Our Team
Our team consists of experienced real estate professionals who are dedicated to helping our clients achieve their goals. We work together to ensure that every client receives personalized attention and expert guidance.
Our owner, Mary Shelkey has been licensed since 2008. She worked for a large corporation for the first 5 years of her career before opening her own brokerage, Hometown Realty, real estate agent Bismarck ND in 2013.
As the owner and broker of Hometown Realty, real estate agent Bismarck ND she continues to put her clients above all else. Mary has worked with many buyers and sellers throughout her career and continues to be a selling broker.
From 2013- 2022 Mary managed several agents under her and had a brokerage in Minot and Bismarck ND. Her agents had the same professionalism and ethical values and the clients we served in those years showed that. She spent MANY hours training them to care more about the clients that we served than the income we’d receive from a sale. Our motto was that if you did a good job in helping your clients, your reward was getting paid. So in essence, we got paid for doing something we love!
Also in those years, Mary served on the Bismarck Mandan Board of Realtors from 2012-2019. She served on the Board of Directors from 2012-2015 and then moved to the Executive Board where she moved her way up to President in 2018.
In addition to serving on the Board of Directors, she served on many committees to include, RPAC (Realtor Political Action Committee), Professional Development, Government Affairs, Ethics Panels, Backpack Program, Ringing Bells for Salvation Army during the Christmas season, the United Way Day of Caring, and many others. As President of Bismarck Mandan Board of Realtors, Mary was able to step in and attend some training sessions for the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) due to the CEO not being able to attend that year. During her Presidential year, she spearheaded the conversion from one MLS provider to the current MLS provider that we continue to use today.
Mary was awarded the Realtor of The Year award for the Bismarck Mandan Board of Realtors in 2019 for her commitment to her profession and her clients.
Mary also served on the NDAR (North Dakota Association of Realtors) by serving on committees such as RPAC, Government Affairs, Professional Development and Ethics Panel. She also served on the NDAR Board of Directors and then moved her way up and served as NDAR President in 2021. She also attended many State Conventions that we share with South Dakota.
In addition Mary served on NAR (National Association of Realtors) committees and also attended the NDAR Legislative Meetings in Washington DC several years in a row as well as attending the NAR Conventions in many different locations around the country. She also had the privilege of attending a national RPAC meeting in Texas.
Mary continues to believe in education and licensing to make sure that she is experienced for all types of clients.
Mary has earned her AHWD(at Home with Diversity), ABR (Accredited Buyer) designation, BPOR (Broker Price Opinion), GRI (Graduated Realtor Institute), PSA (Pricing Strategy Advisor), SFR (Short Sale and Foreclosure Resources), SRES (Senior Real Estate Specialist). She also took the course for Fair Housing and C2EX which is a designation for commitment to excellence. She continues to take educational courses each year to help her stay relevant for her past, present and future clients.
In 2022, NAR changed some of the rules as far as how Realtors are doing business which now makes it an offense for Brokers if they or their agents don’t follow the rules, including being arrested if you don’t have the proper paperwork signed prior to working with clients. Due to this, she decided to reduce the agency and went back to working on her own in the brokerage of Hometown Realty, real estate agent Bismarck ND as she no longer had the time to manage two offices and her many agents.
Being the broker/owner of Hometown Realty, real estate agent Bismarck ND has been such a rewarding career for Mary and she plans to continue to work with buyers and sellers at all levels as long as God allows her to! Ask any of her previous clients and they will tell you that Mary is passionate about what she does, knowledgeable and trustworthy and will let a sale go and advise her buyer to walk away if she feels the property is unsafe for her clients. She has made connections with people throughout the community in many different fields such as lenders, title teams, appraisers, inspectors and many other professions. She still has a good relationship with her prior agents and even talks through scenarios to help them solve problems for THEIR clients from time to time.
Mary Shelkey of Hometown Realty, real estate agent Bismarck ND is committed to making sure that when you hire her as your Realtor, no matter if you are a buyer, seller, or investor she will do everything within her power to make sure that your experience is a good one and if you don’t feel she is working in your best interest, she will cancel the contract that you have signed with her and let you go find another Realtor that may be better aligned with you. Personality conflicts are real and it does neither party any good to keep you locked in when you are not happy. When both parties have the same goal in mind, the transaction can be a very exciting and rewarding experience and that is what Mary is dedicated to delivering.
Mary Shelkey of Hometown Realty, real estate agent Bismarck ND not only works the Bismarck market but we also cover the communities within 100 miles, in some cases a little more to make sure that we are available to serve you and the communities that surround us.
I invite you to reach out to Mary and let her show you what a GOOD real estate experience looks like! 701-240-7355.
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Office License # 3077