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ON THE COVER NEW MEXICO HORSE RANCH
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and unique opportunities to experience life on a working horse ranch. Sensational in every way, the ranch captures both the essence of a New Mexico ranch and of the Old West.
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DEPARTMENTS THE DEALMAKERS
THE QUESTION
THE OPPORTUNITY
FACTS & FIGURES
8 PATRICK BATES
18 WOTUS
20 THE CONTENT
26 SECTION 1031
Earning trust is at the core of all of Bates’ relationships, both business and personal. by Lorie Woodward Cantu
THE PASSION
14 GEORGIA PELLEGRINI
(Waters of the US) is the on-going challenge to regulate water pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corp of Engineers have been tasked with this challenge. by Terri L Jensen
Quickly becoming known as a contemporary Martha Stewart, Georgia is working to help women tap into their modern day pioneer spirit.
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YOUR REAL ESTATE WEBSITE REALLY NEEDS
If you had 30 seconds with a potential client, what would you tell them about your business? by Mike Ciesiensky
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The Most Successful Brokers and the Tools They Use by Steve Roberson
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IS ON THE REFORM TABLE
What does that mean and what can we do about it? by Jim Miller
30 MARKET REPORT
The most active counties in each state determined by the number of searches performed for that county over a 28day period.
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LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES Land has always inspired Americans. Katharine Lee Bates, a Wellesley professor, was standing at the top of Pike’s Peak in 1893, when the view – and the possibilities the endless horizon promised – prompted her to write: O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! We, too, are moved by the grandeur of America’s landscape as it rises and falls, rolls and sprawls, from sea to shining sea. At Lands of America, we initially focused our attention on Texas and the Rocky Mountain states. We enjoyed success, but the land beyond our boundaries continued to call. We’ve now broadened our horizons so they include the East Coast, the West Coast and everything in between. As we launch LAND magazine, a collection of the nation’s premier rural properties, we invite you to explore the majesty of our nation captured within these pages. And join us as we celebrate the legendary lifestyle that comes with ties to the land, no matter whether that land is a horse farm in the bluegrass of Kentucky, a lodge in the rugged Rocky Mountains, or an adobe hacienda in the high desert of Arizona. Land. They’re not making any more of it. LAND. Making the most of what we have.
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BROKER SPOTLIGHT By Lorie Woodward Cantu In 1970, Patrick Bates, the man who is widely considered the dean of western ranch real estate, began his industry education. He was a wide-eyed novice with no immediate ties to agriculture who seized an opportunity. “I entered this business as a student. I had no agricultural experience, but I believe that actually worked to my advantage because I had no preconceived ideas,” said Bates, president of the Bates Land Consortium in Salt Lake City. “I had tasted neither success nor tough times in farming or ranching, so my judgment wasn’t colored by personal experiences or emotional ties.” Through previous business dealings, Bates had established a relationship with Hod Sanders. Sanders, along with his wife Clover, founded a potato chip company in 1950. By 1970, they had grown Clover Club Foods into the nation’s largest privately held convenience food company. Along the way, Sanders had purchased several ranches in the West including two near Pinedale, Wyoming, which he was looking to divest. Although Bates had never sold a ranch, Sanders called him about listing both places. Within an hour, Bates had secured an opportunity to sell them. “At the time, I didn’t know anything about ranches. I only knew baseball,” said Bates, who as a scholarship athlete played catcher at Brigham Young University and eventually spent two seasons in the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league organization. “As a result, I asked a jillion questions and soaked it up like a sponge.” The older man soon became a trusted friend and mentor. By the fall of that same year, Bates had sold both ranches. The transactions were significant not only because they were Bates’ first land deals, but they were unsolicited, an attribute that became a hallmark of Bates’ business. “One of the great blessings of my life and career is that I’ve never solicited a listing,” Bates said. “They have either come from referrals or repeat customers.” From the outset, Bates determined that he would be selective, only accepting listings that offer the potential to work for both his clients and for him. The Bates Land Consortium represents about 10-12 properties per year unlike larger brokerage firms that scramble to maintain much larger inventories. “In the western states, deeded land that can be bought and sold is a relatively rare commodity,” Bates said, noting that in Utah only 17 percent of the land is privately held with that figure rising to no more than 55 percent in the other states where he is licensed. “When something is rare and precious, there is a built-in appreciation for it.” 8
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Being selective also keeps the work fresh and engaging, making it difficult for Bates to identify his most interesting deal. “Because we limit the practice, every listing we handle is different,” Bates said. “If a property’s attributes, the people involved, or the challenges being addressed aren’t interesting, then the listing doesn’t end up on our inventory.” New challenges also provide Bates “with a healthy case of the butterflies,” he said. “I’ve always tried to operate at the highest levels with the highest attention to detail. I don’t know how to do it any other way –and frankly I’d be afraid to try. Complacency has no place in this business. ” By design, the limited inventory also keeps the Bates Land Consortium staff small, allowing Bates and his two associates to concentrate on personal service and personal relationships. “The biggest reward in this business is the win,” Bates said. “The win is helping people solve problems, whether it’s settling an estate, expanding their operations, or, if necessary, helping them sell graciously to meet other obligations. And I don’t care how many innings it takes to get the win. In my experience, going into extra innings makes you a better ballplayer.” In addition to going extra innings, Bate is committed to going the extra mile, especially when it comes to gathering, organizing and presenting information about a piece of property. “Having comprehensive, well-organized information will help a buyer make a decision in a relatively short time,” said Bates, who suspects that on a percentage basis his firm has the shortest due diligence period in the industry. He learned this lesson, which has served him so well, early in his career. A potential buyer was looking at a property offered by Bates. The buyer’s financing was being handled by Traveler’s Insurance Company. Bill Taylor, the senior lending officer, called and asked to tour the property as part of the company’s review. During the showing, Taylor told Bates, “Before I leave, I want to teach you one thing: Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Then, if you’ve done that, you’ve earned the right to tell the truth attractively.” The attractive, accessible truth is crucial because the buyer is not acting alone, Bates said. Normally, the buyer has an advisory team that includes an attorney, an accountant, a financial advisor, and, if the buyer is smart, his wife, he said, laughing. Generally, when a buyer and his team are presented with a well-organized, complete set of facts, something important happens when they get about half-way through the document
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BASEBALL LESSONS FOR LIFE AS TOLD BY PATRICK BATES Baseball can teach people a lot of lessons, but you have to consider the numbers. In major league baseball, the season is 160 games. A team can lose 50 or so and still make it to the World Series. Baseball is a game, where you can lose more than a few and still get the big win. It’s a sport for real people. A hitter gets about four at bats each game, meaning he gets 640 at bats during the season. If he gets 210 base hits, then he’s batting .333, which as everybody knows is a heck of an average. But take the numbers a step further. Every batter gets about five pitches per at bat, so they look at 3,200 pitches per season. Out of that, a good hitter harvests 210 base hits. That’s one hit for every 16 pitches. So what did that teach me? A person has to go long and think long. You can’t have “Strike three!” called out with the bat on your shoulder. You have to approach each and every at bat, thinking, swinging and battling for the win because you never know when you’re going to connect.
review, Bates said. “Comprehensive, objective information not only gives clients the basis for informed decision-making, but it establishes trust,” said Bates. “Business travels at the speed of trust.” Earning trust is at the core of all of Bates’ relationships, both business and personal. After finishing his stint in minor league baseball, Bates was returning home to southwestern Washington State. The trip took him through Salt Lake City, so he decided to reconnect with a young woman he had met earlier at Brigham Young University by asking her out to dinner. Her name was Anita Anderson. When he called, Anita asked, “Where have you been for two years?” He told her. And she replied, “Well, are you done?” When he said yes, she agreed to the date. The next morning, instead of getting on the train back to Washington as planned, he called Anita and asked her out for dinner again. She accepted. On the third morning, after the cancelling the return ticket, Bates once again called Anita. This time the proposal didn’t 10
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concern dinner. “I told her that I wasn’t going to go back to Washington,” Bates said. “She said, ‘Oh?’ and I said, ‘I’m going to spend a year in Salt Lake trying to prove to you that I’m the kind of man that you’ll want to marry.’” It worked. They have been married for 48 years, making Salt Lake City their home. In the mid-1960s, the national economy was in the doldrums and Utah was particularly hard hit. Jobs were hard to come by. Bates applied to be a salesman at the two largest car dealerships in the city. The manager at the first dealership didn’t hire Bates telling him, “You wouldn’t be worth a damn.” The hiring manager at Ken Garff Oldsmobile asked, “Do you have a suit, a blue blazer and some gray slacks? We want to hire you.” Unbeknownst to Bates at the time, Ken Garff was one of the three owners of Utah’s famed Deseret Livestock Ranch. Bates sold cars for two years and then went into real estate. Ken Garff noticed. When he and his partners decided to sell their 210,000-acre property, Garff called Bates. “My phone rang and Ken said, ‘I hear you’re selling
ranches,’” Bates said. “When I confirmed that information, he invited me to a meeting where he introduced me to his partners, David Robinson and David Freed.” Bates left the meeting with the listing in hand. “In 1974, three-and-a- half years and 47 showings later, I sold the Deseret Livestock Ranch,” Bates said. “It was a big notch in my gun.” Bates sold the ranch to a “citizen of the world who lived in Hong Kong.” The investor, who had British citizenship, graduated from the American University, taught jump school at Fort Benning and traveled the globe, spent a good deal of time in Utah enjoying the ranch. After nine years, he determined it was time to close that chapter of his life. He called Bates with the news that he wanted to sell the ranch. He offered Bates the listing. In 1983, Bates sold the 210,000-acre property again. This time the sale took 60 days, he said. “I still had all the information together, so it speeded things up considerably,” Bates said. “I keep every scrap of paper generated by every deal I’ve ever done because you just don’t know when you might need it.” The opportunity to market the Bell Ranch also originated with a direct phone call to Bates, but it was a long, indirect route to the actual listing. In 2006, Bates got a call from the Lane family in Chicago, owners of the 290,000-acre property in New Mexico. “They had a situation that required a Solomon-like solution,” Bates said. “It took me a year to come up with a plan that met their needs, but ultimately it involved selling the ranch.” While the family embraced the plan, including the sale, they decided to “list the property with a firm that supposedly had a bigger Rolodex,” he said. But despite giving the listing to another firm, the family asked Bates to conduct every showing. He did in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Originally listed at $115 million, everyone involved expected the transaction to take time, but after three years with no luck at the big-name firm, the family reconsidered. In January 2010, Bates received the listing. He closed the sale in August 2010. “It was a significant sale,” Bates said. “Not everyone gets the chance to sell a ranch with 290,000 deeded acres.” While selling large ranches is a significant accomplishment, Bates doesn’t consider these often record-breaking sales his greatest achievements. That accolade is reserved for his family. “My greatest accomplishment to date -- and forever -- is my family,” Bates said. “My wonderful wife of 48 years...my two children who warm my heart every day…my grandchildren... they are the reason that I do what I do. No doubt, I love the ranch real estate game, but I play it because it allows me to take care of them.” He continued, “You know the word ‘retirement’ scares the hell out of me. As long as my health remains good, my mind remains sharp and I can drive safely to and from the ranches that I need to see, I’m going to play the game and
keep bringing people and land together.” Why? Because land ownership is important. “Real estate is as the word implies is ‘real.’ It’s not something based on a dot.com or something floating in a cloud,” he said. “It’s real property in the real world, a concept understood by kings. Remember, the El Camino Real, the way of kings? I think the men and the women who are wise enough to own land, whether it’s for production or for play, are assuming a bit of the crown.” He continued, “Plus, land ownership provides an opportunity to form a partnership with the Lord to enhance something that is vital to us all.”
A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS: ALL P’S & NO Q’S AS TOLD BY PATRICK BATES When it comes to a real estate transaction, I have a formula for success. It involves four P’s. The first three P’s go to the left of the equal sign and the fourth P goes to the right, so the formula looks like: P+P+P=P THE FIRST P IS PEOPLE: Do I like these people, regardless of whether they are buyers or sellers? Do they like me? If the answer is yes, then I move forward. If the answer is no, I don’t because if there is not a foundation that we can build a relationship on, then the deal won’t work. THE SECOND P IS PROPERTY: Do I like this property? Does it have merit in the marketplace because of its beauty, its productivity or some other unique attribute? Is this property good enough and strong enough to provide the buyer with a built-in backdoor if he ever chooses to sell it? THE THIRD P IS PRICE: Price must be realistic. I’ve been fortunate to set some price/acre and price/animal unit records, but I always determine whether or not I can meet or come very close to the sellers’ expectations in the marketplace. THE FOURTH P IS PAID: Will my sellers get paid? If they get paid, then I get paid.
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THE PASSION
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Georgia Pellegrini
TELEVISION PERSONALITY, CHEF, AUTHOR, AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURER
Georgia Pellegrini has quickly become known as a contemporary Martha Stewart, working to help women tap into their modern day pioneer spirit by teaching them how to grow a small-space garden, assemble the makings of a self-sufficient pantry, learn to navigate a compass for their next camping trip, or even forage for plants that give you energy. Georgia is the author of multiple books, her latest: Modern Pioneering: More than 150 Recipes, Projects, and Skills for a Self-Sufficient Life [Clarkson Potter, released spring 2014] was met with rave reviews. Packed with beautiful photographs and illustrations that showcase not only a cookbook but backyard gardening and homesteading tips, Modern Pioneering is unlike any other book on shelves today. Georgia first made waves with her book Girl Hunter: Revolutionizing the Way We Eat, One Hunt at a Time [Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2012] which documented her adventure as a classically-trained New York chef, 14
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venturing out into the wild to embrace her lifelong love of cooking and exploring the real world of local, organic, sustainable food. The book was named one of the Top 10 Sports Books of 2012 by Booklist, and a Best Book of the Month by Amazon! Georgia grew up on the same land that her great grandfather owned and worked: a farm called Tulipwood in New York’s Hudson Valley. She had a passion from an early age for good, simple food, catching her own trout for breakfast in the creek on her family’s land. Her connection to nature stayed with her through college, even during the years she ventured into the corporate world of finance. Something was tugging at her to return back to the land. After a bit of soul searching, Georgia decided to leave her cubicle behind and enrolled in the French Culinary Institute in New York City. She began working at farm-to-table restaurants, first at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and then at Gramercy Tavern in New York. At the former, when asked
to slaughter and butcher a few turkeys for the restaurant she felt the most visceral sense of connection to the food. “The experience was invigorating and awakened the primal part in me,” she recalls. “All of a sudden, I had this purpose to pay the full price of the meal, to become a responsible omnivore and understand the process from farm to plate.” Georgia went on to work at La Chassagnette, a Michelinstarred restaurant in the south of France, spending her days driving heavy farm equipment and harvesting ingredients for dinner. She found that she was most interested in the foragers, fig collectors, and salami makers who arrived to the restaurants with their goods, and she soon went on journeys with them - through the woods, into curing rooms, and over the rolling hills of olive oil vineyards. Her first book, Food Heroes [Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2010] tells the story of 16 culinary artisans across the world who are fighting to preserve their food traditions. The book was met with critical acclaim and was nominated for an International Association of Culinary Professionals award. Georgia chronicles her adventures in meeting food artisans and gathering her ingredients on her wildly popular website www.georgiapellegrini.com. She also utilizes the site to show women from all walks of life and ages, that they can grow food efficiently and even try foraging, camping, and living off the land… self-sufficiency is the ultimate girl power. Georgia is also the creator of Adventure Getaways across the country, where women can take two and three days trips that include a combination of outdoor activities, horseback riding, clay shooting, fly fishing, hunting for birds, chef-prepared meals, cooking classes, and more. Georgia has been featured in dozens of media outlets including: “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “Iron Chef America,” “The Today Show,” “Real Sports” on HBO, NPR, Martha Stewart Radio, “Alicia Mendez Tonight” on Fusion, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Food & Wine, ESPN, Town & Country, More Magazine, and The New York Post, to name a few. When Georgia isn’t delving into local food ways at home in Austin, TX she’s roaming the world hunting and gathering, tasting good food, and meeting the great people who make it. Visit her online at GeorgiaPellegrini.com.
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WOTUS WATERS OF THE US
By Terri L Jensen, ALC Advanced, REALTORS® Land Institute President-Elect 2015 Investor Relations Manager / Appraisal Manager | FARMERS NATIONAL COMPANY TJensen@FarmersNational.com | 402-590-2382 FNC Direct This article is intended to provide some background and an update on WOTUS. As president-elect of RLI (REALTORS® Land Institute, hereinafter referred to as the Institute) and a member of the National Association of REALTORS® (hereinafter referred to as the Association), legislation and regulation that affect property rights and uses are of interest. I will try to present some of the Association and Institute’s concerns on this issue. Please see several links at the bottom of this article so that you may obtain and read the voluminous amounts of information in regard to this topic (the bill/regulation itself is more than 370 pages). Should you wish to submit any comments to the federal government in regard to this issue, EPA has extended the comment period from the original April 14, 2014 date, from the first extension of October 20, 2014, now to November 14, 2014. To voice your opinion or provide comments -- for or against -- the link to information on the Federal Register, www.regulations.gov (your voice in federal decision-making) is: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880-2733 Should you oppose this regulation, the Institute has a template letter you can use on its website (http://www.RLILand.com) or you can access it via the copied information below: WATERS OF THE U.S. CALL FOR ACTION The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has released a proposed rule to revise the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) for all Clean Water Act (CWA) programs. The REALTORS® Land Institute is advocating for this proposal to be completely withdrawn and strongly encourages all Institute members and land professionals to submit a personalized letter giving your voice to why this proposed rule should be withdrawn. The deadline for letters is October 20 – now November 14, 2014. Download the template letter. Note: specific sections below are directly copied from NAR, RLI, and/or other organization and institution websites without footnotes or bibliographies.
