and North Idaho.

Much of Steve’s work involves people relocating, moving up, downsizing, selling and buying at the same time, or trying to make a real estate decision that is tied to a larger life change.

Steve Holly / Real Estate Broker

Background

Real estate has been part of my life from the beginning.

Steve entered real estate after watching his father-in-law, who had been in the business since 1978, build a career around relationships, service, and being available to the people who trusted him.

Steve was licensed a few months later and spent the next six years learning the business alongside him. After his father-in-law passed away in 2015, Steve and his family started a new chapter in North Idaho, where he built his practice from the ground up in Sandpoint and surrounding communities.

The principles carried forward are simple: know the business, tell people the truth, and take care of them well.

Decision-making

A good real estate decision is not necessarily the most convenient one.

It is the one that gets the client closer to the actual objective after the facts, risks, terms, certainty, and consequences are considered.

Negotiation

Good negotiation is not about winning an argument.

It is about understanding the other side well enough to preserve leverage, protect the client, and keep the transaction moving toward the result the client actually wants.

Marketing

A property should look its best without becoming misleading.

Photography and marketing should make the right buyer want to see the property, not make the real property disappointing compared with the advertisement.

Practice

Where Steve focuses his work.

Real-world negotiation

Buyer and seller psychology

Pricing and market positioning

Offer quality, terms, and transaction risk

Relocation

Move-up and downsizing transactions

Rural and off-grid property

Accurate property presentation

Service area

Sandpoint, Bonners Ferry and North Idaho

Steve’s primary geographic focus is the Sandpoint vicinity including Bonners Ferry, Sagle, Hope, Dover, Priest River, Ponderay, Kootenai, Naples, Moyie Springs, Athol, Coeur d’Alene, and other North Idaho communities.

Credentials

Professional details.

Professional title: Real Estate Broker
Real estate: Since 2009
Idaho real estate license: AB45068
Current brokerage: eXp Realty
Based in: Sandpoint, Idaho
Phone: 208-610-7037
Email: SteveHollyRealtor@gmail.com

Local authority

Sandpoint real estate

Buying, selling, relocation, property, and location considerations in Sandpoint.

For sellers

Selling a home

Pricing, preparation, marketing, offer evaluation, negotiation, and certainty.

For buyers

Buying a home

Property evaluation, offer strategy, due diligence, and negotiation.

Relocation

Moving to Sandpoint

Practical tradeoffs involving location, access, utilities, maintenance, and timing.

Contact

Start with the decision you are trying to make.

A first conversation does not need to begin with a listing agreement or an offer. It can start with the situation, the options, and what would have to be true for a move to make sense.

Contact Steve

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