Butte became our home in 1975.  My husband's job transferred us to Butte. At the time, I was teaching biology at the high school that I graduated from located East of Billings. Our son was 18 months old at the time.  Unfortunately, there were no openings to teach biology in Butte. The school enrollment was down and the underground copper mines had closed. I enrolled in an adult education  real estate class. I obtained my real estate salesperson license in 1980 and broker's license in 1983. Approximately 10 years later, I opened Great Divide Realty as a full service real estate company and was the supervising broker for 20 years. In 2013, I closed my Butte office to focus on our own rental properties. I am currently in the Montana Regional Multiple Listing Service and a member of the Helena Association of REALTORS.