WOTUS (Waters of the US) is the on-going challenge to regulate water pollution --- the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and Army Corp of Engineers have been tasked with this challenge. The original Rivers & Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 protected navigation and protected some waters from discharge of pollution. In 1948, the Federal Water Pollution Act called for programs eliminating or reducing the pollution of interstate waters and tributaries thereof, and improving the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters. The current Clean Water Act (CWA) was established by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, which were substantially amended in 1977 and 1987. In the proposed regulation by EPA, the definition of “navigable waters” and “waters of the US”, together with what constitutes a “significant nexus” or connectivity to navigable waters are issues. In addition, legislation failed on two 18
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attempts to pass an update of the Clean Water Act to include not only “navigable waters”, but “all waters of the US”; the EPA and Corps of Engineers are now trying to pass this proposal through regulatory means instead. There are many groups and individuals who support the EPA’s regulatory update to “all” waters, while many other groups oppose this regulatory update. On September 9, 2014, the House voted 262-152 to pass HR 5078, the “Waters of the US”, Regulatory Overreach Protection Act. This bill would prevent the EPA from moving forward with the CWA (Clean Water Act) proposed rule. It is felt to be unlikely the Senate will take up this bill before the November elections. The CWA proposes to reduce the amount of scientific analysis needed in order to declare a “water of the US”, including wetlands on private property across the country. Currently, before declaring a “water of the US”, the agencies
must first conduct a “significant nexus” analysis for each stream or wetland to determine that regulation could prevent significant pollution from reaching an ocean, lake or river that is “navigable”, the focus of the CWA. What EPA and the Corps are proposing to satisfy this time-consuming and/or costly process is to satisfy this requirement with a more generic and less resource-intensive synthesis of academic research showing “connectivity” between streams, wetlands and downstream water bodies. On this basis, the agencies believe that they can waive the full analysis before regulating most streams and wetlands, and reduce the analysis for any “other water” that has more than a “speculative or insubstantial” impact. The proposed regulation in Waters of the US creates two new categories of water: 1) all tributaries, and 2) adjacent waters. The items in Column B (analysis required for regulation) move in the proposed CWA to Column A (regulated without site specific data and analysis). The chart below from the Association’s June 11, 2014, Statement shows the proposed changes to WOTUS regulatory definition:
REGULATED WITHOUT ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS REQUIRED FOR REGULATION
NAVIGABLE OR INTERSTATE *The Ocean *Most Lakes *Most Rivers NON-NAVIGABLE AND INTRASTATE • All Some Tributaries (Streams, Lakes, Ponds) - Perennial - Seasonal - Ephemeral • Most Some Wetlands - Adjacent to navigable water - Adjacent to Directly Abutting covered stream
NON-NAVIGABLE AND INTRASTATE • Rest of the Tributaries - Ephemeral • Rest of Wetlands - Adjacent to tributary - Not adjacent • Any other water - Adjacent to navigable water - Adjacent to tributaries - Not adjacent
Currently, EPA and the Corps may not regulate most waters of the US without first showing a “significant nexus” to an ocean, lake or river that is navigable, the focus of the CWA (Clean Water Act). “Significant nexus” is a policy and legal determination based on a scientific site-specific investigation, data collection and analysis of factors including soil, plants, and hydrology. The new proposal waives the site-specific, data-based analysis before regulating land use on or near most streams and wetlands in the United States. Agency staff, then, would only need to indicate more than a “speculative or insubstantial” impact to navigable water. For example, if there were many wetlands within the watershed of a major river, no further analysis would be required to categorically regulate land use within any particular wetland with that river’s watershed. Also, the data and analysis from already regulated
water bodies could be used to justify jurisdiction over any other “similarly situated” water without first having to visit the site and collect some scientific data. The National Association of REALTORS® and the REALTORS® Land Institute oppose the proposed CWA, then, as there are many questions not answered by the proposed rule: • What is the full range of projects that will require a federal permit? • What can I do on my property without first having to get a permit? • What do I have to do to get one of these permits? • What’s involved in the federal application process? • What information do I have to provide and when? • How long will the permit application take? • How will my project and application be evaluated? • What are the yardsticks for avoiding or minimizing wetland loss? • What are the full set of permit requirements and conditions? • Are there changes I can make in advance to my project and increase my chances of approval? • Can I be forced to redesign my home project? • What kinds of redesigns could be considered? • What if I disagree with the agency’s decision; can I appeal? • What exactly is involved in that appeal? • What do I have to prove in order to win? • Will I need an attorney? An engineer? Who do I consult? • And how much will all this cost me (time, efforts, money)? These all impact the purchase and use of a property, whether it is a home, business, farm or ranch, development land, etc. The proposed rule would make it easier, less timeconsuming and less costly for the federal agencies as they will reduce data collection and the requirement to perform analysis to justify regulation for most water bodies. The new proposal shifts the burden of data collection and analysis to property owners who do not have the expertise to do this and will create a need for the property owner to hire an engineer. The proposed regulation, then: • does not delineate which improvements require a federal permit; • offer any reforms or improvements to bring clarity or consistency to these permit requirements, or • define any kind of process for property owners to appeal US water determinations based on “insubstantial” or “speculative” impacts (i.e., how to appeal wetland determinations, etc.). • Links to information are provided so that you can determine how, or if, this proposed regulation will impact you and your property rights and use: http://www.ksefocus.com/billdatabase/clientfiles/172/1/2073.pdf. NAR’s statement on WOTUS, June 11, 2014 • EPA site with all links to WOTUS (Waters of the US): http://www2.epa. gov/uswaters/documents-related-proposed-definition-waters-unitedstates-under-clean-water-act • Opposition by NACO (National Association of Counties): http://www. naco.org/legislation/Documents/Waters-of-the-US-County-Analysis.pdf LANDSOFAMERICAMAGAZINE.COM
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by Mike Ciesiensky | CRYTSALCORE.NET (214) 810-4051 | MikeC@CrystalCore.net
If you had 30 seconds with a potential client, what would you tell him or her about your business? Your answer to that question—the information you consider most vital to promoting your business—is the info you should make most prominent on your website. In this second of four articles in Lands of Texas Magazine, we’re going to consider the content of your real estate website: what do your current and future clients want to learn about you on your site? The first article, in the Spring 2013 issue, talked about why you need a website and what your website options are, and the third and fourth articles will cover promoting your site and your business. SHOW YOUR LISTINGS ON YOUR SITE The most important information on your website is your property listings. When your potential customers Joe and Sharon Smith look at your properties on your 20
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site, rather than on other sites, it reinforces your name and your brand. If all your properties are listed with Lands of Texas, CrystalCore.net can easily pull all your listings directly into your website. Then when you edit your properties in Lands of Texas, they automatically get updated on your site. This is a painless, stress-free way to keep your site updated with all your latest listings. Are all your listings currently held in one MLS? If so, you may be able pull all the listings directly into your site. The best part is that it updates itself automatically— you only have to update the property details in the MLS, and all the updates go live on your site. If neither of those fit, then add your property listings manually into your website. Unfortunately, this means double data entry, because you will have to update them in your website and any other list services to ensure they stay accurate in both places.
Once you’ve decided how to get your listings on your site, segment them so clients can easily search them. Separate your residential properties from your commercial ones, rental properties from those for sale, and land from buildings. EASILY ANSWER YOUR CLIENTS’ QUESTIONS After you have the key content in place—your listings— you can think about what else your website should communicate. What reasons do your current and future clients have for visiting your site? What questions are they trying to answer? Make the answers easy to find. When Joe and Sharon look at your website, they want to know: • How to reach you and where your office is located: make sure to put your phone number and address on the home page. A contact page with directions and a map is also helpful. • About your company and your agents. Tell the story of your firm and what sets you apart from your competitors. Include bios and pictures of your agents. Friendly faces and personal stories will help potential clients connect with your company and want to work with you. • Why they should choose you. Positive testimonials from other clients can be very convincing. • Consider contacting some of your recent satisfied customers and asking them for a twoor three-sentence testimony about why they loved working with you. Ask them to include a picture of themselves in front of their new home or property. PROVIDE EXTRA VALUE AND INCREASE BUSINESS Beyond the basics, your content can provide extra value to clients like Joe and Sharon when your site goes further than your competitors’ sites. You can differentiate yourself and serve your potential customers by adding localized content. Consider what information would be helpful to people new to your area, like the Smiths. What would they want to
know about? Perhaps family-friendly events in the area, the best neighborhoods, the top-rated school districts for their two kids, the strongest growth areas for local businesses, why this land is a good buy. People who are considering a relocation to or purchase in your area are searching the internet for the answers to these questions. If they find articles or blog posts on your site that help them out, they’re much more likely to pick you as their real estate company when they’re ready to buy. By creating useful content, you can establish your company as the expert in your area. You’ll provide a valuable service and increase your own business. KEEP YOUR SITE CURRENT All this great content on your site should always be current. You’ll want your listings to be up-to-date, your agent bios correct, and your other content accurate and timely. For example, if Joe Smith checks the opening hours for your office online, then drops by to find you closed, his trust in your business will decrease. The best and easiest way to keep your site updated is with a Content Management System (CMS). When your site runs on a CMS, it’s possible for you to make changes yourself rather than having to constantly call your web company to update your site for you. With a CMS, you can add your new phone number, mention a new agent, or write a quick blog post without having to pay an expert to do it for you. CMS options are endless. Some are paid and some are free, so when considering which CMS to use on your site, ask your web designer which ones they prefer to work with, which ones they recommend, and why. Ask them how easy the CMS will be for you to use. See if they can give you a demo behind-the-scenes so you can view the process for making updates. GREAT CONTENT = GREAT SALES The ability of your website to increase your business is only as strong as the content you create. Get your listings on your site, answer your customers’ questions quickly and easily, offer added value with your unique, local content, and you’ll be well on your way to building your business. LANDSOFAMERICAMAGAZINE.COM
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THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BROKERS AND THE TOOLS THEY USE
by Steve Roberson | MapRight MapRight.com | 844.932.6277 Steve@MapRight.com
What makes a farm and ranch real estate professional successful? Many things, however, the most common recurring theme is that the agents /brokers that have the best marketing strategy, resources, and tools always excel in acquiring, listing, and selling the most properties. Most real estate marketing strategies consist of a two pronged marketing approach: exposure and property presentation. Exposure can be accomplished through web listing services, company websites, 24
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flyers, email marketing campaigns and old fashioned networking. However, if you cannot create a clear, comprehensive picture of the property then the exposure you achieve will do very little for your efforts to sell the property. The most common way listings are presented is that there is the general write up followed by a set of pictures / videos, and finally a map or survey. What is the purpose of these particular elements in the presentation format? It’s to give the most comprehensive, easy to understand view of a property by highlighting all of its unique
qualities and improvements creating a mental image of the property. Up until now, there has not been a great way to create this image. Welcome to MapRight, the nation’s premier online interactive mapping platform! MapRight is the cutting edge mapping service that the farm and ranch industry has been waiting for. This breakthrough mapping platform is the result of a joint effort between a talented group of GIS (Geographic Information Systems), real estate, web development, and oil and gas professionals that sought to change how mapping is done. MapRight puts the tools in your hands to create high-quality professional maps, all by yourself. Gone are the days of brokers and agents having to pay map making professionals hundreds of dollars to make a high quality map of their listing. Also, gone are the days of brokers and agents that did not pay a professional to make a map for them and attempted to make their own and ended up with a very vanilla, hard to understand, and poor quality map. MapRight allows users to stop segmenting their marketing presentation and combine them into one interesting and easy to use interactive map. This is an inherently more compelling way to present your listings that will keep a prospective buyer exploring the property while still taking in everything you would have presented in the old segmented format. They no longer need to create the mental map in their head because you have produced it for them in an interactive map. Here is what MapRight has to offer: • It is incredibly easy to use. Start making professional quality maps in minutes. • Ability to create interactive maps that simply dominate and will largely replace static pdf maps. • Preloaded toolkit for farm and ranch as well as oil and gas mapping. Also, incredible zoom in/zoom out features with high clarity. • Signature MapRight Layers, currently consisting of Hydro, Floodplain, Abstracts and Surveys, with
more MapRight Layers to come! • Ability to upload photos and notes to icons placed on the map. This unique feature gives the potential buyer a geographic reference, especially for natural features like springs, waterfalls, and other prolific water features. • The forthcoming MapRight iPad app! This app will allow users in the field to view maps, make changes to the maps and allow other users behind the desk or even in other locations on the ranch to view the changes and updates made to the map in real time. • Unique Share Features that give you a leg up on the competition. Create an interactive map and then use the share map feature to send the map via email to your prospective buyer list. • Create maps and then embed them on your own or any other website. Share the maps via links, web, or an interactive marketing flyer. • Help number to dial that will put you in touch with a GIS professional map maker if you need assistance. Testimonials from a few satisfied customers of MapRight: “I really think the industry has been waiting for a mapping program like this. Tailored for our needs, I have found it to be a powerful tool in helping my clients and myself work on projects quickly and efficiently. After using it for the past months I don’t know how I could do without it now.” - Jeff Boswell with Republic Ranches “A majority of properties we market are Farm & Ranch. Maps are essential in showcasing these rural properties. We have tried most all maps available and hands down, MapRight is the best on today’s market. This new tool gives us the ability to create a full blown marketing brochure all within the confines of an interactive map. Our clients become giddy with delight when they see their ranch presented on MapRight. This state of the art tool is incredibly easy to use and it really adds a “wow” factor to your presentation.” - Ken Bevers with Bevers Real Estate LANDSOFAMERICAMAGAZINE.COM
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SECTION 1031 IS ON THE TAX REFORM TABLE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? By Jim Miller, Western Operations Exchange Counsel, IPX1031® (602) 850-8630 | James.Miller@ipx1031.com There has been a lot of talk about the need to reform our huge and complicated tax code. Like most things in life, the tax code is neither all good nor all bad. As much as we hate taxes, we like many of the things they pay for, such as public schools, highways and national parks. WHAT’S ON WHICH TABLE? Section 1031 is one of the good guys in the Internal Revenue Code. Nevertheless, in the effort to create tax reform, recent proposals have been made by the Senate Finance Committee, the House Ways & Means Committee and the U.S. Treasury (i.e. the Administration) to eliminate or limit §1031 like-kind exchanges: 1. The House’s draft Tax Reform Act of 2014 calls for repeal of §1031 effective January 1, 2015. 2. The Treasury’s proposed FY2015 Budget proposes to limit real property exchanges to $1 million annual gain deferral, but is silent about personal property exchanges. 3. The Senate Finance Committee’s Discussion Draft: Cost Recovery & Accounting proposes to repeal §1031, but leaves the door open for real property and intangible property exchanges, and suggests a potential modification of the like-kind standard to the narrower §1033 standard requiring that the properties be similar in service or use.
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THE PURPOSE OF TAX REFORM The stated purposes of the current efforts at tax reform are to broaden the tax base; to reduce the corporate tax rate to 25%; and to achieve a simpler, fairer and flatter tax code that is more efficient and which results in greater financial growth, job creation, and a strengthened U.S. economy. Additionally, the reformed tax code would improve the ability of U.S. corporations to compete effectively in a global economy, and increase foreign investment in the United States. While it is hard to quarrel with these laudable goals, it is equally important that Congress preserve existing incentives for investment in real estate, equipment, machinery and other assets used by businesses to spur economic growth and productivity. It is incumbent upon us, the taxpayers and voters, to let Congress know that Americans want these desirable goals to be achieved without creating unintended consequences of unfairness, economic stagnation and job loss. THE MYTHOLOGY OF TAX REFORM The sound bites justifying elimination or limitation of like-kind exchanges are full of misconceptions:
1. Myth: Significant revenue will be raised, 2. Myth: §1031 is an unfair tax loophole for large corporations and wealthy individuals, 3. Myth: §1031 is an abusive tax avoidance scheme, 4. Myth: §1031 is problematic for the IRS and taxpayers, lacking a definition for “like-kind,” and 5. Myth: The current nature of exchanges was not contemplated in 1921. While it is certainly plausible that nobody thought about exchanging cell phone towers and television broadcast spectrums in 1921, these justifications are not valid. When the impacts of depreciation, the estate tax, and the economic stimulus generated by like-kind exchanges are considered, it is clear that elimination or limitation of §1031 would result in: • • • • •
Reduction in U.S. real estate values Economic stagnation Job loss across a myriad of industries No additional revenue to the U.S. Treasury No improvement to the tax code
taxpayers do not have the additional capital necessary to pay the increased cost of new property plus the capital gains or recapture tax on the sale of the old property. Fewer transactions ultimately result in fewer jobs not only in the industries stimulated by §1031 exchanges, but also at factories, restaurants, recreational, hospitality, tourism and other local small businesses that generate revenue from the after tax dollars of employed workers.
THE STATED PURPOSES OF THE CURRENT EFFORTS AT TAX REFORM ARE TO BROADEN THE TAX BASE; TO REDUCE THE CORPORATE TAX RATE TO 25%; AND TO ACHIEVE A SIMPLER, FAIRER AND FLATTER TAX CODE THAT IS MORE EFFICIENT
It is not likely that tax reform will occur in 2014, and it may be several years before a tax bill is filed, but it is important that Congress be made aware that the sound bites are wrong. The REALTORS® Land Institute (RLI), along with the Federation of Exchange Accommodators and more than 40 other industry associations have provided comments to Washington that these proposals are ill-informed and will do great harm to the economy. The last major tax reform bill was passed in 1986. A serious recession in the real estate market ensued. We are working to prevent history from repeating itself. MYTH BUSTING: §1031 PROVIDES A POWERFUL STIMULUS TO THE U.S. ECONOMY • §1031 contributes to the velocity of the economy, permitting efficient use of capital, encouraging U.S. businesses to reinvest in domestic operations, and promoting job growth in the United States. The tax benefits stimulate the economy by encouraging transactional activity. Owners of real estate, machinery, equipment, trucks, railcars, marine vessels and other business-use or investment assets are encouraged to dispose of inefficient assets and replace those assets with improved, more productive and better located assets. More transactions equate to more jobs and taxable wages in the real estate, title insurance, construction, financial service, equipment leasing, manufacturing, after-market alteration and installation industries. • No significant revenue will be raised by eliminating or limiting §1031 exchanges. Without the tax deferral incentive, many transactions will be delayed or foregone because
AND WHICH RESULTS IN GREATER FINANCIAL GROWTH, JOB CREATION, AND A STRENGTHENED U.S. ECONOMY.
• §1031 is an important driver of real estate transactions. We estimate that nationally, approximately 25% of commercial real estate sale and purchase transactions involve §1031 exchanges. In some parts of the country, the estimate is even higher. Farmers and ranchers also use likekind exchanges to improve and expand operations, and to trade out of environmentally sensitive land into acreage more suitable for productive agricultural use. Loss of §1031 would cause stagnation in real estate markets, resulting in loss of property values, net worth and jobs. • §1031 is not an unfair tax loophole for large corporations and the wealthy. Rather, it is one of the few tax incentives available to and regularly used by taxpayers of all sizes, including small and mid-sized businesses, farmers, ranchers and other middle-class individuals. • §1031 is not an abusive tax avoidance scheme. The tax does not go away; it is only temporarily deferred. Tax will be paid either 1) upon sale of the replacement asset, or 2) incrementally, through increased income tax due to foregone depreciation, or 3) by inclusion in a decedent’s
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taxable estate, at which time the value of the replacement asset could be subject to estate tax at a rate double the capital gains tax rate. For every dollar of gain that is deferred through an exchange, there is an equal dollar of depreciation that cannot be taken on the replacement asset. This loss of depreciation results in increased income taxes. At the end of the depreciation schedule, the impact of §1031 is actually revenue neutral. • There are clear rules and definitions for §1031, making the use relatively easy and widespread. Qualified Intermediaries simplify the process, providing information and necessary documentation. Further, Qualified Intermediaries promote technical compliance with the tax rules, yielding a free benefit to the IRS. The rules for §1031 and definitions of “like-kind” are well understood. • The tax policy behind §1031 has not changed since its inception in 1921. Section 1031 is predicated on “continuity of interest” and the basic unfairness and economic harm of taxing a “paper gain.” To achieve full tax deferral, no gain is taken from a like-kind exchange; all the profit must be reinvested into a like-kind asset. The real estate investor remains invested in real estate at the end of the exchange. Likewise, the construction company remains invested in heavy equipment. Because of this, elimination of §1031 would result in a tax on cash flow, not a tax on profit. 1031 APPLICATIONS FROM THE FIELD To see how 1031 impacts real estate agents and their clients in rural areas, we contacted real estate professionals Renee Harvey, ALC Advanced, with CENTURY 21 Harvey Properties in Paris, Texas and Ray L. Brownfield, ALC, AFM, 2012 President of REALTORS® Land Institute and Managing Broker/Owner of Land Pro LLC, in Oswego, Illinois. Renee stated, “Our Company has represented clients that have been able to diversify their asset portfolio through 1031 tax deferred exchanges by exchanging one large parcel into multiple properties and increasing gross annual income. Other clients have exchanged multiple income producing properties in various locations and even different states into one property with almost equal gross annual income and significantly reduced maintenance and management costs”. Ray’s experience is similar but he also points out the potential negative impact the elimination (or limitation) of section 1031 could have to the family farm. Ray stated, “Over the past ten years I have worked with many clients who have benefited from 1031 tax deferred exchanges. I live and perform real estate brokerage work in the “collar counties” area of Chicago, as well as the upper one half of Illinois. During the real estate development boom of the mid 2000’s, developers were offering to purchase land from local farmers at $30,000 to $75,000 per acre. Without section 1031, the sale of land (originally purchased at $500 to $3,000 per acre) would have
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created a tremendous tax burden to the owners, making it very difficult to invest in more land to continue their farming business. Through the use of section 1031 my clients were able to defer tax liability and I was able to locate and negotiate the purchase of replacement farmland in downstate Illinois at a price of about $4,000 to $5,000 per acre. This enabled my clients to continue farming or to retire and rent the land to neighboring farmers in the area. These individuals generally have a love for the land and always want to be farm land owners, passing it on to their children and grandchildren, if possible”. “I probably did five to six of these types of transactions per year through 2008, when the development market slowed down during the recession. Recently with land values reaching new highs in downstate Illinois (around $10,000 to $14,000 per acre) some of these clients have had me sell a portion of their farmland to do a 1031 exchange again for land near their original land in Northern Illinois, which has dropped in value to $8,000 to $10,000 per acre as a result of the recession. Without 1031 exchanges this would not have been possible”. “In my opinion if section 1031 is eliminated or limited, baby boomers who have inherited farmland with their brothers and sisters (not interested in farming or owning farmland) may be forced to sell. Because of the tax liability they could not afford to buy land to continue their farming activity. This would have a detrimental impact on long term family owned farmland”. Both Renee and Ray point out the importance that section 1031 has to the American economy, the efficient use of land and ordinary citizens who live on Main Street USA. It is very unlikely that any of the farmers that Ray mentioned would describe themselves as being wealthy. More likely they would describe themselves as being hard working farmers or farmland owners trying to earn a living. Farmland is the “equipment” used by them in their businesses to support themselves and their families. Without 1031 exchanges, they would pay taxes on “paper gain” causing them to buy less land and accordingly suffering a reduction in their income. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? • Ask us for more information. Contact the REALTORS® Land Institute at rli@realtors.org. The Government Affairs Committee is very involved with this issue. Join the REALTORS® Land Institute to help have a voice on this issue. • Contact your Congressman or Congresswoman. Tell your Representatives how §1031 benefits your business or your clients. You can send a letter to your U.S. Senators and U.S. Representative through the IPX1031® website www. ipx1031.com. A sample letter that you can customize is already there, waiting for you. Through these actions, you can make a difference!
