In Colorado, when you find a realtor you’re comfortable working with, that real estate agent can gain access to any property listed in the MLS system. Throughout most of the United States, the MLS system is used by the buyer’s real estate agent to gain access to properties that interest prospective buyers. The seller’s real…

In Colorado, real estate is sold by a “selling agent”. This “seller’s agent” represents the seller’s interests. The “buying agent” (a different realtor) represents the buyer. By having a selling agent and a buying agent, there are two sets of eyes looking at any given real estate deal in Colorado. But in small towns like…

By selling the school as a For Sale By Owner property, John and I are able to offer the school for a lower price because realtor fees normally cost the owner and the seller about 10% of the final selling price. Further, we can work more creatively with potential buyers to come up with a…

Did you know that the old public school building in Brule, NE is for sale? Ogallala realtors don’t know about it because it’s a For Sale By Owner property. You can schedule a private showing of the property by sending a message to Jennifer Shipp at jennifershipp1976@gmail.com. Please be aware that with a non-traditional building…

You may not see it on Ogallala realtors’ sites, but the old public school building in Brule, NE is available for sale! We’re selling it as a For Sale By Owner property in Brule, NE, a small town located along Interstate-80 about 7 minutes from Ogallala. There are lots of Ogallala homes for sale, but…

About 7 minutes from Ogallala, at the edge of the small town of Brule is an old public school building that’s been renovated into a house on its bottom level and second floor. The building is 3 stories tall with 16,000 square feet of possibilities waiting to blossom. Surrounding the school are mature trees and…

John and I travel. Technically, we’re Digital Nomads. We both work remotely online and so we can travel whenever and wherever we like. When our daughter was growing up, we wanted for her to have strong roots and a home base, but we wanted that home base to be unique and interesting. So we bought…

The business possibilities are endless for the old school building in Brule. While there are tons of Ogallala houses for sale, the school building is both a place to live and a place to run a thriving business. A lot of people these days like to work out of their homes and the school is…

Lake McConaughy is the biggest tourist destination in western Nebraska. Thousands of tourists visit Ogallala each year to have fun at Lake McConaughy and all of these tourists drive past Brule, NE on their way to the lake. The old school building in Brule has been functioning as the site of several businesses over the…

There are plenty of cookie-cutter homes for sale in Ogallala, NE, but if you’re looking to buy something truly unique, the old school building in Brule is a stand-alone, one-of-a-kind property. When John and Jennifer Shipp bought the old building, it was literally filled to the ceiling with trash from the previous owners. By hand,…