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With over 38 year's experience in Mountain Home Arkansas Real Estate, Danny Porter is the right real estate agent to locate the perfect home or property for YOU!

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Mountain Home, with a friendly hometown atmosphere, is known as a great location to raise a family and an outstanding place to enjoy your retirement years.

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Nestled in the Ozark Mountains and surrounded by crystal blue lakes and rivers (Lake Norfork, Bull Shoals Lake, North Fork River, White River, Buffalo National River), the Mountain Home area is recognized as a sportsman’s paradise.

Mountain Home has received the attention of several national publications which recognize the area as a top pick for sportsmen and retirement:

  • #1 Best Town for Hunting and Fishing – Outdoor Life April 2008
  • #2 Best Fishing Town in America – Field and Stream February 2008
  • 55-Alive! Best Places to Retire – Mountain Home, Arkansas Sept. /Oct. 2005
  • America's 100 Best Places to Retire – Third Edition – 2007
  • "Simple Solitude" Wall Street Journal, Feb. 14, 2005
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The idyllic surroundings make living and working in the Mountain Home area a pleasure. As the bustling trade and services center for north central Arkansas and southern Missouri, the Mountain Home area enjoys a diversity of employment opportunities including international manufacturers such as Baxter Healthcare and Eaton Corporation as well as home-grown industries of Bass Cat Boats and American Stitchco. The leading employer in the area is Baxter Regional Medical Center, a 268 bed medical facility employing over 1,700 area residents and has the 1st Digital Mobile Mammography Unit in the United States and an award winning state-of-the-art Breast Imaging Center. Top employers in the Mountain Home area (Baxter County) include:

  • Baxter Regional Medical Center
  • Baxter Healthcare
  • Mountain Home School District
  • Wal-Mart
  • Eaton Corporation
  • American Stitchco
  • Arkansas State University - Mountain Home
  • Lowe's
  • McDonald's
  • Harp's
  • Home Bound Medical Services
  • Cotter School District
  • Norfork School District
  • Magness Oil Company

Baxter County is fortunate to have three outstanding public school districts:

Mountain Home Public Schools, Cotter Public Schools and Norfork Public Schools.

The adjacent county – Marion – also contains three public school systems: Flippin, Yellville-Summit, and Bruno-Pyatt. The beautiful campus of Arkansas State University Mountain Home is a source of pride for the community and offers higher education opportunities for over 1,200 area students.

The Mountain Home area has a wide array of social organizations and groups for all ages as well as a large number of churches of varying denominations.

A pristine environment, affordable cost of living, outstanding recreational opportunities, diverse economy, low crime rates, great schools and excellent neighborhoods make the Mountain Home area a smart choice for raising a family or retirement. Call Danny Porter 870-421-7978 and find your perfect home or property today.