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ALABAMA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Shelby
$454,727.04
67.87
2
Saint Clair
$437,987.54
68.55
3
Tuscaloosa
$333,200.03
135.09
4
Madison
$244,990.40
62.91
5
Covington
$453,330.66
125.24
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Carlson Land Services, Inc. | Chilton | 1,880 Acres | $5,640,000 Carlson Land Services, Inc. | Chilton | 1,880 Acres | $5,640,000
ALASKA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Fairbanks North Star
$101,655
16.03
2
Matanuska Susitna
$284,581.80
18.71
3
Kenai Peninsula
$305,997.49
7.95
4
Haines
$299,900
2.47
5
Skagway Hoonah Angoon
$3,500,000
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COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Coastal Realty Homer | Kenai Penninsula | 2.53 Acres | $79,000 Coastal Realty Homer | Kenai Penninsula | 2.53 Acres | $79,000
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Yavapai
$157,557.64
39.75
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Faulkner
$548,381.41
116.75
2
Cochise
$377,958.91
261.54
2
Marion
$230,889.68
39.63
3
Apache
$101,462.53
44.93
3
Boone
$954,899
281.87
4
Navajo
$75,228.57
24.15
4
Washington
$419,318.82
95.32
5
Maricopa
$1,076,933.53
30.06
5
Benton
$239,367.52
29.63
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
COMPARABLE SALES
Jake’s Old West Properties | Coconino | 44.49 Acres | $19,900 Long Realty Sonoita | Santa Cruz | 5 Acres | $354,000
CALIFORNIA
acre price
COLORADO
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
Select Realty | Polk | 1,295 Acres | $130,000 Hopkins & Associates Realty | Woodruff | 287.2 Acres | $1,650,000
AVG PRICE
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
AVG ACRES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Modoc
$221,849.62
141.80
1
Teller
$378,900.39
37.74
2
San Luis Obispo
$1,114,904.84
106.08
2
Park
$381,516.68
82.92
3
Siskiyou
$607,920.21
145.02
3
Weld
$1,418,761.83
365.49
4
Fresno
$339,027.61
90.41
4
Las Animas
$517,764.08
655.63
5
San Bernardino
$88,750.30
7.67
5
Jefferson
$1,473,481.58
33.09
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
California Land and Ranch | Tehama | 4,929 Acres | $5,000,000 Clark Company | Monterey | 891 Acres | $6,000,000
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
United Country Bobo Realty | Bent | 31,256 Acres | $17,000,000 United Country Bobo Realty | Bent | 31,256 Acres | $17,000,000
CONNECTICUT
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Middlesex
$389,000
5.10
2
New London
$463,222
13.32
3
Windham
$277,528.71
12.90
4
Fairfield
$1,277,416.67
1.25
5
Tolland
$335,437.50
7.24
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Northeast Realty | Windham | 20.2 Acres | $155,000 Northeast Realty | Windham | 0.35 Acres | $415,000
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DELAWARE
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
New Castle
$425,000
5.30
2
Kent
$1,399,000
130.98
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Sunset Properties | Kent | 10 Acres | $300,000 Sunset Properties | Kent | 10 Acres | $300,000
FLORIDA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Alachua
$376,119.85
6,199.59
2
Polk
$1,445,302.14
176.68
3
Marion
$974,412.79
34.26
4
Volusia
$639,460.47
18.79
5
Hillsborough
$1,606,504.32
22.36
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Murray Wise Associates | Saint Lucie | 2,884 Acres | Auction Murray Wise Associates | Martin | 2,620 Acres | $15,950,000
GEORGIA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Lincoln
$276,122.02
35.72
2
Lamar
$325,469.38
39.41
3
Cherokee
$268,926.76
12.07
4
Coweta
$584,359
66.27
5
Pickens
$267,440.08
26.31
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Land Unlimited, Inc | Tattnall | 2,134 Acres | $3,094,706 The Wright Group | Baker | 1,800 Acres | $8,450,000
HAWAII
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Maui
$11,775,000
151.83
2
Hawaii
$1,337,042.03
49.78
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Hawaii Pacific Properties | Hawaii | 20.73 Acres | $465,000 Hawaii Pacific Properties | Hawaii | 0.17 Acres | $1,200,000
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Kootenai
$556,040.98
42.91
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Lake
$621,642.86
13.67
2
Canyon
$359,171.43
15.14
2
Peoria
$576,987
73.50
3
Latah
$225,975.46
23.50
3
Kendall
$1,490,725
37.98
4
Idaho
$383,352.91
81.11
4
Will
$319,524.97
12.63
5
Bonner
$636,000
25.34
5
Marion
$278,942.63
65.38
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
COMPARABLE SALES
Idaho Real Estate Group | Franklin | 1,758 Acres | $2,150,000 Idaho Real Estate Group | Bannock | 607 Acres | $2,300,000
INDIANA
acre price
Murray Wise Associates | Crawford | 1,553 Acres | $8,200,000 Murray Wise Associates | Crawford | 1,553 Acres | $8,200,000
IOWA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Carroll
$626,667.33
86.69
1
Allamakee
$349,619.33
72.29
2
Allen
$200,000
39.50
2
Mahaska
$183,334.67
132.67
3
Perry
$22,800.17
4.17
3
Warren
$277,896.50
37.68
4
Pike
$123,640
25.46
4
Marion
$446,500
97.21
5
Brown
$200,716.47
12.80
5
Sioux
$200,000
160
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Schrader Real Estate & Auction Co | Delaware | 833 Acres | $7,900,000 Schrader Real Estate & Auction Co | Delaware | 833 Acres | $7,900,000
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Hertz Real Estate Services | Marshall | 386.2 Acres | $3,464,340 Hertz Real Estate Services | Marshall | 386.2 Acres | $3,464,340
KANSAS
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Bourbon
$169,445.18
49.12
2
Sedgwick
$521,006.24
28.44
3
Saline
$309,667.33
30.35
4
Wilson
$142,256
38.23
5
Reno
$223,136.50
64.94
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Hall and Hall — Auction | Rawlins | 7,600 Acres | $10,764,300 Hall and Hall — Auction | Rawlins | 7,600 Acres | $10,764,300
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KENTUCKY
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Barren
$177,745.53
8.22
2
Hart
$164,524.31
21.06
3
Russell
$129,274.35
13.95
4
Allen
$204,591.93
35.43
5
Adair
$146,529.02
45.25
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
May & Parman Agency Inc | Taylor | 1,040 Acres | Auction Harris Real Estate & Auction | Todd | 185 Acres | $1,887,000
LOUISIANA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Concordia
$1,202,300
358.12
2
Ouachita
$275,392.83
68.28
3
Livingston
$741,578.33
281.32
4
Union
$333,848.77
145.86
5
Richland
$294,831.30
84.32
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Templin/Louisiana Forestry Inv | Allen | 2,350 Acres | $4,103,918 Templin/Louisiana Forestry Inv | Allen | 2,350 Acres | $4,103,918
MAINE
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Aroostook
$131,629.64
37.58
2
Washington
$428,519.38
235.39
3
Penobscot
$215,252.23
98.60
4
Somerset
$157,991.05
67.03
5
Oxford
$172,112.90
37.81
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Moores Realty | Aroostook | 77 Acres | $22,000 United Country Bold Coast Realty | Washington | 4.6 Acres | $300,000
MARYLAND
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Anne Arundel
$587,000
5.88
2
Allegany
$273,983.33
22.18
3
Baltimore
$674,900
6.33
1
4
Charles
$475,621.43
13.70
5
Frederick
$473,064.82
16.76
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Sunset Properties | Caroline | 44.19 Acres | $325,000 Sunset Properties | Caroline | 44.19 Acres | $325,000
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
1
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Berkshire
$276,300.02
6.68
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Hillsdale
$155,393.48
9.07
2
Middlesex
$1,785,000
15.99
2
Jackson
$429,364.43
91.54
3
Worcester
$901,290
26.05
3
Presque Isle
$140,617.09
40.27
4
Franklin
$63,920.40
2.19
4
Allegan
$358,596.08
12.85
5
Hampden
$203,960
13.58
5
Eaton
$336,666.67
39.41
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
COMPARABLE SALES
Harvest Moon Realty | Hampden | 130.4 Acres | $175,000 Keller Williams Realty | Middlesex | 4.6 Acres | $685,000
MINNESOTA
acre price
MISSISSIPPI
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
Halderman Real Estate Services | Calhoun | 1,848.3 Acres | $10,500,000 Halderman Real Estate Services | Calhoun | 1,848.3 Acres | $10,500,000
AVG PRICE
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
AVG ACRES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Lac qui Parle
$200,001
120
1
Rankin
$432,951.44
85.93
2
Pine
$153,094.88
45.84
2
Madison
$476,346.73
153.98
3
Lake of the Woods
$200,000
400
3
Amite
$269,691.27
53.89
4
Crow Wing
$346,088.89
65.83
4
Lamar
$547,482.81
111.03
5
Otter Tail
$610,750.25
191.96
5
Hinds
$519,956.41
99.28
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
United Country Banning Junction RE Inc | Pine | 456 Acres | $340,000 RE/MAX Lake Country | Saint Louis | 22.87 Acres | $350,000
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Grand Oaks LLC | Tate | 978 Acres | $1,491,000 Crye-Leike Stedman Realtors Inc | Adams | 509.42 Acres | $1,950,000
MISSOURI
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Putnam
$224,894.29
42.96
2
Oregon
$533,671.71
305
3
Crawford
$350,006.77
76.28
4
Morgan
$121,461.58
26.89
5
Camden
$315,850.31
91.17
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Case Company Real Estate | Webster | 1,130 Acres | $3,730,221 Case Company Real Estate | Webster | 1,130 Acres | $3,730,221
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MONTANA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Lewis and Clark
$855,918.69
214.88
2
Big Horn
$1,681,900
977.15
3
Stillwater
$706,094.96
174.86
4
Rosebud
$1,849,077.36
4,514.26
5
Ravalli
$834,712.13
106.71
COMPARABLE SALES Montana-Wyoming West Ranch Brokerage | Phillips 6,334 Acres | $3,700,000 price United Country-Shobe Auction & Realty | Fergus | 1,191 Acres $3,850,000 acre
NEBRASKA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Lincoln
$1,637,980.89
388.70
2
Lancaster
$707,619.44
54.88
3
Scotts Bluff
$1,236,100
965.74
4
Custer
$596,582.69
211.21
5
Holt
$410,479.38
88.91
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Nebraska Land & Cattle Agency | Custer | 1,870 Acres | $2,700,000 Nebraska Land & Cattle Agency | Custer | 1,870 Acres | $2,700,000
NEVADA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
White Pine
$252,500
71.75
2
Lyon
$607,450
30.46
3
Elko
$117,778.07
145.23
4
Humboldt
$459,443.45
354.19
5
Washoe
$443,297.50
119.62
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Far West R&C Sales / Mgt Co | Pershing | 645 Acres | $62,000 Far West R&C Sales / Mgt Co | Washoe | 123 Acres | $1,545,000
NEW HAMPSHIRE
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Cheshire
$144,011.11
40.70
2
Hillsborough
$516,419.35
50.31
3
Rockingham
$676,150
16.79
4
Belknap
$209,700
37.95
5
Grafton
$361,050
34.75
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
NH Conservation Real Estate | Merrimack | 309 Acres | $220,000 Equine Homes Real Estate, LLC | Merrimack | 8.5 Acres | $319,000
NEW JERSEY
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Hunterdon
$846,313.64
16.15
2
Salem
$1,250,000
66
3
Warren
$965,882.61
40.08
4
Burlington
$200,000
74.35
5
Cape May
$1,650,000
0.26
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Max Spann Real Estate & Auction | Warren | 49 Acres | $407,000 Max Spann Real Estate & Auction | Somerset | 5 Acres | $1,375,000
NEW MEXICO
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Colfax
$1,313,626.58
724.49
2
Catron
$350,810.26
428.95
3
Grant
$381,720.22
158.54
4
Cibola
$233,529.68
276.50
5
San Miguel
$740,416.52
522.32
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Legacy Real Estate/CM Ranch RE | Chaves | 59,420 Acres | $7,000,000 Lee, Lee & Puckitt Associates Inc | Lincoln | 34,248 Acres | $15,411,600
NEW YORK
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Chenango
$177,300
54.81
2
Delaware
$265,983.04
40.01
3
Saratoga
$418,475.50
399.56
4
Allegany
$114,252.45
37.90
5
Saint Lawrence
$218,286.59
171.35
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Dairyland Real Estate | Herkimer | 826 Acres | $1,400,000 Dairyland Real Estate | Herkimer | 826 Acres | $1,400,000
NORTH CAROLINA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Stokes
$220,287.35
28.27
2
Johnston
$429,886.20
36.04
3
Warren
$151,740.15
7.19
4
Buncombe
$1,834,191.83
71.04
5
Chatham
$436,353.44
59.79
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Fleming Properties, Inc | Pasquotank | 1,538 Acres | $1,150,000 Mountain Land Company | Watauga | 305 Acres | $1,372,500
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NORTH DAKOTA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
McLean
$261,780.80
249.78
2
Wells
$78,169.69
114.87
3
Griggs
$190,862.75
241.29
4
Kidder
$13,335
862.20
5
Cass
$165,001
248.11
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Thorpe Realty & Auction, Inc | Dickey | 2.25 Acres | $147,500 Dakota Properties | Mercer | 1.33 Acres | $330,000
OHIO
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Vinton
$148,337.50
34.78
2
Morrow
$112,487.75
223.23
3
Hocking
$327,573.91
42.85
4
Athens
$243,660
25.75
5
Muskingum
$244,751.97
96.78
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Schrader Real Estate | Muskingum | 1,966 Acres | $3,582,340 Halderman Real Estate Services, Inc | Clinton | 642 Acres | $4,520,000
OKLAHOMA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Pushmataha
$149,304.86
66.86
2
Choctaw
$212,498.82
65.72
3
Le Flore
$253,662.72
81.57
4
Love
$959,164.84
106.56
5
McCurtain
$353,252.87
60.11
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Ekdahl Real Estate | Coal | 5,390 Acres | $6,000,000 Cross Timbers Land | Muskogee | 3,547 Acres | $7,292,632
OREGON
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Clackamas
$632,890
28.61
2
Grant
$842,148.15
636.05
3
Yamhill
$865,216.89
57.72
4
Baker
$1,057,431.68
540.94
5
Lane
$501,162.96
53.61
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Mason Morse Ranch Company | Crook | 72,000 Acres | $19,900,000 Mirr Ranch Group | Wheeler | 36,015 Acres | $26,500,000
PENNSYLVANIA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Pike
$349,293.18
11.21
2
Clearfield
$539,966.67
194.68
3
Berks
$299,900
6.08
4
Chester
$699,571.43
32.62
5
Sullivan
$138,859.41
20.71
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
RHODE ISLAND
Gambone, Songer & Associates | Centre | 175.79 Acres | $888,500 Beiler-Campbell Realtors | Snyder | 110 Acres | $1,250,000
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SOUTH CAROLINA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Newberry
$204,071.40
25.69
2
Greenville
$443,824.70
31.46
3
Sumter
$207,955.81
90.92
4
Lexington
$401,567.58
54.91
5
York
$406,168.75
75.07
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Carolina Land Company | Pickens | 887.75 Acres | $1,100,000 Sea Island Real Estate LLC | Charleston | 4.72 Acres | $1,800,000
SOUTH DAKOTA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Fall River
$666,244
348.98
2
Yankton
$89,975.75
90.40
3
Custer
$267,881.43
51.55
4
Lyman
$1,236,667.33
1,743.67
5
Marshall
$195,824.75
1.86
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Hewitt Land Company | Butte | 47,545 Acres | $20,690,000 Hewitt Land Company | Butte | 47,545 Acres | $20,690,000
TENNESSEE
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Coffee
$174,188.26
9.20
2
Cumberland
$168,428.49
14.71
3
Williamson
$531,857.38
27.96
4
Hamilton
$148,320.53
14.90
5
Greene
$317,637.63
43.85
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
McEwen Group LLC | Humphreys | 844.45 Acres | $599,000 Zeitlin & Co. Realtors | Montgomery | 198.1 Acres | $3,564,000
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TEXAS
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Llano
$426,962.35
43.78
2
Burnet
$681,070.99
78.49
3
Gillespie
$961,176.97
70.86
4
Bandera
$573,124.93
60.52
5
Leon
$331,627.10
48.74
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
King Land & Water | Jeff Davis | 55,704 Acres | $54,868,922 King Land & Water | Jeff Davis | 55,704 Acres | $54,868,922
UTAH
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Box Elder
$183,120.59
727.36
2
Salt Lake
$1,989,000
34
3
Kane
$136,784.13
13.48
4
Cache
$568,112.82
104.97
5
Utah
$452,740
19.72
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Mirr Ranch Group | Garfield | 6,970 Acres | $7,500,000 Mirr Ranch Group | Garfield | 6,970 Acres | $7,500,000
VERMONT
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Washington
$213,264.71
55.17
2
Windham
$322,435.09
10.87
3
Orange
$223,150
80.17
4
Chittenden
$1,046,281.25
47.44
5
Windsor
$1,049,802.89
276.34
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Palmiter Realty Group | Readsboro | 65 Acres | $150,000 Palmiter Realty Group | Dover | 2.01 Acres | $1,700,000
VIRGINIA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
1
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
King and Queen
$246,666.67
78.32
2
Isle of Wight
$30,001
8.31
3
Shenandoah
$227,628.15
8.92
4
Frederick
$243,271.16
26.91
5
Madison
$1,948,305.56
220.17
COMPARABLE SALES acre
Grant Massie Land Co | Manquin | 1,139.88 Acres | $4,750,000
price
United Country Piedmont Real Estate | Madison | 849 Acres | $5,000,000
WASHINGTON
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Lewis
$170,888.72
13.56
2
Clark
$434,600.40
13.54
3
Spokane
$585,818.75
69.01
1
4
Chelan
$361,108.93
1.12
5
Okanogan
$303,746.62
32.59
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Blue Mountain Realtors | Walla Walla | 519.5 Acres | $455,000 The Herbrand Company | Pierce | 372 Acres | $1,900,000
WEST VIRGINIA
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Braxton
$173,698.89
33.60
2
Hampshire
$181,955.13
30.91
3
Roane
$160,165.06
76.61
4
Randolph
$139,879.33
31.60
5
Monroe
$204,512.63
37.21
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
FoxFire Realty | Monroe | 304 Acres | $799,000 FoxFire Realty | Monroe | 304 Acres | $799,000
WISCONSIN
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
1
Ashland
$169,600
62.35
2
Adams
$171,338.68
16.82
3
Waupaca
$229,242.32
7.62
4
Bayfield
$155,662.21
22.22
5
Waushara
$242,020
25.19
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Dairyland Real Estate | Dane | 416 Acres | $3,536,000 Dairyland Real Estate | Dane | 416 Acres | $3,536,000
WYOMING
MOST ACTIVE COUNTIES
COUNTY
AVG PRICE
AVG ACRES
Laramie
$997,708.50
488.46
2
Albany
$2,218,202.38
1,929.71
3
Big Horn
$379,825.86
101.32
4
Park
$819,903.94
191.04
5
Carbon
$649,464.12
2,230.81
1
COMPARABLE SALES acre price
Clark & Associates Land Brokers | Johnson | 28,453 Acres | $9,300,000 Clark & Associates Land Brokers | Johnson | 28,453 Acres | $9,300,000
INDEX
LAND MAGAZINE // LEGENDARY LIVING
STATE/COUNTY INDEX STATE
COUNTY
ACRES
Arizona
Coconino
59.5
Arizona
Gila
Arizona
ACRE INDEX STATE
COUNTY
ACRES
PG NO.
