About Garrett Gutermuth
Michiana is home. My job is protecting what yours is worth.
I was born near Indianapolis and raised in Michiana, and I’ve spent my whole adult life here. This isn’t a market I studied — it’s the one I’m from. I’m a husband and a father of four daughters, with a son on the way, and I sell real estate in the same towns I’m raising them in.
I protect your equity, and I’ll tell you the truth.
Why I do this
What drives the work
Three things pull me into this business every day. They haven’t changed since my first sale.
I love the homes themselves
The creativity and ingenuity it takes to build a house — and to renovate one into a beautiful, personal space — is genuinely fun to me. I notice the details, and it shows in how I market a home and how I read one for a buyer.
I love helping people through a hard moment
Buying or selling a home is an intimate, stressful life moment involving the largest asset most people will ever own. Guiding someone to a good outcome in the middle of that is the part of the job I care about most.
I protect your equity
The market is full of people trying to get a deal or quietly steal equity. I don’t blame them — but when I represent you, my job is to make sure it never happens to you. A poor result for a client is the thing that costs me sleep.
Straight answers
Not the agent for everybody — and that’s the point.
Most agents tell people what they want to hear to win the business. I’d rather tell you the honest truth about what it will actually take — to sell, to buy, to win — even when it’s not what you were hoping I’d say. I’ll tell you what’s right and what’s wrong, and we’ll explore every avenue to success from there.
“I’m not the agent for everybody — if I’m not your fit, we part as friends.”
That honesty is the whole relationship. It’s why the clients who work with me trust the advice when it matters most — on price, on timing, on whether to walk away. I’d rather lose your business than win it by telling you a comfortable story. I protect your equity, and I’ll tell you the truth — everything else is built on that.
The numbers behind the promise: a 102% average list-to-sale price, and homes sold in about 8 days. Those are my real first-year averages — not a big-volume claim.
Accountability I put on myself.
When you hire an agent, the quiet fear is always the same: what if I pick the wrong one and I’m stuck? So I put the accountability on me, in writing.
If you ever feel I’m not delivering what I promised, we part as friends — no handcuffs, no lock-in.
This isn’t a marketing line — it’s a standard I hold myself to. If I’m doing what I said I’d do, you’ll never need it. And knowing it’s there lets you choose me for the right reason: because I’m the right fit, not because you’re locked in.
Where we hang our license
Gutermuth Homes
at Cressy & Everett Real Estate
Gutermuth Homes is a locally focused team operating under Cressy & Everett Real Estate — an established Michiana brokerage. Every transaction runs through the brokerage.
What that means for you is simple: the personal attention of a small team, with Cressy & Everett’s systems and support behind every deal. Gutermuth Homes is the team; Cressy & Everett Real Estate is the brokerage that stands behind the work.
Ready to talk?
Buying or selling — either way, let’s talk straight.
I protect your equity, and I’ll tell you the truth.
No pressure and no pitch — just an honest conversation about where you are and what makes sense next.
Can’t find the right home on the market? I call homeowners directly on my buyers’ behalf — an off-market search most agents don’t offer. See how it works →