When Dell, Inc., hired a small, Montana-based architectural and engineering firm in the early 2000s, they told CTA Architects Engineers that it was going to be a one-and-done kind of job.

While Montana news headlines warn of impending affordable housing crises, entrepreneurs and tech executives are also feeling a real estate crunch. Rapid business growth…

It was a painful, yet familiar, story for executives around the table. Kevin, a top manager at a Montana technology firm, had recently made a job offer to Mark, a promising programmer from Salt Lake City. Mark sold his house, packed up his wife and kids, and moved to Missoula on a Saturday to begin the new position on Monday…