ACRES
STATE
COUNTY
96
Montana
Petroleum
10,390
94
0.84
Colorado
Chaffee
148
93
Montana
Powell
89
8,688
48
10
Kansas
Reno
Santa Cruz
627
96
Montana
81
Powell
5,870
69
10
Wyoming
Weston
California
El Dorado
12.8
50
65
Montana
Rosebud
9,240
94
13
Wyoming
Crook
California
Lassen
2,291
64
51
Nebraska
Butler
673
83
12.8
California
El Dorado
California
Mendocino
50
266
50
Nebraska
Custer
2,336
59
13.20
Kansas
Reno
California
81
Modoc
305
50
New Mexico
Colfax
1,260
49
17
North Carolina
Stokes
95
California
Placer
801
51
New Mexico
Lincoln
325
49
17
Virginia
Patrick
95
California
Santa Clara
1,544
51
New Mexico
Lincoln
3,629
84
22
New Mexico
Lincoln
84
California
Shasta
320
51
New Mexico
Lincoln
12,976
84
25
North Carolina
Alleghany
95
California
Solano
46.12
50
New Mexico
Lincoln
22
84
34
North Carolina
Stokes
95
Colorado
Adams
825
52
New Mexico
Mora
10,000
59
46.12
California
Solano
50
Colorado
Adams
1,120
53
New Mexico
Otero
2,989
84
Colorado
Archuleta
760
72
New Mexico
Otero
90
84
Colorado
Chaffee
1,300
49
New Mexico
Rio Arriba
518
73
59 59.5 63
Texas Arizona Wyoming
Kerr Coconino Johnson
75 96 59
Colorado
Chaffee
553.45
89
New Mexico
San Miguel
704
44
69
Colorado
Delta
61
Colorado
Chaffee
70
89
New Mexico
San Miguel
2,300
68
70
Colorado
Chaffee
89
Colorado
Chaffee
0.84
89
North Carolina Alleghany
25
95
70
Colorado
Delta
60
Colorado
Custer
71.6
58
North Carolina Stokes
17
95
71.6
Colorado
Custer
58
Colorado
Custer
55,486
58
North Carolina Stokes
92
95
77
Oregon
Deschutes
73
Colorado
Delta
1,577
60
North Carolina Stokes
34
95
80
Colorado
Fremont
89
Colorado
Delta
70
60
North Carolina Surry
493
95
90
Colorado
Mesa
61
Colorado
Delta
1,855
60
Oklahoma
Choctaw
1,368
91
90
New Mexico
Otero
84
Colorado
Delta
69
61
Oklahoma
Coal
3,259
79
92
North Carolina
Stokes
95
Colorado
Delta
708
67
Oklahoma
Hughes
2,596
79
106
Illinois
McLean
90
Colorado
Eagle
137
49
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
2,213
78
117
Wyoming
Crook
64
Colorado
Fremont
80
89
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
820
79
120
Kansas
Coffey
80
Colorado
Grand
176
57
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
990
79
132
Wyoming
Park
73
Colorado
Gunnison
542
66
Oregon
Deschutes
77
73
136
Wyoming
Crook
65
Colorado
Huerfano
390
70
Texas
Brewster
23,482
92
137
Colorado
Eagle
49
Colorado
Huerfano
145
70
Texas
Burleson
342
96
145
Colorado
Huerfano
70
Colorado
Huerfano
160
71
Texas
Edwards
4,107
74
148
Arizona
Gila
93
Colorado
Huerfano
320
71
Texas
Fannin
644
91
154
Illinois
Jersey
54
Colorado
Larimer
2,047
56
Texas
Guadalupe
329.8
88
159
Colorado
San Miguel
87
Colorado
Las Animas
960
53
Texas
Guadalupe
1,895
88
160
Colorado
Huerfano
71
Colorado
Mesa
275
61
Texas
Kaufman
742.95
88
160
Illinois
Champaign
90
Colorado
Mesa
90
61
Texas
Kendall
224
55
160
Kansas
Coffey
80
Colorado
Moffat
7,310
85
Texas
Kerr
59
75
160
Kansas
McPherson
81
Colorado
Montrose
2,455
66
Texas
Kerr
719
75
165
Illinois
Madison
54
Colorado
Montrose
1,880
66
Texas
Kerr
4,608
75
176
Colorado
Grand
57
Colorado
Montrose
758
67
Texas
Kimble
7,343
62
224
Texas
Kendall
55
Colorado
Park
1,500
48
Texas
Llano
2,000
63
236
Illinois
Madison
54
Colorado
Routt
1,500
85
Texas
Madison
2,340
55
240
Kansas
Coffey
80
Colorado
San Miguel
3,000
48
Texas
McLennan
1,067
86
247
Montana
Gallatin
94
Colorado
San Miguel
159
87
Texas
Presidio
12,500
92
266
California
Mendocino
50
Colorado
Teller
572
52
Texas
Real
754
74
275
Colorado
Mesa
61
Idaho
Fremont
320
73
Texas
Red River
1,000
91
275
Illinois
Vermilion
90
Idaho
Teton
2,553
72
Texas
Val Verde
20,000
74
305
California
Modoc
50
Illinois
Champaign
160
90
Texas
Val Verde
872
75
320
California
Shasta
51
Illinois
Clay
760
90
Texas
Val Verde
7,800
92
320
Colorado
Huerfano
71
Illinois
DeWitt
402
90
Texas
Van Zandt
926.679
88
320
Idaho
Fremont
73
Illinois
Jersey
154
54
Utah
Summit
757
76
325
New Mexico
Lincoln
49
Illinois
Madison
236
54
Utah
Utah
10,200
68
329.8
Texas
Guadalupe
88
Illinois
Madison
165
54
Utah
Wasatch
584
77
330
Wyoming
Crook
65
Illinois
McLean
106
90
Virginia
Patrick
17
95
342
Texas
Burleson
96
Illinois
Vermilion
275
90
Wyoming
Albany
4,051
85
375
Iowa
Kossuth
90
Iowa
Kossuth
375
90
Wyoming
Campbell
1,842
64
390
Colorado
Huerfano
70
Kansas
Coffey
240
80
Wyoming
Carbon
1,348
59
400
Wyoming
Lincoln
76
Kansas
Coffey
160
80
Wyoming
Crook
117
64
402
Illinois
DeWitt
90
Kansas
Coffey
120
80
Wyoming
Crook
13
64
424
Kansas
Franklin
83
Kansas
Franklin
424
83
Wyoming
Crook
446
64
442
Wyoming
Crook
65
Kansas
Gove
1,920
52
Wyoming
Crook
330
65
446
Wyoming
Crook
64
Kansas
McPherson
160
81
Wyoming
Crook
136
65
470
Missouri
Stone
82
Kansas
Reno
13.20
81
Wyoming
Crook
442
65
493
North Carolina
Surry
95
Kansas
Reno
10
81
Wyoming
Johnson
63
59
518
New Mexico
Rio Arriba
73
Kansas
Rice
800
83
Wyoming
Lincoln
1,091
53
542
Colorado
Gunnison
66
Kansas
Smith
2,009
83
Wyoming
Lincoln
400
76
553.45
Colorado
Chaffee
89
Missouri
Stone
470
82
Wyoming
Natrona
45,831
94
572
Colorado
Teller
52
Montana
Cascade
1,068
69
Wyoming
Natrona
60,929
94
580
Wyoming
Teton
72
Montana
Gallatin
696
72
Wyoming
Park
132
73
584
Utah
Wasatch
77
Montana
Gallatin
247
94
Wyoming
Sublette
4,850
85
627
Arizona
Santa Cruz
96
Montana
Lewis & Clark
3,050
69
Wyoming
Teton
580
72
644
Texas
Fannin
91
Montana
Lewis & Clark
678
69
Wyoming
Uinta
1,352
77
673
Nebraska
Butler
83
Montana
Park
2,964
68
Wyoming
Weston
10
65
678
Montana
Lewis & Clark
69
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BROKER INDEX
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STATE
COUNTY
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Montana
Gallatin
72
704 708
New Mexico Colorado
San Miguel Delta
44 67
719
Texas
Kerr
75
742.95
Texas
Kaufman
88
754
Texas
Real
74
757
Utah
Summit
76
758
Colorado
Montrose
67
760
Colorado
Archuleta
72
760
Illinois
Clay
90
800
Kansas
Rice
83
801
California
Placer
51
820
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
79
825
Colorado
Adams
52
872
Texas
Val Verde
75
926.679
Texas
Van Zandt
88
960
Colorado
Las Animas
53
990
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
79
1,000
Texas
Red River
91
1,067
Texas
McLennan
86
1,068
Montana
Cascade
69
1,091
Wyoming
Lincoln
53
1,120
Colorado
Adams
53
1,260
New Mexico
Colfax
49
1,300
Colorado
Chaffee
49
1,348
Wyoming
Carbon
59
1,352
Wyoming
Uinta
77
1,368
Oklahoma
Choctaw
91
1,500
Colorado
Park
48
1,500
Colorado
Routt
85
1,544
California
Santa Clara
51
1,577
Colorado
Delta
60
1,842
Wyoming
Campbell
64
1,855
Colorado
Delta
60
1,880
Colorado
Montrose
66
1,895
Texas
Guadalupe
88
1,920
Kansas
Gove
52
2,000
Texas
Llano
63
2,009
Kansas
Smith
83
2,047
Colorado
Larimer
56
2,213
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
78
2,291
California
Lassen
51
2,300
New Mexico
San Miguel
68
2,336
Nebraska
Custer
59
2,340
Texas
Madison
55
2,455
Colorado
Montrose
66
2,553
Idaho
Teton
72
2,596
Oklahoma
Hughes
79
2,964
Montana
Park
68
2,989
New Mexico
Otero
84
3,000
Colorado
San Miguel
48
3,050
Montana
Lewis & Clark
69
3,259
Oklahoma
Coal
79
3,629
New Mexico
Lincoln
84
4,051
Wyoming
Albany
85
4,107
Texas
Edwards
74
4,608
Texas
Kerr
75
4,850
Wyoming
Sublette
85
5,870
Montana
Powell
69
7,310
Colorado
Moffat
85
7,343
Texas
Kimble
62
7,800
Texas
Val Verde
92
8,688
Montana
Powell
48
9,240
Montana
Rosebud
94
10,000
New Mexico
Mora
59
10,200
Utah
Utah
68
10,390
Montana
Petroleum
94
12,500
Texas
Presidio
92
12,976
New Mexico
Lincoln
84
20,000
Texas
Val Verde
74
23,482
Texas
Brewster
92
45,831
Wyoming
Natrona
94
55,486
Colorado
Custer
58
60,929
Wyoming
Natrona
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Originally built by a cutting horse enthusiast, the New Mexico Horse Ranch is an exclusive property with breath-taking views, comfortable accommodations, and horseback riding adventures abound. - Robb Van Pelt Owner & Broker Associate Mason & Morse Ranch Co
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Overlooking the southern end of the Rockies in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range and sacred Hermit's Peak, the ranch is located just 9.5 miles west from I-25 on Highway 283 out of Las Vegas, New Mexico and one hour east of Santa Fe. The ranch is bordered on the west by the San Geronimo Land Grant, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This authentic New Mexican village dates back to 1835 when it was founded by a land grant from the Spanish government. The New Mexico Horse Ranch consists of 704Âą acres of rolling meadows punctuated with pockets of ponderosa pines, overlooking a pristine 360 degree view corridor. A private drive off the county road leads to the improvements, nicely situated for privacy while not compromising any views. The ranch is fenced and cross-fenced with water available for each pasture and is currently used as an outfitting horse
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ranch, offering opportunities for family and friends to experience a working horse ranch by riding horses, roping in the arena, cooking, tending to the garden, or camping out underneath the stars. Time on the ranch is always engaging, peaceful, and rejuvenating. The improvements on this ranch have a true Old West feel and consist of a twobedroom Jonathan Foote designed main home, a completely remodeled and fully furnished three-bedroom rock house, a one-bedroom building bunk house, a sixstall heated barn with automatic drinkers and a wash rack and is within easy access to the outside pens for cattle and horses, a 175x100 covered riding arena, a cutting horse style pen and a round pen. Other improvements include a leather-craft shop, a wood shop and an old style saloon with sliding doors.
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Dry Creek Basin Ranch 3,000± ACRES | SAN MIGUEL COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1808005 Dry Creek Basin Ranch consists of 3,000± contiguous deeded acres and approximately 1,700 acres of BLM grazing permit. The land types found on the ranch range from irrigated meadows to sage and pinion pine-hills on up to oakbrush and pine forested ridges. The ranch boasts excellent hunting and its access controls a large area of the basin, which borders BLM and a state wildlife area. The ranch has significant water resources and includes basic improvements. Co-listed with Jim Nerlin, Telluride Real Estate Company. www.RanchLand.com/Drycreek. Price: $4,900,000
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8,688± ACRES | POWELL COUNTY | MONTANA | PROPERTY ID: 1386147
1,500± ACRES | PARK COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1605321
At over 8,688± deeded acres, the Broken Circle Ranch is one of the largest contiguous ranches available in the Deer Lodge Valley, in scenic Western Montana. Not only is this ranch a productive commercial cattle operation with annual surplus hay sales, but also a sportsman’s paradise. Miles of the Clark Fork River wind through the ranch and create an active riparian area supporting a large whitetail deer population and offering abundant fishing opportunities. www.RanchLand.com/BrokenCircle. Price: $14,500,000
The 1,500± acres of Currant Creek Pass Ranch is bounded by high mountain ranges, contributing to the breathtaking vistas seen from the property. Located nine miles north of Guffey, Colorado off of Highway 9 and bordering National Forest on three sides, the ranch has four spring fed ponds, beautiful mature ponderosa and bristlecone pine trees, traversable terrain and unique pockets of seclusion that still offer the famous Rocky Mountain views. www.RanchLand.com/CurrantCreek. Price: $2,950,000
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Dallenbach Ranch 137± ACRES | EAGLE COUNTY COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1748130 The Dallenbach Ranch consists of 137± acres and is bordered on three sides by BLM and state wildlife area with access to thousands of acres. The ranch has senior water rights and over one-half mile of the Frying Pan River offering private “Gold Medal” fly-fishing along with 20 acres of irrigated meadows. Ranch improvements include a remodeled historic home along with a garage, equipment shed, and several cabins, which have the possibility of being rented year-round. The Dallenbach Ranch is located 30 minutes from Aspen, Colorado with plenty of opportunity for skiing, hiking, rafting, biking and much more! Price: $13,900,000
Hondo Ranch 325± ACRES | LINCOLN COUNTY NEW MEXICO | PROPERTY ID: 1972856 The Hondo Ranch is 325± acres situated along two-and-a-half miles of the Ruidoso River, the facilities include: 188-covered pens, 66-large pens with shelters, office and vet building, 13-stall maternity barn, a 25-stall barn, hay barn, equipment barn, bunk house, and a three bedroom one bath home. Excellent senior water rights include 546-acre feet of water with 1866 priority rights with nine irrigated pastures that are fenced and cross-fenced. www.RanchLand.com/Hondo. Price: $5,800,000
Aspen Ridge Ranch 1,300± ACRES | CHAFFEE COUNTY COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 2006965 The 1,300± acre Aspen Ridge Ranch offers end-of-the road seclusion, numerous recreational activities and excellent hunting opportunities for big game. This property consists of rock outcroppings, meadows, and magnificent tree coverage including aspens, pines and spruce. The ranch is nestled between Buena Vista and Salida, and is in the heart of the San Isabel National Forest. www.RanchLand.com/AspenRidge. Price: $3,900,000
La Mesa Ranch 1,260± ACRES | COLFAX COUNTY NEW MEXICO | PROPERTY ID: 1972854 This 1,260-acre ranch enjoys a blend of irrigated meadows, cottonwood-lined creek bottom, transitioning to ponderosa, oak brush, spruce going all the way to the aspen tree stands on the upper portion the ranch. Improvements include a stunning log home, two additional homes, three small cabins, 18-stall barn, indoor arena, and shop. www.RanchLand.com/LaMesa. Price: $3,400,000 LANDSOFAMERICAMAGAZINE.COM
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Alder Creek Ocean Ranch 266± ACRES | MENDOCINO COUNTY | CALIFORNIA | PROPERTY ID: 1995701 This 266±-acre ranch is located in Mendocino County about 2.4 miles north of the town of Manchester, California and eight miles north of Pt. Arena, California. The scenic drive through the redwoods and wine country takes about three hours from the San Francisco Bay Area. This ranch has it all; ocean frontage, ocean views, your own beach, creek frontage, meadows, abundant rolling grassland for horses or livestock, two homes, barns and outbuildings. A ranch like this rarely comes on the market and this one has been in the same family since the 1950s. Contact Todd Renfrew (707) 365–5064. Price $3,500,000
Girl on The Hill Boutique Vineyard & Lavender 46.12± ACRES | SOLANO COUNTY | CALIFORNIA | PROPERTY ID: 2004174 The Girl on the Hill Boutique Vineyard and Lavender is a real gem of a property that has one of the best views in Solano County looking east to the Sierra Nevada Mountains at just under 3,000 feet elevation. Ideally located between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, this 1,950-square-foot home is the place to live. The estate resides on 46 acres offering the ultimate in privacy and includes two-and-a-half acres of boutique vineyards, an acre of lavender, a beautiful custom 20x40-square-foot salt pool, and is surrounded by breathtaking day and night-time views. Contact Todd Renfrew (707) 365–5064. Price: $1,330,000
G-V Farms 305± ACRES | MODOC COUNTY | CALIFORNIA | PROPERTY ID: 1927941 This 305-acre property is a working commercial ranch that grows alfalfa and orchard grass hay. Water is gold and this ranch has an abundance. The farm is part of the Tule Lake Irrigation District with adjudicated 1905 water rights and they have Class A contracts. It also has two irrigation wells that can water the ranch without district water. The ranch is irrigated with wheel lines on 110 acres, has a Valley pivot on 84 acres, and a Valley linear on 66 acres for a total of 260 acres. Included are two homes, two barns, shop and out buildings. Video on YouTube. Contact Todd Renfrew (707) 365–5064. Price: $1,300,000
Rock ‘N Oaks Ranch 12.8± ACRES | EL DORADO COUNTY CALIFORNIA | PROPERTY ID: 1946249 Beautiful 12.8-acre family ranch! Impeccable 2,686-square-foot custom single-story ranch home with solid granite, Brazilian hardwood, crown molding, gourmet kitchen, stainless steel appliances, five-burner stove, wine fridge, custom cabinets, nook, etc. all on 12.81 gorgeous acres with incredible city light and panoramic sunset views, Infinity-edge Pebble Sheen pool, 1,440-square-foot guest modular, custom 36’x60’ barn/shop, 220 service, finished tack room, 50’x65’ arena, vinyl fenced/cross fenced, paddock, grazing areas and pastures. Video on YouTube. Contact Steve DePalma (530) 306–4709. Price: $994,900 50
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The Humphrey Ranch 2,291± ACRES | LASSEN COUNTY | CALIFORNIA | PROPERTY ID: 1047853 2,291 acres, offered for sale for the first time in 113 years! The ranch runs in one unbroken block from USFS lands in the Sierra’s down to the shores of Honey Lake. One-and-a-half man, 400-cow operation. Great irrigation well, 3,000 GPM, and the pivots are on some of the valley’s best sandy loam soils. The ranch owns all the water from McDermott Creek, and the ranch comes with two landowner deer tags. Two homes with million dollar views. Contact Scott or Marlene (775) 240–3668. Price: $3,500,000
Gold Run 801± ACRES | PLACER COUNTY | CALIFORNIA | PROPERTY ID: 1707983 Fantastic 801± acre, 23 parcel property in Gold Run. This is a great opportunity to own a large acreage with easy access, multiple parcels, river frontage and endless recreation, income, and development possibilities. Highway 80 frontage for potential commercial development on one boundary, Canyon Creek running through the center and the North Fork of the American River running through the lower end. A gorgeous lake lies in the middle for recreation, or the centerpiece for a beautiful home site. Contact Sandy Ballou (916) 261–8192. Price: $1,500,000
Hurner Tule Elk 1,544± ACRES | SANTA CLARA COUNTY CALIFORNIA | PROPERTY ID: 1924010 The 1,544±-acre property is located just 30 miles from Livermore. It has been in the same family for 117 years. The ranch is part of the PLM program and usually gets trespass rights for one bull Tule Elk tag and one cow Tule Elk tag. The contiguous property consists of six parcels. It is zoned agriculture and is in the Williamson Act. There are several seasonal streams that run throughout the property. Great place for a family compound, hunting, and recreation. Video on YouTube. Contact Todd Renfrew, (707) 365–5064. Price: $4,633,440
No Fences Hay Ranch 320± ACRES | SHASTA COUNTY | CALIFORNIA | PROPERTY ID: 1969936 320± acres under production, growing the highest quality, high altitude timothy hay in the area. Three wells produce plenty of water to flood irrigate the entire ranch with underground main line and return ditch system. Three pole barns hold the seven-ton per acre average yield for past few years. 1,250-square-foot remodeled home with covered back patio catching the view of barns, fields and Saddle Mountain and a 2,392-square-foot shop with concrete floor and upstairs storage. Contact Donna or Rich (530) 336–6869. Price: $3,000,000
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Brighton Farms 825± ACRES | ADAMS COUNTY | COLORADO These 825 acres of primely located farm ground are comprised of seven different tracts. The land is highlighted by a 243-acre piece of excellent farm ground of which 120 acres is under pivot irrigation. This tract offers 100 percent of the mineral rights transferring to the buyer! Each of the seven tracts are surrounded by developments and homes and all offer excellent paved road access. The land is just east of I-76 and is a mere 30 minutes from Downtown Denver. It is just 10 miles east of Brighton, Colorado and all amenities and schools. This land is available for purchase as one unit or the seven tracts individually. You will not find a larger offering of primely located land with unlimited opportunities. $7,462,640. Contact Seth Hayden.
