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navigate specific areas they want to discuss, for example, paint colors. The platform tracks all our conversations within that category and organizes communication into one place, where everybody has access to files such as estimates, dimensions and photos. It’ s a real gamechanger for the industry and allows us to better track all the moving parts of building a custom home.”
When it comes to challenges within the sector, Andy says the biggest pressure in Bozeman presently is inflation, which is impacting not only labor costs but also materials and land.“ Bozeman is a very small mountain community. It’ s a lifestyle community, similar to Bend, Oregon and Austin, Texas- we only have so much space for growth and land is very expensive. This in turn raises the cost of living, which can place a lot of pressure on a subcontractor’ s ability to find and retain employees.”
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