More than a realtor.
A builder, inspector
& advocate in your corner.
I’m Mitch Loberg — a Creston REALTOR® who’s also a Red Seal carpenter and engineering technologist. I read the house, the land, and the contract the way most agents can’t. And I don’t disappear after the sale.
Most agents sell you the house. I make sure it won’t sink you.
Thirty-five years in heavy industry, a Red Seal ticket, and an engineering-tech background mean I catch the things that cost families their savings — bad water rights, illegal septic, electrical that should never have passed, zoning that won’t allow the dream. Here’s where that goes to work for you.
Building & structure
A Red Seal carpenter's eye on the bones of the house — framing, foundations, roofs, renovations. I see what inspectors photograph and what listings hide.
Zoning & land use
What you can actually build, subdivide, or run on a property — before you write the offer, not after.
Water licences & rights
I know how water licences, wells, and shared lines really work — and I've cleaned up the messes other agents created by never checking them.
Septic & systems
Septic, electrical, and off-grid power. I make sure you have the right to inspect — and I know when a 'minor fix' is a $20k rewire.
Off-grid & rural
Years living off-grid up north. Rural acreage, cabins, and remote builds don't scare me — they're where I'm most useful.
Aerial & photography
My own drone and camera work. Your property shown honestly and at its best — no stock photos, no surprises.
I got my licence at fifty. The 35 years before it are the point.
Red Seal carpenter. Engineering technologist. Thirty-five years in the oil patch running multi-billion-dollar jobs. Off-grid living up north.
That’s not a résumé — it’s the reason I’m worth a call. When I write a contract, I make sure you have the right to inspect the septic, that the water licence is real, that the wiring is legal. Most agents can’t, and families pay for it.
I can’t take fifty listings and answer none of my calls. I take fewer, and I see them through — the inspection, the second opinion, the mess nobody else will untangle.
The situations I know best.
Not every sale is a move-in-ready home in town. These are the properties and situations where my trades background and patience make the biggest difference for people in the Valley.
Distressed properties
Foreclosures, estate sales, and neglected homes — I read what's really wrong, and what it'll cost, before you commit.
Handyman specials
Fixer-uppers priced for the work they need. A Red Seal carpenter tells you which projects are a weekend and which are a money pit.
Rural-to-town moves
Ready to leave the acreage for something in town? I make the move off rural living simple, and never rushed.
Rural properties
Acreages, hobby farms, and homes on wells and septic — the rural systems I actually understand and inspect.
Power of Attorney sales
Selling for a parent or loved one under Power of Attorney — handled with patience and the paperwork done right.
Affordable acreages
Land and off-grid-ready acreage that still fits a real budget across the Creston Valley and Kootenays.
Representative property types — not current listings.
My listings in the Valley.
I take fewer listings so each one is done right. See everything I currently represent — live and up to date — on REALTOR.ca and REW.
The whole valley — including the parts that need a second look.
From in-town lots to off-grid acreage across the Creston Valley and the Kootenays, I help families understand what they’re really buying — and what to check before they commit.
“Mitch caught a water-licence problem that would have left us without water for years. He didn’t have to — he just won’t let people get burned.”— Client testimonial · sample