Gove County Farm & Ranch 1,920± ACRES | GOVE COUNTY | KANSAS This contiguous tract of dryland cultivation and native grassland is six miles south and one mile west of Quinter, with good road access. It offers a good farming, grazing and hunting investment. The land features rolling to level terraced dryland composed of good soils. The grass is level to rolling with two draws. The fences are good to average and the water is good with wells and underground pipes to tanks. There is also a windmill and a dam. This contiguous tract is perfect for a farmer/stockman. Mineral withheld on 640 acres in Section 1, Township 13, Range 27. The property offers good upland bird hunting and excellent deer hunting. The return on the property is attractive because minerals in this area are in demand. $2,718,074. Contact Leo Hayden.
Teller Park Ranch 572± ACRES | TELLER COUNTY | COLORADO The Teller Park Ranch, just 45 minutes west of Colorado Springs, is one of the best mountain properties in the entire region. This property lies just south of the town of Florissant, and 15 minutes to the west of the town of Woodland Park. The terrain offers gently sloping hills and rocky bluffs, which create many drainages and canyons to the southerly Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Resting west of Pikes Peak, this property truly is a prime place to build your dream home and command worldclass views and privacy. $2,575,000. Contact Dax Hayden. 52
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Trophy Elk & Mule Deer Ranch 1,091± ACRES | LINCOLN COUNTY | WYOMING 1,091-acre Trophy Elk and Mule Deer Mountain Ranch is a hunter’s dream. This beautiful ranch features incredible views in all directions of beautiful mountains, meadows, canyons, pines and aspen quakies. This ranch features a hunting cabin nestled high up in an aspen covered valley where the sound of a small stream and bugling elk will remind you that you are right where you need to be. To top it all off this ranch backs to BLM offering access to tens of thousands of acres and is home to some of the biggest elk and mule deer in the Rocky Mountains! The ranch is located in Elk Unit 104 and Mule Deer Unit 135. These units are known for big elk and state record muleys! Both of these are limited draw, however that is not a problem with your two landowner tags for each animal. This fine ranch is located 120 miles south of Jackson, Wyoming and is right on the Idaho border. This ranch is priced to sell! $1,475,000. Contact Bill Vacek.
Emerald Sod Farm 1,120± ACRES | ADAMS COUNTY | COLORADO Approximately 30 miles northeast of downtown Denver, approximately five miles northeast of Denver International Airport and approximately ten miles east of Brighton. South boundary is 128th Avenue, West Boundary is Lanewood Street, North Boundary is 144th Avenue, and East boundary is Watkins Mile Road, with Box Elder Creek running south to north through the middle of property. Current Land Use: 200 acres in turf production, 120 acres in alfalfa hay, 150 acres of Box Elder Creek bottom for hunting, pasture or recreational use, 550 acres in wheat or other crops, balance in roadways and out areas. $12,500,000. Contact Leo Hayden.
Jones Family Homestead 960± ACRES | LAS ANIMAS COUNTY | COLORADO Located approximately 22 miles north of Kim, Colorado, the Jones Family Homestead is one of Colorado’s greatest ranch values. These 960 deeded acres, comprising of round-top mesa, ranch land, canyons and 160 acres of dry land farm ground, have been in the same family since early 1900s, providing income and hunting for generations of the Jones family. This property includes a comfortable three-bedroom, one-bath farm house on power, that would make an excellent weekend cabin for the land owner, a couple of barns and garages for storing your ATV’s and farm equipment, and lots of ground to go play. It is the ideal farm/ranch/recreational property, complete with waterline operated drinkers for cattle and wildlife. $768,000. Contact Greg Liddle.
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HUNTER’S VIEW 236± ACRES | MADISON COUNTY | ILLINOIS PROPERTY ID: 1466318 Welcome to hunter’s view! This 15,000 square-feet dream home, situated on a 236-acre estate, boasts rustic elegance through its seven bedrooms, 11 baths, three kitchens and several family rooms. This custom built home was designed around the owners love of the outdoors. No detail was overlooked. A wealth of wood, stone, marble, and elegant finishes complete the interior. Views of the fully stocked lake are seen from several places in the home. Outside offers a heated pool/spa, boat lift, 72x42 outbuilding with electric and water, endless views and privacy. The list goes on and on. Every room has its own story and there is truly a legacy of family, fun and the outdoors within the walls of this home. The 236 acres offers an opportunity for a multitude of outdoor activities. The trail camera pictures show the variety of wildlife that call this one of a kind property home. The tillable acreage offers a nice income and plenty of nutrients for the wildlife. This home is also being offered with 31 acres at $5,700,000. Contact Andrew Herrin at (618) 531-3520.
SILVER CREEK WILDLIFE MECCA 165± ACRES | MADISON COUNTY | ILLINOIS | PROPERTY ID: 1668906 165 acres of some of West Central Illinois’ finest wildlife habitat. No matter what caliber of hunter or recreational enthusiasts you may be, this property offers endless opportunities for making memories that last a lifetime. The 960 square-foot hunting cabin is equipped with all of the necessities to relax in comfort. A 1,200 square-foot barn is attached to the cabin and is used for storage, game cleaning, and a staging area before hunting. Over 100 acres of heavily wooded timber allows for multiple stand locations, wind directions, and access points. Several established food plots have been scattered throughout the farm providing easy feed for the turkeys and whitetail Check out the trail camera pictures of the bruisers that call this place home. This wildlife mecca includes 44 acres of WRP that the owner has done extensive tree plantings on and gives excellent bedding areas for whitetail. 14 acres of the WRP is a flooded marsh area that has a three man pit and a 220 volt hook-up for an ice eater. All of the water control structures have been updated in recent years and function properly. Slightly north of the marsh area is a flooded timber hole that encompasses approximately nine acres. Both of the marshes are bordered to the west by Silver Creek. Located within miles of interstate access and minutes of St. Louis, Missouri, this retreat would satisfy any avid outdoorsmen. Call today and schedule a private tour! Contact Travis Tarrant at (618) 974-9259. Price: $695,000
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154± ACRES | JERSEY COUNTY | ILLINOIS | PROPERTY ID: 1800550 154-acre estate nestled in the bluffs that wind along the Illinois River. This is a rare opportunity to own acreage overlooking the river basin. A 10,000 square-foot custom stone home with a slate roof appears to have emerged from the limestone bluff. Top of the line features are found throughout the home including hand crafted kitchen cabinetry equipped with Wolf appliances, Brazilian hardwood, stone fireplaces, hand chiseled beams, wine cellar, walk-in vault, and a geo thermal heating and cooling system. Entertain your guests outside on the patio with spectacular views and a gunite swimming pool and hot tub. The pool house is also equipped with a full kitchen. Have guests spend the weekend in the separate living quarters. Above all is the 154 acres that offers multiple river views, excellent whitetail and eastern wild turkey hunting, fishing in the stocked pond, and trail riding. Once inhabited by Native Americans, multiple artifacts have been found on and near this land. This property is co-listed with Kristen Heitzig with Remax Express. Contact Andrew Herrin at (618) 531-3520. Price: $4,250,000
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Boerne Equestrian Beauty 224± ACRES | KENDALL COUNTY | PROPERTY ID: 1155944
BOERNE EQUESTRIAN BEAUTY - This secluded ranch is well located near San Antonio, just outside of Boerne, Texas. Solitude and privacy await you with over a mile of paved road to the compound from the front gate. Beautiful fourbedroom, three-and-a-half bath limestone home of approximately 3,000 square feet, guest home with three-bedrooms and two-baths, large horse barn with huge entertaining area, bunk room and quarters. Work your roping horses in the 300’ x 150’ arena or your cutting horses in the covered area as well. This ranch is well watered with two wells logged at 65–70 gpm per owner and a windmill feeding the cowboy swimming pool. Pastures have been cleared of most cedar and six surface tanks collect water throughout the ranch allowing the abundant free ranging wildlife, horses and cattle to graze. This exceptional property is offered with all minerals owned, believed to be 100 percent. Four executive hunting blinds also convey. Price: $2,850,000. 3 percent to buyer’s agent.
Senator Ranch Headquarters 2,340± ACRES | MADISON COUNTY | PROPERTY ID: 1158675 Senator Ranch Headquarters. One of the more famous ranches in the area, the headquarters pasture consists of approximately 2,340 acres. This ranch is located in Madison County. The improvements are dated but functional including a sprawling one story ranch home, approximately 3,600 square-feet overlooking the fabulous Carr Lake. Numerous barns, working pens, lakes, improved pastures and fantastic wildlife habitat. Bordered on the north by County Line Road (OSR), on the west by over 5 miles of the Navasota River and accessed/bordered on the south by CR355, you are just a short distance from Normangee, Texas. In various locations on the ranch, there are four other smaller houses in poor to average condition. This beautiful working ranch has not been offered for sale in three decades. A small NPRI is negotiable with the sale. Priced at $6,435,000 or $2,750 per acre.
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SOARING EAGLE RANCH 2,047± ACRES | LARIMER COUNTY VIRGINIA DALE, COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 2021423 Uniquely positioned in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northern Colorado, the 2,000-acre Soaring Eagle Ranch features custom improvements in a beautiful and private mountain setting with park-like meadows amid vast expanses of pine trees and rock formations. The ranch has year-round paved road access and is convenient to the Colorado Front Range. Currently operating as an agricultural ranch and recreational retreat, this entertaining and legacy property is in a marvelous western setting with seclusion, customdesigned practical improvements, livestock grazing and a host of wildlife. Ron Morris, (970) 535–0881. Price: Offered turnkey at $18,300,000.
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ASPEN MEADOWS RANCH 176± ACRES | GRAND COUNTY KREMMLING, COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1999200 Part of the 19,000-acre Grand River Ranch shared ranch community which offers an assortment of amenities including equestrian center, two fishing camps, sporting clays range and guest lodge, the 176-acre ranch is unique to itself with privacy, creek, and two ponds in an alpine setting with incredible mountain views. Improvements consist of a 3,655-square-foot beveled log home and a two-level barn with 1,260 square feet of living space on the upper level and three horse stalls, tack room and storage on the lower level. Aspen Meadows Ranch is in close proximity to several top ski areas and ten miles from Kremmling’s jet accessible private airport. Ron Morris, (970) 535–0881. Price: $7,000,000 (includes custom furniture)
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WOLF SPRINGS RANCH 55,486± ACRES | HUERFANO & CUSTER COUNTIES WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1779644 This complete 55,486 deeded acre ranch with first-class improvements operates as a bison-cattle-horse ranch with over 3,370 acres of irrigable water rights. This sportsman’s paradise has plenty of natural resources, production capabilities, magnificent scenery and abundant water for wildlife that supports what could be a revenue-generating hunting operation. The ranch is located just 15 miles from the Silver West jetaccessible airport and under a two-hour drive to Colorado Springs. Ron Morris (970) 535–0881. Price: $54,700,000
FIVE STAR RANCH ESTATE 71.6± ACRES | CUSTER COUNTY | WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1769327 With panoramic views of the Wet Mountain Valley and Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Five Star Ranch Estate offers gracious mountain living. 71.6 deeded plus 490 state lease acres located five minutes north of Westcliffe offering privacy and masterpiece improvements. Ron Morris (970) 535–0881. Price: $4,400,000 58
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DEER CREEK RANCH 1,348± ACRES | CARBON COUNTY SARATOGA, WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1612780 1,348 deeded acres situated at the foot of Pennock Mountain with two miles of Deer Creek meandering through the property. The ranch is located near the Old Baldy Club with privacy, wildlife, scenery, water, and turnkey improvements. An exceptional lifestyle and recreation ranch or an excellent horse/cattle operation. Ron Morris, (970) 535–0881. Price: $2,500,000
CLEAR CREEK RETREAT 63± ACRES | JOHNSON COUNTY BUFFALO, WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1868886 Four miles west of the charming town of Buffalo with a mile of Clear Creek meandering through the property, the 63-acre retreat is at the end of a private road and bordered by a large ranch. Improvements include a 4,500-square-foot main house with a guest apartment and a separate 1,550-square-foot home nearby. Matt Johnston, (307) 655-2273 and Ron Morris, (970) 535–0881. Price: $1,595,000
MERIDIAN CANYON RANCH RIVER CANYON RANCH 10,000± ACRES | HARDING & MORA COUNTIES WAGON MOUND, NEW MEXICO | PROPERTY ID: 1654313 River Canyon Ranch offers private full or part-time enjoyment with modern upscale accommodations in a spectacular canyon setting in high plains country. The ranch consists of over 10,000 acres (6,980 deeded and 3,110 state leased acres) and features a 3,800-square-foot main residence, a guest house, organic fruit and vegetable garden, a large shop, three-stall horse barn and several pastures. Ron Morris, (970) 535–0881 and Ryan Tatsch, (719) 565–8318. Price: $7,800,000
2,336± ACRES | CUSTER COUNTY SARGENT, NEBRASKA | PROPERTY ID: 1969991 Every detail necessary to make a world-class hunting experience has been included in this 2,336-acre turnkey wildlife ranch and hunting preserve with elk, trophy bull buffalo, abundant trophy-quality whitetail deer, mule deer, and extraordinary bird hunting. Features a 3,200-square-foot log home with guest unit overlooking a bass pond. Ron Morris (970) 535–0881. Price: $4,500,000
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Harts Basin Ranch 1,855± ACRES | DELTA COUNTY COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1814825 Paradise and privacy: that is how you will come to view this incredible ranch. Sweetly nestled in Harts Basin, a beautiful area for trophy mule deer, pheasant, quail, chukar and waterfowl, these 1,855± acres are currently a working cow/calf operation as well as an excellent hunting property. You’ll enjoy seeing the wildlife right out your back door. The ranch includes a USFS livestock permit for 394 AUMs. There are 220± irrigated acres and live water year-round. The ranch is complete with a manager’s home, working pens, calving barn and shop! Enjoy this excellent livestock operation with end-of-the-road privacy. Price: $3,300,000
Avaritte Performance Horse Ranch 70± ACRES | DELTA COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1817964 Beautiful Western Colorado performance horse ranch near Delta, this 70±-acre ranch, with a 3,950-square-foot custom home, located on a scenic mesa and has stunning views of nearby Grand Mesa, the West Elks, and overlooks the Gunnison River and the valley floor! The home features cathedral ceilings, a double fireplace, combination kitchen/dining and living room, both offering unobstructed views across the valley. Lower level is suitable as a separate apartment with a private outside entrance. The barn, 144’x96’, is insulated, includes a riding area, stalls, two restrooms, caretaker apartment, tack room, feed room, wash/vet rack area. There is an adjacent outdoor arena measuring 375’x150’ with steel pipe fence. An additional 60’x24’ barn includes tack room, feed room, hay storage, and three large stalls. Includes 31± irrigated acres planted in weed free alfalfa, and a 16±-acre irrigated pasture. Access to your very own island on the Gunnison River with excellent brown and rainbow trout fishing, plus excellent waterfowl hunting. Trails along the river are excellent for riding or hiking. Located just seven miles from Delta or Cedaredge. Price: $1,598,000
Wildlife Mountain Retreat 1,577± ACRES | DELTA COUNTY COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1818001 This beautiful 1,577± acre alpine mountain ranch offers yearround access, three year-round creeks, alpine forests with aspen and spruce, mountain meadows and oaks in the lower elevations, electricity aand borders the Grand Mesa National Forest. The ranch is in Hunt Units 411 and 52. Enjoy awesome elk, deer, bear and turkey hunting, gorgeous mountain and valley views, snowmobiling and your own trout fishing paradise with over three miles of trout-filled creeks. Price: $6,950,000 60
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Exceptionally Private & Secluded 275± ACRES | MESA COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1818008 Beautiful and pristine, 275± mountain acres with high mountain meadows, gorgeous stands of ponderosa pines and aspens. Varying topography with elevations from 9,000 feet to 9,400 feet, superb wildlife habitat with excellent elk, deer, bear and turkey hunting in Game Unit 40 — renowned for its trophy elk. Includes two adjudicated springs with ponds, along with several mud tanks and wallows. In an exceptionally private and secluded setting with gorgeous mountain views and yet only 30 miles to Grand Junction, Colorado. Property borders the Grand Mesa National Forest which adds to this recreational haven. Seasonal access. Price: $1,250,000
Glade Park Retreat 90± ACRES | MESA COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1818049 Beautiful and private Glade Park 90± mountain acres with electric, phone, yearround access, superb wildlife habitat with pinyons, cedars, oaks, large year-round pond and with 23± acres in dry land alfalfa. Excellent elk, deer, bear and turkey hunting in game Unit 40 – renowned for its trophy elk! A very unique 90± acres with its direct vehicle and foot access onto the adjoining BLM’s Timber Ridge Area (10,000 plus acres). This 90± acres with the BLM gives you the feeling of being on a much larger ranch. Elevation is 7,800 feet and only 30 minutes to downtown Grand Junction. Enjoy the views, privacy and your very own wildlife sanctuary. Price: $750,000
Fabulous Set-Up 69± ACRES | DELTA COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1912287 Fabulous set-up on 69± irrigated acres lending itself to a “Bed and Stall” Guest Ranch! Special use permit by USFS and BLM is included, buyer will have to apply for at sale. Features two main homes, apartment and two bunk houses! Hay barn corrals, five stalls with runs, tack room, storage buildings, full RV hookup space and more! Gated pipe for the irrigated ground, perimeter fenced and cross fenced – production is approximately three to four tons per acre. Tons of wildlife to enjoy on the property plus the permitted ground (BLM National Forest) for big game hunting and horseback rides. Located in GMU 411 and 52. For the entire package, including the business: $1,500,000. For just the homes and land: $1,275,000. Outfitters business/permits can be purchased separately. Please call for more details!
