America West Realty is a locally owned and operated real estate company that was started by Stephen Parks, Jr., in 1999 to represent buyers and sellers in the Gallatin Valley. In 2005, a second office was added in Twin Bridges to expand our ability to serve clients throughout Southwest Montana.

Collectively we offer over 25 years of experience in new construction, residential, land and commercial real estate. We are also very knowledgeable in financing with 15 years collective banking and mortgage experience.

Service, loyalty, honesty and integrity are our core values. We are committed to providing our clients with outstanding service. Real estate is a relationship oriented business, which makes it imperative to us that we gain your trust in our work and provide you with an experience that will make our business relationship with you a lasting one.

Steve was raised in Lafayette, California where he became a fourth generation realtor after graduating from University of the Pacific in 1989. His grandfather started Harry A. Parks, Inc., a successful real estate company in Oakland, CA in 1948. Steve soon moved to Walnut Creek, California to work for Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Real Estate for 8 years specializing in commercial leasing, build-to-suit and sales transactions in the North San Francisco Bay area.

In 1996 Steve moved to Twin Bridges, Montana to be near his family’s ranch and enjoy the wonderful outdoor activities that the area has to offer. He received his Montana Real Estate Broker’s license in 1997 and moved to Bozeman where he started Frontier Financial Services, a mortgage company, which he operated for five years. He went on to start America West Real Estate and Parks & Barbieri Construction both based in Bozeman. He specializes in commercial real estate and development projects and builds custom homes in Bozeman.

Steve is a big supporter of the Bozeman Hawks, Montana State University and the Youth Empowerment program. When he is not working, you can find him fly-fishing, skiing or hunting. He is an avid outdoorsman and still enjoys the family ranch in the Ruby Valley. He stays busy with his wife Lynnell, raising three boys in Bozeman.

As a realtor with America West Realty, Andy understands what is important to his clients. Andy was born and raised in the Ruby Valley and continues to call Twin Bridges home. He has approximately 13 years experience in the real estate business having been a commercial loan officer, real estate department manager and vice president of Ruby Valley National Bank in Twin Bridges, Montana.

In 1993, he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Jamestown College in Jamestown, North Dakota. Andy has lived in the Ruby Valley his entire life and enjoys waterskiing, hiking and hunting in the local mountains.

After graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Jenny began life in the career world at an advertising and marketing firm. A year later, she moved to Bozeman and spent three years with a title and escrow company developing a strong background in real estate closing procedures. She then moved on to work for a national residential developer, working on the land acquisition and development side of real estate before joining America West Realty in the spring of 2006. She obtained her Montana Real Estate Sales Associate license in January 2007.

Jenny is actively involved in the March of Dimes and the United Way of Gallatin Valley. In her free time, she enjoys skiing, camping and floating the many rivers surrounding Bozeman.