For many veterans, active-duty service members, reservists, and military families across America, the VA loan represents one of the most valuable financial benefits they will ever earn. Yet despite its power, thousands of eligible borrowers either never use it, misunderstand it, or assume the process is too complicated to pursue. On a recent episode of Built in the WEST with host Jesse B. Lucero, mortgage professional JC sat down to change that — breaking down the VA loan in

In the heart of Park County, Montana, where the Yellowstone River winds past historic Livingston and the Absaroka Range stands watch over generations of family homes, life transitions often arrive with more questions than answers. What happens to a lifetime of belongings when a parent passes away?

There are causes we admire from a distance, and then there are the ones woven so tightly into the fabric of our lives that they feel almost like family. CASA — Court Appointed Special Advocates — is one of those for us. So when Built in The WEST Podcast sat down with two remarkable women shepherding this work in Park and Sweetgrass Counties, we knew the conversation belonged in these pages.