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Big Springs Ranch 7,343± ACRES | KIMBLE & MASON COUNTIES TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 1942853 There is a confluence of two little-known but hard-flowing rivers within the boundaries of this ranch, the James and Little Devil’s. Set in a surreal landscape of wide, solid rock bottom stream beds that never run dry, multi-hued cliffs and spring creeks, this legacy offering includes the legendary “Live Oak Spring,” currently gushing out about 250 GPM of cold, clear water into a solid rock canyon carved over centuries. The terrain includes high hills with distant vistas, wide grassy valleys sprinkled with heritage oaks and over four miles of flowing rivers and creeks. With miles of public road frontage, the ranch can be divided into tracts of 3,432, 2,240 and 1,671 acres. The site is located about one-and-ahalf hours from San Antonio and two-and-a-half hours from Austin. Price: $21,661,850 or $2,950 per acre
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Bowie Mountain Ranch 2,000Âą ACRES | LLANO COUNTY TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 1942841 The Enchanted Rock area west of Austin is known for its unique granite landscapes and exotic natural features, both of which are part of this heritage ranch. Two major creeks, Sandy and Crabapple, cross the property for about two miles, with lush riparian bottoms of towering hardwoods and native tall grasses. This ranch is literally loaded with deer, turkey, hogs and varmints, and is a ruggedly beautiful blank canvas, on a paved highway with stunning views of Enchanted Rock and the surrounding granite outcrops and spires. Rarely do ranches of this size, with so much water, become available in this prized area, being about one-and-a-half hours from Austin or San Antonio. Price: $9,000,000 or $4,500 per acre
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Lost Cabin Retreat
P.O. Box 98 | Newcastle, Wyoming 82701 (307) 746-2083
117± ACRES | CROOK COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1945724 Scenic western Black Hills property at the end of the road on 117 acres. A gorgeous custom built log home located in a hilltop venue with stunning views. The home was designed with open living spaces, many windows to enjoy the view and quality throughout. A three level design with three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths. Private master retreat has a French door to the balcony, pellet stove, and bath with jetted tub. Massive fireplace in the great room, open kitchen and dining area, loft office space, family room. Wood and tile floors, log stair cases, open beam ceiling, log railings, character logs, tile counter tops, extensive decking for outdoor dining. Also has guest apartment with RV garage. Come experience the elegance of a finely crafted log home in private Black Hills setting. Price: $895,000. Additional 352 acres available.
Hensley Butte Ranch 1,842± ACRES | CAMPBELL COUNTY | WYOMING PROPERTY ID: 1589657 1,842 deeded acres in the rolling hills north of Gillette about 20 miles. The ranch has good access, with the main entrance being only a half-mile from a paved highway. The property is contiguous and cross-fenced into five pastures. Livestock water is provided by a water well with a pipeline that feeds several tanks throughout the property plus two windmills, five reservoirs and Jamison Creek, which is seasonal. Currently the owners lease out the ranch for summer grazing. At an elevation from 4,100 to 4,600 feet, the property consists of rolling grasslands, interesting buttes and some deep draws. The topography and vegetation on the ranch and in the surrounding area provide habitat for mule deer and antelope. Price reduced to $1,287,000.
Lodge on Lytle Creek 12.5± ACRES | CROOK COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1795344 Stunning property with live water in a premier location just minutes from Devils Tower and the Black Hills National Forest. Lytle Creek runs year round through this remarkable 12.5-acre property. A park-like venue with a thick stand of bur oak trees, open meadows, views across the valley, and two custom homes nestled in the woods above the stream. The main home has a western lodge atmosphere with an open floor plan that works great for entertaining. Features include a massive great room, vaulted ceilings, wood and tile floors, several glass patio doors, loft, extensive decks and outdoor living spaces. The private two-story guest house has views overlooking the creek and has been used as a bed and breakfast. This excellent Black Hills retreat has it all! Price: $598,000
Oak Creek Ranch 446± ACRES | CROOK COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1892185 Western Black Hills ranch with 446 acres in the hills north of Aladdin along Oak Creek. A picturesque setting with long-range views of the surrounding Black Hills and Bear Lodge Mountains. Varied topography with open meadows, creek bottoms, high plateaus, wooded hills with bur oak, pine and cedar trees. The east boundary is adjacent to a section of State land. Good water resources including Oak Creek, two reservoirs, an artesian well piped into two stock tanks, a shared well with 6,000-gallon storage, and a new well that needs a solar panel hookup. Scenic Black Hills setting at a lower elevation with good access and numerous water resources. Price: $860,500. Parcels are available.
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The Podio Cabin
P.O. Box 98 | Newcastle, Wyoming 82701 (307) 746-2083
10± ACRES | WESTON COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1878770 High country Black Hills cabin on ten acres with incredible scenery including pine and aspen. Comfortable four-bedroom log cabin tucked in the woods with a naturally scenic landscape. Eat-in kitchen open to the living room, a large wrap around deck off of the living room is a great spot for entertaining, lower level family room. 30’x60’ shop with plenty of room for vehicles, ATVs and snowmobiles. The cabin was designed as a destination for weekend outings, but could also be a hunting base camp, year round home or commercial venture. Snowmobile trail 11F goes by the gate and connects to the Black Hills Trail system. Located between Buckhorn and Four Corners adjacent to Hwy 85. A remarkable Black Hills getaway property with year round access. Price: $300,000
Sawmill Gulch Ranch
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330± ACRES | CROOK COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1755370
136± ACRES | CROOK COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1109624
Remarkable Black Hills setting on 330 acres in the hills north of Devils Tower. The property is about four miles cross country from the Tower with picturesque scenery and panoramic views. Situated along Sawmill Gulch and Storm Hill, the land offers a variety of terrain with open meadows, a seasonal creek, and the obscure alcoves of Sawmill Gulch, which give way to steep timbered hillsides and high plateaus with outstanding views. Pine, bur oak, and cottonwood cover the countryside with many others native shrubs completing this striking scene. A good trail system provides access to the canyon areas and higher elevations. A distinctive offering in an extraordinary landscape near Devil’s Tower with outstanding views and privacy. Price: $594,000
Amazing Black Hills setting west of Aladdin on Beaver Creek. 136 acres on the northeastern side of the Bear Lodge Mountains fronting Highway 24 and bordering a wide expanse of Black Hills National Forest. Beaver Creek flows through the valley for overa quarter-mile. Picturesque terrain with winding creek bottoms, open meadows, and wooded hills. Pine, aspen and bur oak trees along with a variety of deciduous trees and bushes make for a remarkable landscape. Live water, varied terrain, and lots of feed makes for excellent wildlife habitat, with elk, deer, and turkey in the area. This recreational haven has it all - a creek, convenient location with year round access, access to National Forest, and gorgeous scenery! Price: $656,000
Eagle Ridge Ranch 442± ACRES | CROOK COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 2018410 Amazing Black Hills ranch with 442 deeded acres and a 320-acre state lease. Located between Sundance and Beulah where Riflepit Divide and the canyons of Sundance Creek run. Wooded hills, steep canyons, hidden valleys, hay meadows, and panoramic views in an end of the road setting. A custom log home is set in secluded surroundings at the crest of a hill with unobstructed views. The home has an open floor plan with lots of natural light and attached two-car garage. Outbuildings include a log garage, shop, barn, several sheds, and two hunting cabins. An extraordinary Black Hills opportunity. Price: $1,500,000
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Bostwick Park Production Ranch 2,455± ACRES | MONTROSE COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1650505 This 2,455 acres with over 710 irrigated. This three-ranch assemblage would create one of Western Colorado’s largest contiguous hay ranches located just minutes from the daily commercial air service in Montrose. Located at 7,000 feet in elevation, this highly productive ranch has irrigation water supplied by one of Colorado’s most consistent and well-governed irrigation companies. The ranch features HWY 50 and county road access, underground power, threeand-a-half miles of elevated escarpment building sites, world class hunting; featured on the outdoor channel, and a setting that is simply spectacular. There are very few opportunities when this type of assemblage can be acquired at such a value. Price reduced: $6,996,750 ROI
Triple 8 Alpine Ranch 542± ACRES | GUNNISON COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1650513 Have you ever driven by a property and the setting was so riveting that it took your breath away? If so, you may have driven by the Triple 8 Alpine Ranch. It is even more amazing the closer you get to the facilities. The ranch is located 39.5 miles from Montrose and 43.5 miles for Gunnison in an enchanted setting surrounded by a blanket of dark timber and aspen trees that back up to thousands of acres of public land. It ranges in elevation from 9,600 feet up to 10,000 feet. This elevation is the ideal for lush forests, abundant wildlife and cool nights. The ranch features a log home with museum quality craftsmanship, numerous outbuildings, a large fishing pond and beautiful mountain views. Price reduced: $2,450,000
Waterdog Mountain Ranch 1,880± ACRES | MONTROSE COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1650516 Waterdog Mountain Ranch, comprised of 1,880± acres, is located just a few short miles southeast of Montrose, Colorado. This ranch is a combination of large open meadows with spectacular gamble oak, pinion, juniper and sage cover hillside providing for great wildlife habitat and summer cattle pasture. Numerous beautiful, small ponds and seasonal creeks provide water to the multiple cross-fenced pastures. Located in Colorado DOW game unit 65, the property features include fantastic views of the San Juan Mountains to the south and the Montrose Valley to the north. Price reduced: $2,850,000 66
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North Montrose Farm 758± ACRES | MONTROSE COUNTY COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1793022 These 758 acres (630 historically irrigated) encompass one of Western Colorado’s largest production farms. It lies minutes from Montrose at 5,500 feet in elevation. The farm is highly productive in corn and alfalfa hay and features 1,200-head cattle facility, two shops, granaries, numerous outbuildings and a 2,800-square-foot home. Price: $4,795,000 ROI
Shadow Mesa Ranch 708± ACRES | DELTA COUNTY COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1650512 Private, exclusive, surreal, majestic, and breathtaking are just a few of the adjectives that describe the spectacular Shadow Mesa Ranch. Located three-and-a-half miles west of Cedaredge, Colorado, this ranch encompasses the top of a private mesa. Bordered to the east by Ward Creek and the west by George Creek, the ranch has multiple sources of yearround flowing streams. Ranging in elevation from 5,800 feet up to 6,200 feet, the ranch is the ideal elevation for a year-round residence. Price: $4,600,000
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Forked Lightning Ranch 2,300± ACRES | SAN MIGUEL COUNTY | NEW MEXICO | PROPERTY ID: 1814856 The 2,300± deeded acres of Jane Fonda’s Forked Lightning Ranch provide a diverse ecosystem of placid beauty. Three-and-a-half miles of the famed Pecos River create a wildlife-rich riparian corridor and a haven for anglers seeking healthy trout. With sedimentary-rock formations, rolling foothills and New Mexico-style architecture, the ranch encompasses all of the distinguished elements of the Southwest. Fonda personally directed the design of the 9,585±-square-foot River House creating an elegant refuge with state-of-the-art technologies. The modern equestrian facilities and healthy native pastures could comfortably handle a sizable remuda or a few personal saddle horses. Fonda has incorporated energy-efficient, sustainable resources, methods and materials into the restoration, building, and landscaping throughout the ranch. Just southeast of Santa Fe and adjacent to Santa Fe National Forest and Pecos National Historical Park, Forked Lightning Ranch offers the opportunity to own an exquisite equestrian property to relish as your own private sanctuary or family retreat. Price: $19,500,000
Three Peaks Ranch 2,964± ACRES | PARK COUNTY | MONTANA | PROPERTY ID: 1784430 This executive ranch has 2,964± deeded acres and offers an exquisite architecturally-designed custom home, 420± irrigated acres and a welldesigned low-overhead cattle operation. Anglers will appreciate the three professionally designed and strategically placed trout ponds on the ranch and the proximity to the world-renowned fishing available in the nearby Yellowstone River, Paradise Valley spring creeks and Yellowstone National Park. The ranch offers serenity and solitude in a famed Montana locale with easy year-round access. Co-listed with The Land Brokers. MAJOR PRICE REDUCTION. Price reduced to: $16,500,000
Indian Head Ranch 10,200± ACRES | UTAH & CARBON COUNTIES UTAH | PROPERTY ID: 2042350 Operated as an individual Cooperative Wildlife Management Hunting Unit for deer and elk, these 10,200-deeded acres near Price, Utah offer an ideal habitat for big game. Multiple springs, the 10-acre reservoir and 28 man-made ponds provide plentiful water sources for wildlife and livestock. During the summer months, the ranch pastures 400 to 500 cow-calf pairs on the productive pastures. Price: $11,200,000
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Sun River Ranch 3,050± ACRES | LEWIS & CLARK AND TETON COUNTIES MONTANA | PROPERTY ID: 1784311 The Sun River Ranch contains 3,050± acres straddling three miles of the Sun River. The surreal setting, located 17± miles west of Augusta, represents an attractive opportunity to own a remarkable turnkey fly-fishing and equestrian property on remarkable trout water. The main compound is a tasteful combination of log and stone sited above the Sun River providing commanding vistas of the Rocky Mountain Front. The state-of-the-art technology, quality and unsurpassed style that are boasted throughout the masterfully-crafted home create the ultimate Montana retreat. The helipad and hangar provide for ease of travel. The abundant wildlife is enhanced by the adjoining 19,000-acre Sun River Game Range and immediate access to the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Price: $9,250,000
O’Donnell Mountain Meadows 5,870± ACRES | DEER LODGE & POWELL COUNTIES MONTANA | PROPERTY ID: 1784438 Offered at under $820 per deeded acre, the 5,870± acres bordering National Forest stretches from the foothills of the eastern Deer Lodge Valley to the mountainous Continental Divide. The property consists of varied terrain, including abundant grass resources offering productive grazing, and numerous mountain streams providing consistent water sources for wildlife and livestock. A calving ground for elk in the spring, the property has endless wildlife viewing and hunting opportunities. Price: $4,800,000
Chesnut Valley Farm 1,068± ACRES | CASCADE COUNTY | MONTANA | PROPERTY ID: 1956817 The Chesnut Valley Farm contains 1,068 deeded acres and represents an opportunity to own solid irrigated farmland with consistent crop yields and extensive wing-shooting opportunities. Its attractive fields, coupled with abundant natural cover and a surprising amount of water offer an opportunity to further enhance the already excellent wildlife habitat, while maintaining the productivity of the existing agricultural operation. In 2014, the malt-barley crop yield averaged 133 bushels per acre! Price: $3,750,000
Shortridge Ranch 678± ACRES | LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY MONTANA | PROPERTY ID: 1784458 With exquisite views of the Rocky Mountain Front, the ranch, straddling about one-and-a-half miles of trout-rich Smith Creek, is currently utilized to host private hunting expeditions for upland birds and whitetail deer as well as fishing excursions for anglers seeking feisty brown trout and burly rainbows. The 678-deeded acres are ideally suited for a gentlemen’s ranch or a nice-sized horse operation. The lush native pastures are well suited for maintaining several saddle horses or a small herd of cattle for the summer months. With unlimited trail riding opportunities, the next owner could enjoy years of exploring the trails on the ranch and the 6,500 acres of public land that border the property. Conservation Easement Potential. Price: $2,375,000 LANDSOFAMERICAMAGAZINE.COM
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Big Wall Ranch 390± ACRES | HUERFANO COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1976481 This is a once in a life time opportunity to own the cornerstone ranch of the region! At the doorstep of the legendary Spanish Peaks in the majestic Wahatoya Valley of Southern Colorado, lies Big Wall Ranch, one of Colorado’s finest ranches with 390± acres of lush alpine hay fields, and unlimited opportunities for trout fishing, horseback riding and picnics along the edge of Wahatoya Creek as it meanders in the valley below the Big Wall, for three quarters of a mile through the ranch. Along the west edge of the property, the Big Wall rises spectacularly above the ranch, part of North America’s only Dike Wall geological formation radiating from the Spanish Peaks. Big Wall Ranch is the quintessential horse property and is just a stones throw away by horseback from the Spanish Peaks Wilderness Area. Ten years of grooming in the cottonwood groves and streamside has created a park like setting throughout the acreage. The Big Wall Ranch includes the Ranch Headquarters, in an historic territorial home, along with a guest house, a root cellar/guest room, and a large barn. The Guest House sits in a grove of towering cottonwoods near Wahatoya Creek with a babbling tributary stream running by the patio. Near the Ranch Headquarters, a private guest enclave is set above the root celler with magnificent views of West Spanish Peak. With open meadows, cottonwoods and pines, elk, mule deer and bear make their home on the ranch. Take a day to come tour this incredible ranch in southern Colorado. Price: $4,175,000
Table Rock Ranch
145± ACRES | HUERFANO COUNTY | COLORADO PROPERTY ID: 1186717 Table Rock Ranch is everything that folks dream about when they think of owning a Colorado ranch - good hay, a pond, Wahatoya Creek, majestic mountain views and secluded... yet only a few miles from the mountain town of La Veta. The 145 acres is protected by a Colorado Open Lands conservation easement to insure its future. With a beautiful stone fireplace, a dining area set in the bay window and half log stairs to the master suite, this Amish built log cabin overlooking Wahatoya Creek has more character than a person can possibly imagine. Big logs, lots of custom features and a fabulous setting combine to make this a very special property. Price: $1,495,000
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Farisita Ranch 160± ACRES | HUERFANO COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1940798 The Farisita Ranch is the perfect retreat for the family who loves to get outdoors. With miles of horse trails and abundant wildlife, including deer, elk, bear, there is much to see and do, providing year round outdoor activities. Nestled in a small valley surrounded by hayfields, there are abundant natural grasslands, piñon and cedar covered hillsides, rolling meadows and canyons. Bordered by federal and state lands, the property has beautiful panoramic views of Greenhorn Mountain and the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range. The property is 160 acres with an additional 80 acres of leased state land along the Huerfano River, plus an irrigated hayfield with good water rights. Ideal for the western horseman and his family, the property includes a horse loafing shed, a round pen and covered viewing area, corrals, a large custom barn with electricity and a locking tack room, and a large loft area that kids will love. The Farisita Ranch Headquarters is a lovely, custom adobe home, southwestern territorial style with five fireplaces and historic architectural touches. A beautifully landscaped, walled courtyard, and brick portal offer a private oasis. The Guest House features a full modern kitchen with granite table top island plus two bedrooms and three quarter bath with a beautiful tiled glass shower. Price: $999,000
The Historic Wagner Ranch 320± ACRES | HUERFANO COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1431569 Located in the Cuchara Valley of Southern Colorado, the historic Wagner Ranch is at the entrance to the beautiful Wahatoya Valley south of La Veta, Colorado, one of the most spectacular settings imaginable. The terrain of this 320 acre ranch varies dramatically from large pasture and meadows, rock outcroppings, a dramatic ridge and Wildcat Canyon, one of the region’s private elk hidea-ways. Wagner Ranch offers some of the area’s best hunting and wild life watching habitat. Pinon, cedar, narrow leafed cottonwoods and the occasional ponderosa pine are scattered around the ranch among historical barns, along with the original homestead. With incredible views, the Historic Wagner Ranch is a one of a kind property in Southern, Colorado. Price: $1,000,000
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Spring Gulch Ranch
580± ACRES | TETON COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1962989 Spring Gulch Ranch is located along idyllic Spring Gulch Road with views of the Teton Range and close proximity to Grand Teton National Park. Historic downtown Jackson Hole is a 10-minute drive, and the world-renowned Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is 15 minutes away. This 580-acre legacy offering has building sites that could include developing individual homes, creating a family estate with multiple homes or relinquishing development rights via an additional conservation easement. Price: $45,000,000
West Rim Ranch
2,553± ACRES | MADISON & TETON COUNTIES | IDAHO PROPERTY ID: 1962988 The West Rim Ranch is located on the quiet side of the Teton Mountain Range on the northwestern rim of the Big Hole Mountains in both Teton County and Madison County, Idaho. The ranch is comprised of 2,553 deeded acres of diverse landscape that includes timbered hillsides, large open pastures, deep tree-lined canyons and a 2.5-mile shared border with the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Price: $7,890,000
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Hidden Lake Ranch
760± ACRES | ARCHULETA COUNTY | COLORADO PROPERTY ID: 1962996
Hidden Lake Ranch is a trophy recreational ranch that offers dramatic mountain vistas, miles of exceptional fishing on Weminuche Creek and numerous trout-filled lakes. With lush irrigated meadows and shared boundaries to seemingly infinite National Forest, the 760-acre ranch is home to a menagerie of Rocky Mountain wildlife, and it is flanked on two sides by Forest Service land. Price: $14,900,000
Running Colter Ranch
696± ACRES | GALLATIN COUNTY | MONTANA PROPERTY ID: 1963056
REDUCED! Running Colter Ranch provides premier spring creek trout fishing and pheasant hunting. The ranch is offered as two separate parcels or as one 696-acre ranch. Enjoy 3/4 mile of excellent spring creek fishing on Bull Run Creek or “cast and blast” the private waterfowl ponds and sloughs. With two spring-fed waterfowl ponds and several smaller creeks and sloughs, enjoy one of the finest sporting properties in southwestern Montana near Bozeman. Price: $5,790,000
River Meadows Ranch
132± ACRES | PARK COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1963001 Situated in the tightly-held Upper South Fork of the Shoshone River Valley, 34 miles southwest of Cody, Wyoming, is River Meadows Ranch. Comprised of 132 deeded acres the ranch offers a unique mix of lush sub-irrigated river meadows, river corridor and rangeland. Bordered by the Shoshone National Forest, the South Fork of the Shoshone River runs along the property for approximately one mile. The 5,233 square-foot residence is surrounded by mature landscaping overlooking a lovely pond. Price: $3,295,000
Cañones Creek Ranch on the Chama River 518± ACRES | RIO ARRIBA COUNTY | NEW MEXICO PROPERTY ID: 1962984
This 518-acre sportsman’s paradise is located in the heart of the Chama River Valley with 1 ¼ miles on both sides of the fully-enhanced Chama River and five stocked trout ponds. The main residence is a well-appointed 2,100 square-foot adobe-style home. Cañones Creek Ranch supports a productive hay farm operation with tremendous water rights. Sporting enthusiasts will enjoy the skeet shooting range, excellent big game hunting, and five landowner elk tags. Price: $6,900,000
The McGinnis Ranch 77± ACRES | DESCHUTES COUNTY | OREGON PROPERTY ID: 1968364
The McGinnis Ranch is located west of the resort town of Bend, Oregon, in the Tumalo area. Comprised of 77 acres of farmland with a view-scape across the Cascade Mountain Range, the acreage is irrigated with senior water. Improvements are plentiful with a 4,900 square-foot farmhouse, caretaker’s home, carriage house and outbuildings. The ranch has won numerous awards including Bend’s Outstanding Design Award and is the two-time winner of the Central Oregon Master Garden Tour. The McGinnis Ranch represents the best in elegance and rustic charm. Price: $4,500,000
Conant Creek Overlook
320± ACRES | FREMONT COUNTY | IDAHO | PROPERTY ID: 1962999
The Conant Creek Overlook is located in Fremont County, Idaho, on the quiet western side of the famous Teton Mountain Range. Whether it is hunting and fishing or exploring the thousands of acres of national forest surrounding the Teton Basin, the recreational opportunities are limitless. Conant Creek Overlook is comprised of 320 deeded acres and 200 acres of tillable land currently in wheat production. Price: $995,000
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Los Cañones Ranch 4,107± ACRES | EDWARDS COUNTY | TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 1187338 Located 40 miles southwest of Rocksprings, the completely high-fenced Los Cañones Ranch, features a diverse habitat of native and exotic wildlife. Ranch inventory includes feeders, blinds, watering stations and a 15,000-square-foot equipment building, an 800-square-foot shop, five water wells and a 200,000 gallon water distribution system. The five-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath, 5,200-square-foot lodge has soaring ceilings, native rock floors and dry-stacked stone fireplace. The ranch includes a bunk house, a pilot’s home, a ranch manager’s home, and quarters for ranch employewes. This one-of-a-kind property is offered for $1,550 per acre. Contact Howard W. Hood for a private showing. Price: $6,365,850
Morning Star Ranch 19,202± ACRES | VAL VERDE COUNTY | TEXAS PROPERTY ID: 1187404 Morning Star Ranch, located in Val Verde County, is almost 20,000 acres of uniqueness. Situated on the southwestern edge of the Edwards Plateau, the ranch offers stunning beauty and the vegetation that is famous for growing exceptional wildlife. Equidistant from Sonora, Rock Springs and Del Rio, with four miles of frontage on Highway 277 and a 50’ X 4200’ airstrip, coming and going is easy. Longterm wildlife management efforts have resulted in thriving populations of white-tailed deer, white wing dove, turkey as well as elk, blackbuck, Mouflon sheep, Auodad sheep, Barbados sheep, Iranian red sheep, fallow deer and axis deer. There are more than 50 deer blinds and 75 feeders, suitable for both rifle and bowhunting. All equipment transfers with the property. Visit our website for more information on the many improvements and a video tour. This exceptional ranch is offered for $30,000,000.
Double J Ranch 754± ACRES | REAL COUNTY | TEXAS PROPERTY ID: 914150 The high-fenced Double J Ranch consists of 754± acres between Leakey and Vanderpool. It has numerous springs and one nice lake with several more lake sites. Improvements include a three-bedroom, two-bath lodge and another four-bedroom, two-bath lodge. Also included is a large barn with a walk-in cooler. Amazing wildlife cover this ranch. Call today for a showing. Price: $5,000,000
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Mayo Ranch 59± ACRES | KERR COUNTY | TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 1187419 The high-fenced Mayo Ranch is nestled into the heart of the Texas Hill Country, only minutes from Kerrville, on a large pond and a 1,000± feet of spring-fed Lower Turtle Creek. Improvements include a two-bedroom, two-bath, twostory, wood cabin, remodeled in 2002, and a large 16x40-foot barn, gazebo, and bunkhouse with covered porches. Call Howard W. Hood for a private showing. The property is offered for $1,495,000.
Lake Amistad Ranch 872.6± ACRES | VAL VERDE COUNTY | TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 951942 Delight in hunting wild game or hiking in the hills of this scenic 872.6± acres property on four miles of crystal clear lake frontage, located only 25 minutes north of Del Rio, Texas. Native game include whitetail deer, turkey, quail, doves, and javelinas. True Texas comfort provided with a four-bedroom, three-bath, stucco home. Other amenities include a nice barn, one water well, one tank, and perimeter fencing. Price: $3,600,000
Fisher Family Ranch 719± ACRES | KERR COUNTY | TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 1187404 The property, located just 45 minutes west of Kerrville near Garven Store, is surrounded by large, historic ranches, maintaining the authentic feel of the Hill Country. The ranch features a two-bedroom, one-bath, rock home built in the early 1930s as well as a bunkhouse, a barn, and two water wells. This private retreat is home to whitetails, turkeys, hogs and a small population of exotics. This property is offered for $2,595 per acre. Contact Howard W. Hood for a private showing. Price: $1,865,805
Shin Oak Ranch 4,608± ACRES | KERR COUNTY | TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 2053744 The 4,608-acre± Shin Oak Ranch in Kerr County , located about 27 miles north of Leakey, possesses gently rolling hills, strategically cleared juniper, live oak mottes, and shin oak stands. The high-fenced property, which is intensively managed under TPWD’s MLDP program, is divided into a 2,500-acre pasture and a 2,100-acre pasture. The larger pasture houses an improved whitetail herd as well Blackbuck antelope, Axis deer and Red lechwe. The smaller pasture holds native whitetails, Axis deer and Blackbuck. There are 48 deer feeders and 19 deer blinds scattered throughout, offering both rifle and bow hunting. The ranch has five ponds outfitted for pumping and eight water wells, making water readily available throughout the ranch. All ranch roads are paved or crushed rock. A 40’ x 100’ barn offers a covered game cleaning area that includes a walk-in cooler and freezer. There is also a five-acre game-proofed soft release deer pen. The accommodations include three quadruplex log cabins, each featuring four bedrooms with four private baths, and a triplex cabin with three bedrooms and three baths. In addition, the ranch features a 60’ x 30’ kitchen area with an adjoining dining hall and bar, a 30’ x 30’ game room, and a fire pit. The ranch also has a 30’ x 75’ doublewide five-bedroom, three-bath mobile home. The Shin Oak Ranch offers authentic Hill Country style for $2,795 per acre.
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Smith Forks River Ranch
400± ACRES | LINCOLN COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 2027704 The Smiths Fork River Ranch encompasses 400 acres of deeded land situated 18 miles north of Cokeville, Wyoming. Located 106 miles south of Jackson’s Hole and two hours from Salt Lake City. A 12,000-square-foot lodge finished in 2010 provides a fine family-oriented retreat. It contains 11 gracious bedrooms plus high tech back-up power and security systems. Views from the lodge are beautiful and complimented by a spacious outdoor “green” plus a nice 3,200-square-foot barn. This special place enjoys about two miles of enjoyable trout water holding good numbers of German browns and Bonneville cutthroats. Price: $3,550,000
38 Special Ranch
757± ACRES | SUMMIT COUNTY UTAH | PROPERTY ID: 2024287
Here are 757 acres on a one-and-a-half mile stretch of fine private trout water plus a 600-acre mountain for good mule deer hunting. Located 35 miles from Park City and an hour from Salt Lake City. Improvements include a delightful 600-square-foot cabin of recent vintage plus two impressive recreational vehicle storage buildings. The ranch is not burdened by an expensive home – it awaits the next owner’s creative imprimatur. Price: $4,500,000
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Historic Huseman Ranch
1,352± ACRES | UINTA COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 2042335 A historic 1,352-acre ranch in Butch Cassidy’s hideout country straddling the Henrys Fork River near Lonetree, Wyoming – this authentic 120-head outfit is available for the first time since 1942. It contains about 232 acres of irrigated grass hay plus 400 acres of irrigated pasture and functional but not fancy improvements. Located 25 miles from Mountain View, Wyoming – 65 miles from Evanston, Wyoming – 150 miles from Salt Lake City. The ranch is graced with beautiful productive meadows, sparkling live water and great vistas of the High Uinta Mountain Range. Price: $3,150,000
Moose Springs Ranch 584± ACRES | WASATCH COUNTY UTAH | PROPERTY ID: 2024289
Here is an opportunity to own and enjoy 584 acres of some of the most beautiful land in the Rocky Mountain West. Stunning stands of aspen and conifers are graced by many springs and small creeks. Located 26 miles from Park City and 58 miles from Salt Lake City with a fine jet-capable airport just 30 minutes from the ranch. Price reduced to: $3,300,000
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Oklahoma Oasis Ranch 2,213± ACRES | OKMULGEE COUNTY | OKLAHOMA | PROPERTY ID: 1898497 This ranch consists of 2,213 acres of gently rolling grassland and numerous ponds for the cattle and wildlife, fencing and cross fencing for rotational grazing, and all the infrastructure needed for an efficient and effective working ranch, including barn, shop, manager’s home, and working facilities. All improvements are in exceptional working condition. The designer home is sited on a hill overlooking much of the ranch. The gorgeous Mediterranean Style home designed by an architect out of New Mexico features about 9,900 square feet displaying upscale designer features throughout. The exceptional tiles, carpeting, trim, custom cabinetry, and indoor pool and spa all come together to make this a prestigious ranch and home combination that anyone will be proud to call their own. Price: $7,500,000
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Stunning Cattle Ranch
820± ACRES | PITTSBURG COUNTY OKLAHOMA | PROPERTY ID: 1367760
820± acres with 16-acre private lake and executive lodge. This secluded, gated retreat features a 2,700-square-foot four-bedroom, three-bath lodge with open floorplan and living area large enough to sport a pool table. The lodge comes fully furnished. The shop consists of a large bay area, two bedrooms, bath and lounge area for guests. The 16-acre lake is stocked with bass, there are two additional bass ponds and two catfish ponds. The property is developed with seven food plots, enclosed deer stands, custom feeders and two protein feeders for the year-round feeding program that attracts and supports the areas best free range genetics including whitetail and turkey. Price: $2,209,900
Brushy Creek Ranch
3,259± ACRES | COAL COUNTY OKLAHOMA | PROPERTY ID: 1364302 3,259± acres featuring a four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath home built in 2005 and a four-bedroom, two-bath ranch hand/hunters residence. Breathtaking landscaping and rock-work in yard and swimming pool area. The ranch is broken up into 14 pastures, each with plenty of water. The big pasture is used almost exclusively for hunting. Has a prescribed burning plan for the quail and deer and food plots for wildlife. This ranch has run 400 cow/calf pairs and cut hay. 17+ miles of new fence around the perimeter with all pipe corner posts. There is a large equipment shed and a 150x75 hay barn. The cattle pens are all pipe with a covered hydraulic chute and certified scales. Bonus: comes with partial mineral rights and two producing gas wells. Price: $8,147,500
Canadian River Ranch
990± ACRES | PITTSBURG COUNTY OKLAHOMA | PROPERTY ID: 1898499
2,596± ACRES | HUGHES COUNTY OKLAHOMA | PROPERTY ID: 1641617
This ranch features a capacity of 200+ cow/calf units with excellent steel pen working corrals and hydraulic chute, horse barn, hay barn and four bay equipment shop building. This ranch has two long bermuda, rye, cool season grass valleys with three well shaded ridges with clover and native grasses. This combination results in a highly productive cattle ranch and a haven for trophy whitetail, pigs and turkey. The Brushy Creek area is next to state-owned wildlife land which combined with the all-season grasses of the cattle ranch creates exceptional whitetail hunting experiences. Price: $2,450,250
This 260–300 momma cow ranch is made up of three parts: the farm, the 30 acres with the manager’s house, and the ranch. Features two homes, two barns, irrigation and water wells with pumps, irrigated bottom land, historic spring with pump, shop, electricity, cellar and a septic system. Superior hunting and fishing with wooded areas and Canadian River frontage. The ranch has improved pasture land with fencing for rotational grazing and corrals with two adjacent traps for cattle. 25 ponds with ample water. Owners hay on the farm and six areas of the ranch. Price: $3,894,450
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ROWLEY 240 ACRES 240± ACRES | COFFEY COUNTY | KANSAS | PROPERTY ID: 1766663 This is a very unique parcel in beautiful Coffey County. This property is diverse with creek-bottom timber, native grass and CRP. Seller will consider a buy-out of the CRP contract if so desired. This property is absolutely loaded with deer and turkey and I can honestly say I’ve seen in excess of 35 deer on one visit! This is one awesome property! Located approximately 90 miles down I-35 from Johnson County and 110 miles from Wichita. Let me take you for a tour. It’s the real deal! Located at the intersection of 22nd and Dobbin Road on the northeast side. Trailcam pictures are available upon request. Call Cameron Roth for details (785) 917–0867. Price: $468,000
GIFFORD 160 ACRES 160± ACRES | COFFEY COUNTY | KANSAS | PROPERTY ID: 1780526 This parcel contains approximately 86 acres of tillable farm ground including a large amount of good Aliceville and summit silty clay loams. The balance is pasture, timber and a home site with multiple outbuildings. The land is currently under lease for the Waverly Wind Farm Lease. Details to be provided. Sellers mineral interests pass to new owner. The current home is selling as non-inhabitable. Trailcam pictures are available upon request. Call Cameron Roth for details (785) 917–0867. Price: $304,000
HOLLOWAY 120 ACRES 120± ACRES | COFFEY COUNTY | KANSAS | PROPERTY ID: 1681612 Nuclear-powered hunting property in Coffey County Kansas! This 120acre parcel is truly a unique and top-shelf hunting property that has features few can compare to. It offers a diverse wildlife population of whitetail deer, turkeys and a recently rebounded quail population. This property is one-quarter mile east of the protected deer haven of Wolf Creek power plant and in the direct travel route when the bucks start moving for the rut. It’s also one-and-a-half miles west of the site where the Hawkins Buck was shot which had a gross Boone and Crockett score of 255 7/8 and net of 234 7/8. This was one of the largest non typical whitetails shot on the North American continent of the year it was harvested! Other features include 60 acres of prime creek bottom tillable along Long Creek which runs the length of the property from north to south, big mature timber and native grasses. Seller’s mineral rights transfer to the buyer. This property has it all...genetics, location, big mature timber, native grasses, Long Creek, income producing cropland and mineral rights! Located at intersection of 15th and Reaper Road on the northwest side. Trailcam pictures are available upon request. Call Cameron Roth for details (785) 917–0867. Price: $336,000 THREE LOCATIONS TO BETTER SERVE YOU 21309 S. WILLISON RD. HAVEN, KANSAS | 408 NEOSHO BURLINGTON, KANSAS | 229 WEST WICHITA SUITE A COLWICH, KANSAS | INFO@RESULTSRE.COM
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www.ResultsRE.com 10812 EAST ILLINOIS AVENUE 13.20± ACRES | RENO COUNTY | KANSAS | PROPERTY ID: 1921075 Location! Country Home/Farm on 13.2 acres. Ranch with 2,022 square foot finish. Built in 1910, three bedrooms, one bath. Three outbuildings, 20x50 storage shed, 20x40 tool shed and a 24x28 tool shed. On a blacktop road, great place for livestock with piped fencing. Call Pam Lehner for details (316) 208–5651. Price: $239,000
6410 SOUTH LERADO ROAD SASNAK 160 ACRES 160± ACRES | MCPHERSON COUNTY KANSAS | PROPERTY ID: 1996944 Cattlemen and water fowlers — take notice — beautiful quarter of Smoky Hills grass with three ponds — one is 5+ acres! Good fences, exceptional grass, central flyway, mineral rights. This is a great piece of grass! Call today! Adjoins the Sasnak 140. Call Alan Howard for details (316) 558–8285. Price: $320,000
10± ACRES | RENO COUNTY | KANSAS | PROPERTY ID: 1978089 Wow! This nice little farm with 10 acres has it all. Deltec Home built in 2001 with 1,852 square foot finish, full appliances, stainless steel, walk out basement, two-bedroom, three-bath open floor plan, cathedral ceilings, basement is unfinished. Several out buildings, three arch-rib Quonsets: a 24x30, 40x80, and 26x30. Only 20 minutes west of Hutchinson, just a hop off Highway 50. Call Pam Lehner for details (316) 208–5651. Price: $187,500
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Stonewater Cove Resort
470¹ ACRES | STONE COUNTY | MISSOURI | PROPERTY ID: 2039689 Located on 470 acres amidst the rugged natural beauty of the Mark Twain National Forest in Southwest Missouri, this small luxury resort and development opportunity has Table Rock Lake views and access. The beautiful Main Lodge has a fine dining restaurant, lounge, meeting and banquet rooms and a media room. Spa, boating, fishing, five zip lines, ATVs, biking, hiking, and bocce courts are some of the outdoor recreation options for guests. The sale of platted residential lots provide an additional revenue opportunity for the new owner. Stonewater Cove Resort is an ideal getaway for corporate retreats, vacations, weddings and reunions. There is employee housing in a dormitory building, and a separate building with private bedrooms, plus, maintenance and laundry buildings, an on-site water treatment plant, vehicles and much more. The resort is being offered for sale at a huge reduction to the seller’s cost at $10,000,000. Call Ron Charity for more information at (913) 660-8665.
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Lovell Ranch
2,009± ACRES | SMITH COUNTY | KANSAS | PROPERTY ID: 1973582 2,009± contiguous acres on the Kansas /Nebraska border located in Smith County, Kansas. 1,731.6± pasture acres and 276.4± row crop acres planted to beans in 2014. 16 ponds, five water wells, homesite, outbuildings, cattle pens. Great access to property from Highway 8, which borders the property on the east side. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity since the Lovell Ranch has been owned by the same family for over 60 years. Overall, this is an outstanding investment opportunity with a farm/ranch tenant already in place. Great opportunity for Nebraska cattle owners to operate in Kansas. Price: $4,950,000. Call Ron Charity for more information at (913) 660-8665.
The Buck Forage Ranch
800± ACRES | RICE COUNTY | KANSAS | PROPERTY ID: 1627357 “Perfect” does not adequately describe The Buck Forage Ranch located in Central Kansas. World renowned deer biologist, Dr. James Kroll, has meticulously managed this property over the years with outstanding results. The ranch has a proven track record of consistently producing mature, trophy animals. Over 20 hunts, broadcast on various outdoor TV channels have been filmed on the property. There is a 2,500± square-foot lodge featuring a 1,000± square-foot great room with vaulted ceilings, and 12-foot side walls. Two adjoining bedrooms and a bunkhouse allow a sleeping capacity of 16 people. There is also an opportunity to transfer an existing lease on the neighboring 2,000 acres. An 18-hole golf course adjoins the ranch along its southern border presenting potential future development opportunities on The Buck Forage Ranch. Price: $2,900,000. Call Bill Holcomb for more information at (620) 583-2123.
673± ACRES | BUTLER COUNTY | NEBRASKA | PROPERTY ID: 1956648 Over two miles of North Platte River frontage! A very rare opportunity to acquire one of the best Nebraska Platte River hunting farms to come onto the market in the past decade. There are 673.41± assessed acres, including 235 acres of income producing cropland sitting high upon the bluffs overlooking this scenic section of the Platte River. Outstanding trophy whitetail deer hunting, excellent waterfowl, turkey and morel mushroom hunting, plus numerous river activities, such as boating, swimming and fishing. This property is fully equipped with a rustic, pioneer-style cabin, two additional hunting cabins, and an additional country farmstead. There is a picturesque spring-fed lake in the eastern section of the property that spans for approximately 3/4 of a mile. This amazing Platte River beauty is being offered in three separate parcels, and as a whole. Price: $1,200,000 to $3,700,000. Call Ryan Schroeter for more information at (402) 699-4250.
Kansas Trophy Producer 424± ACRES | FRANKLIN COUNTY | KANSAS | PROPERTY ID: 1717163 Everybody knows that Kansas is a top producer of trophy class whitetails. A past #2 Kansas non-typical whitetail was harvested right here on this property! This is the perfect property for growing giant whitetails, wild turkey and other small game. This diverse property has it all with its beautiful, heavily timbered creek bottoms, open areas, pastures, cropland acres, endless food plot locations, and four ponds, the largest of which offers excellent bass, catfish and bluegill fishing. This 424± acre recreational wonderland is located one mile from a municipal airport and has a great homesite at the northwest corner of the property. Price: $1,200,000. Call Ron Charity for more information at (913) 660-8665. LANDSOFAMERICAMAGAZINE.COM
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Billy The Kid Ranch
3,629± ACRES | LINCOLN COUNTY | NEW MEXICO PROPERTY ID: 1970037
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2,989± ACRES | OTERO COUNTY | NEW MEXICO This darling of the high desert is a beautiful haven nestled on the flanks of the Sacramento Mountains, 90 miles north of old El Paso, at Bent nearby Ruidoso, a four-season resort village. A rare find located in a transitional zone, where the desert meets the mountain. A mild, healthy, semi-arid climate, at 5,600 to 7,277 feet elevation harboring beautiful flora and amazing fauna. The ranch features stunning vistas of the White Sands and nearby mountains. Monster elk, superb mule deer, aoudad, bear, lion, coyotes, quail, and dove flourish in the rich habitat. This great escape has seclusion and privacy moving family and friends off pavement inside private gates where 389 deeded acres controls 2,600 acres of rugged scenic ranch only accessible BLM lands. Meticulously maintain infrastructure; two separate residential compounds with exceptional amenities. Gary’s hacienda and Steven’s cabin and bunkhouse will satisfy the most discriminating guest while accommodating a large crew of family and friends. A great investment offered at $3,250,000, furnished.
Surprise Valley Ranch
90± ACRES | OTERO COUNTY | NEW MEXICO A 90 acre mountain hideout with irrigated meadow land, 30 hours of historic ditch water rights, and a land owner elk permit. A perfect setting, beautiful woodlands, scenic views, domestic well, power, agricultural barn, and paved access ideal for your retreat! Ruidoso and area attractions are all nearby. Price: $800,000
Located in the Kid’s country is 2,950 deeded acres with 680 state lease acres and a sliver of the Rio Ruidoso. Mountain woodland, highway access, gate house, new residence, and shop. Enjoy year round recreation, sporting for deer, Barbary sheep, lion, and coyotes. Sold turnkey with bison, cattle, horses, and equipment. Price: $4,000,000. Seller Finance.
Rancho Cielo Rosa
12,976± ACRES | LINCOLN COUNTY | NEW MEXICO PROPERTY ID: 1986892 The best of the best! A substantial land holding located in a reputation grassland range providing great fodder for cattle. 12,976 acres; 5,670 deeded, 6,586 BLM, and 720 state. All new or updated infrastructure designed for efficiency, utility, and a comfortable ranch lifestyle. Price: $3,000,000; land, improvements, and equipment.
Estancia de Lucinda
21.6± ACRES | LINCOLN COUNTY | NEW MEXICO
Just minutes from Lincoln nearby Ruidoso in Billy the Kid Country is the jewel of the Rio Bonito. 21.6 acres with 11.75 water right acres nestled in a tree cloaked river valley nurished with live water. Spectacular 6,500± squarefoot territorial adobe hacienda, a charming casita, inspiring studio, colorful court yards and well maintained grounds. The surrounding landscape, mild climate and privacy becon you to stay! Come see me! Price: $2,900,000
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Slater Creek Ranch 1,500± ACRES | ROUTT COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1735580 The Slater Creek Ranch is just less than 1,500 deeded acres in a combination of open meadows and tree cover consisting of aspen, fir, pine, gamble oak , and cottonwood. In addition to Slater Creek with meanders of riffles and pools, the South Fork of Slater Creek originates on National Forest. The Lodge consists of a great room, large kitchen, four bedrooms, two bunk rooms, and four baths. The original barn, as well as the caretakers cabin remain near the lodge. Price: $6,500,000
Baker’s Peak Ranch 7,310± ACRES | MOFFAT COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1526362 Bakers Peak Ranch, near Craig, Colorado, is 7,310± deeded acres, and truly one to see. It is literally on top of the world with views extending miles in every direction. The ranch itself, is very pretty, driving in the road goes from lower open lands with serviceberry and oak then through groves of aspen and pine to the lodge, which sets overlooking the western part of the ranch. Truly private and one can spend years exploring its many nooks and crannies. The present owner, while a hunter, has enjoyed the ranch this way for many years, but now is the time to move on. The fact that it is a solid block of deeded land assures the owner and his family of privacy and the opportunity to know that the game herds and wildlife are going to flourish due the varied makeup of the land. Price: $10,750,000
Shimmerhorn Ranch
4,051± ACRES | ALBANY COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1735576 Located just 20 miles east of Laramie, and 30 miles west of Cheyenne. With timber pockets, rolling grasslands, numerous springs, Duck Creek and Lone Tree Creek on the property, it is a beautifully diverse 4,051 deeded acre property. An exceptionally crafted 2,800 square-foot main home with three bedrooms and twoand-a-half baths, plus a 1,000 square-foot guest home with one bedroom and one bath. Currently, there is no conservation easement making Shimmerhorn a great candidate in an area highly sought after for development. Price: $3,650,000
Mickelson Ranch
4,850± ACRES | SUBLETTE COUNTY | WYOMING | PROPERTY ID: 1565080 The Mickelson Ranch is located in Big Piney, Wyoming. Consisting of 4,850 deeded acres with 3,430 on the lower ranch along Middle Piney Creek, and 1,520 on the Johnson Ridge Mountain Pasture with evergreen timber and aspen cover. An outstanding northern Wyoming hunting and fishing property that is also a well rounding working cattle ranch. Typical large ranch improvements of an older owners home, bunk house, shops, utility buildings, good working corrals, and a loft style barn all in very good condition. Price: $7,750,000
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ACE HIGH RANCH 1,067± ACRES | MCLENNAN COUNTY | TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 1171163 The Ace High Ranch features staggering improvements that include a gorgeous 14,000±-square-foot home, 7,500±-square-foot hunting or recreation lodge, state-of-the-art deer breeding facility, horse arena and walker, skeet range, rifle/pistol range and one of Texas’ premier deer hunting operations. The avid fisherman can enjoy over 30± acres of lakes that have Florida strain bass, while the golf enthusiast can enjoy a 2,800±-square-foot indoor practice facility and outdoor driving range! Located two hours south of Dallas, two hours north of Austin and 15 minutes from the Waco Regional Airport and the Texas Aero Private FBO. Owner is willing to sell all or part from 400 to 1,067 acres. Price: $6,900,000
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Running Horse Ranch 159Âą ACRES | SAN MIGUEL COUNTY | COLORADO
Running Horse Ranch, a 159-acre ranch rich in history is located on Hastings Mesa with panoramic mountain views and year-round access only 20 minutes from Telluride. Unlike other ranch properties in the region, in addition to the thoroughly modern Main Home this unique property has several buildings, some dating back to the 1800's, and offers an abundance of recreational activities; direct access to National Forest; engineered and totally reliable water rights including several ponds; corrals; two separate buildable lots in addition to the main tract; low taxes and overall low ownership costs enhanced by the income-producing caretaker’s home. Your own private ranch resort offers family fun with year-round recreation such as snowmobiling on trails, cross country skiing, sledding, fishing in trout stocked ponds, zip-lining, canoeing, shooting, ATV/horse riding trails, swimming and gardening. The 159 acres consists of level to gently sloping open meadows, some irrigated to raise alfalfa/hay crops as well as grazing, along with stands of Aspen and Pine trees. Views capture the many surrounding mountain peaks and mountain ranges, even the La Sal Mountains in Utah. www.TellurideRunningHorseRanch.com Price: $2,500,000
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Sleepy Meadows Ranch
York Valley Ranch
742.95± ACRES | KAUFMAN COUNTY | TEXAS
1,895± ACRES | GUADALUPE COUNTY | TEXAS
Sleepy Meadows is located on FM 2728 between US Highway 80 and Interstate Highway 20 in Kaufman County, Texas. Sleepy Meadows comprises 742.95 acres of generally flat open areas complemented with surrounding groves of majestic native timber. It is strategically located two miles from IH-20 and 25.5 miles east of LBJ Freeway (I-635). It is less than one mile south of US Highway 80. Sleepy Meadows lies within the highly respected Wills Point Independent School District. Price: $2,750,000
York Valley is located approximately 40 miles south of Austin and 10 miles southeast of San Marcos and IH 35. The property has two-andthree-quarters miles of SH 130 frontage. It is conveniently located approximately 21 minutes from Bergstrom International Airport. This 1,895-acre ranch is prime development land. With over 14,000 feet of frontage onto SH 130 and only a short drive from Austin, York Valley Ranch is one of the best properties in central Texas. Price: $15,000,000
White Rock Ranch 329.8± ACRES | GUADALUPE COUNTY | TEXAS White Rock Ranch comprises a total of 329.8 acres. The property is generally rectangular in shape with just over six-tenths of a mile frontage on FM 621, the main highway that connects a planned interchange on future SH 130 to IH 35 and fast-growing San Marcos. White Rock lies approximately two miles west of York Valley Ranch, a 2,077.946-acre ranch owned by BADC York Valley, Ltd., an affiliated entity. Price: $2,800,000 12740 Hillcrest | Suite 150 | Dallas, Texas 75230 view all properties: LandsofAmerica.com/member/6770 88
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Wolf Creek Ranch 926.679± ACRES | VAN ZANDT COUNTY | TEXAS This ranch has improved pastures and hearty native grasses with many large areas of untouched timber. There are two creeks of which Wolf Creek is the larger. The creeks culminate into two spectacular soil conservation lakes of approximately 25 acres each. The ranch is blessed with abundant wildlife with most excellent duck hunting, established deer herd and wild hogs. The improvements include working pens and roads with concrete creek crossings throughout the property. Wolf Creek has approximately six-and-a-half miles of road and three concrete creek crossings. Price: $3,700,000
Luxury Mountain Property 553.45± ACRES | CHAFFEE COUNTY COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1683241 Architecturally beautiful home on pristine mountain lake, surrounded by 553.45 acres of incomparable Colorado landscape that adjoins National Forest. This paradise has several ponds, tall pines and aspens, green meadows, and unique views of majestic peaks. Priority water rights. Distinctive two-story, 5,546-square-foot home features four bedroom suites. Upper and lower level living areas have wonderful views of the lake and surrounding mountains, as well as grand rock fireplaces. No detail was spared in this magnificent home. Property and views are unsurpassed. Price: $6,500,000
Salida, Colorado Ranch 70± ACRES | CHAFFEE COUNTY | COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 2022249 Prime Colorado irrigated acreage and wonderful 2,952-square-foot ranch home. Four spacious bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths. Dream kitchen is beautiful and bright, with an abundance of workspace and cabinets. Private master suite with fireplace and large bath. Lovely courtyard entry and meticulously landscaped grounds. Beautiful pond reflects the mountain views and is great place to view wildlife. Acreage includes barn, hay sheds, grain bin, and other outbuildings as well as green fields. Terrific views of Central Colorado’s 14,000 foot snow-capped mountain peaks. Price: $1,475,000
Exceptional Off-Grid Home
Creekside Mountain Home
80± ACRES | FREMONT COUNTY COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 1805381
0.84± ACRES | CHAFFEE COUNTY COLORADO | PROPERTY ID: 2022463
Off-grid, creek and water rights, two domestic wells, borders BLM, treed, secluded and private. An 80-acre horse property with a 4,032-squarefoot custom log home. High-end finishes, upgraded boiler, pressure tank, water heater, and water storage. Main level walls are 12 inches thick, commercial steel roof, high altitude windows, and oak doors and cabinetry. Barn will accommodate RV parking. Over 600 feet of TREX decking to enjoy the mountain views from. Luxury off-grid living, complete privacy, and live water – a rare commodity offered at $650,000.
Spacious Central Colorado mountain home has it all! Creek frontage, private setting, adjoins BLM land, and a beautiful custom home. The three-story, 3,112-square-foot home has five bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths. Vaulted ceilings and slate gas fireplace in the living area, granite countertops in kitchen. Art alcoves throughout. Master suite with jetted tub, separate shower, and best of all, go to sleep listening to the creek. Decks on all levels overlooking the creek and beautifully treed lot. Fisherman’s utopia! Magnificent home and setting. Price: $499,500
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402 Acres in DeWitt County, IL
375 Acres in Kossuth County, IA
This property features high quality tillable farmland in addition to pasture ground, scenic recreational land and potential building sites for a rural home or storage site adjacent to Clinton Lake Recreational Area! Date and Time: Thursday, November 6th at 6PM Auction Location: Elks Lodge, 1520 E. South St., Clinton, IL 61727
These farms are located about 35 minutes northeast of Algona and 15 minutes south of the Minnesota border. They are 92 percent tillable and also offer CRP income. Date and Time: Friday, November 14th at 10AM Auction Location: Titonka Community Center 224 Main Street N., Titonka, IA 50480
402± ACRES IN 15 TRACTS | DEWITT COUNTY | ILLINOIS PROPERTY ID: 2012894
375± ACRES IN 3 TRACTS | KOSSUTH COUNTY | IOWA PROPERTY ID: 2035221
760 Acres in Clay County, IL
275 Acres in Vermilion County, IL
760± ACRES IN 16 TRACTS | CLAY COUNTY | ILLINOIS PROPERTY ID: 2030851 This productive Southern Illinois farm will be auctioned with farmland tracts ranging from 20 to 125 acres. The property also features a country home with grain storage and a shed. Date and Time: Monday, November 17th at 5PM Auction Location: Clay City Community Building 237 S. 2nd Street SE, Clay City, IL 62824
106 Acres in McLean County, IL
275± ACRES IN 6 TRACTS | VERMILION COUNTY | ILLINOIS PROPERTY ID: 2035226
This 275± acre property offers a unique mix of highly productive farmland, scenic wooded land and pasture! The property also has grain storage and potential for building sites. Date and Time: Wednesday, November 19th at 10AM Auction Location: Potomac Community Building 310 West State Street, Potomac, IL 61865
160 Irrigated Acres in Champaign Co., IL
106± ACRES IN 1 TRACT | MCLEAN COUNTY | ILLINOIS PROPERTY ID: 2035229
160± ACRES IN 1 TRACT | CHAMPAIGN COUNTY | ILLINOIS PROPERTY ID: 2046850
The property is located just three miles north of Saybrook, Illinois. It’s nearly all tillable and the main soil types are Wyanet silt loam, Peotone silty clay loam, and Raub silt loam. Date and Time: Thursday, November 20th at 10AM Auction Location: Indian Springs Golf Club 36846 Indian Spring Rd, Saybrook, IL 61770
This 160± acre Champaign County farm is irrigated and nearly all tillable. Main soil types are Dana silt loam, Raub silt loam, and Drummer silty clay loam. The property has a PI of 132.2. Date and Time: Tuesday, December 2nd at 10AM Auction Location: Thomasboro Community Building 600 N Commercial St, Thomasboro, IL 61878
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644 Acre Farm/Ranch Combination 644± ACRES | FANNIN COUNTY | TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 1780710 644-acre property featuring two homes and a huge 7,125 square-foot shop. The Austin stone main house is 3,400 square feet in size, features four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and a two-car garage and overlooks a private lake. The second home is a three bedroom two bath brick - ideal for use as a caretaker’s home. The shop consists of a 75x50 closed-in and insulated area with wash bay and a 75x50 covered storage area, plenty of room for equipment and implements. Excellent agricultural property, nice pastures, scattered trees. Offered at $3,399,900
Wildcat Creek Resort 1,000± ACRES | RED RIVER COUNTY | TEXAS PROPERTY ID: 2006842 With over 1,000 acres of beautiful land, WCR is the best kept secret of Northeast Texas! Located only two hours from the Dallas /Fort Worth Metroplex and boasting not only an incredible 7,000+ square-foot residence, but a turn-key hunting/ resort business. WCR features 10,000+ total square feet of guest quarters on the bank of a 16-acre lake. Amenities include a restaurant, Pro Shop, game tables, satellite, hi-speed internet, kennels, equipment and more. Year round services offered include off-season lodging as well as meeting and party facilities to accommodate weddings, receptions, corporate retreats, family reunions, etc. Whether used as a private residence or operated as a sportsman’s resort, WCR has it all! Price: $5,900,000
1,368 Acre Ranch 1,368± ACRES | CHOCTAW COUNTY | OKLAHOMA PROPERTY ID: 1999143 Wide open spaces are offered with this 1,368-acre ranch located in beautiful Choctaw County, Oklahoma. The main home sits on a hill overlooking the Kiamichi Valley. The second home is suitable for use as a guest house or foreman’s quarters. Large shop, several ponds, springfed creek. Consists of flat bottom hay/ranch land while the upland portion is hardwoods and pines. Fencing and cross-fencing as well as working pens – excellent for cattle operations. Offered at $4,107,000.
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Aqua Fria Ranch 23,482± ACRES | BREWSTER COUNTY TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 1591584 Agua Fria Ranch is located adjacent to the 311,000acre Big Bend Ranch, a nationally recognized wilderness park full of outdoor adventure. Located in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas deep in the Big Bend Region, the ranch is comprised of almost the entire Agua Fria Mountain range with adjoining mid-lower elevation grasslands and scrubland of basin range topography. The ranch and its network of roads and 21 water troughs is impressive and provide spectacular views of area mountains, canyons, and desert floors to combine into a mix of habitats. Agua Fria Ranch is a working cattle and hunting ranch, with the historic Whistler Headquarters located adjacent to an amazing rock formation. Price: $15,263,300
Quebec Ranch 12,500± ACRES | PRESIDIO COUNTY TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 1555099 The Quebec Ranch is Texas cow country at its finest and represents some of the best Yucca Grasslands in the U.S. It is part of the Marfa Plateau, a mile-high desert grassland of basin range topography between the Davis Mountains to the north and the Chinati/Sierra Viejas Mountains and Rio Grande River on the south and southwest. The views are stunning and the ranch overlooks the landscapes of the Davis, Chinati and Sierra Viejas Mountains, Capote Mountain and the great expanse of grasslands in between. Quebec Ranch is a working cattle ranch which has been well-managed by the same family for over five-and-a-half decades. Price: $9,375,000
Mills Pecos River Ranch 7,800± ACRES | VAL VERDE COUNTY | TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 2031943 Mills Pecos River Ranch was first settled in 1923 and history abounds here. The two-story headquarters house was built in 1924 from cut limestone blocks chiseled from cliffs along Howard Draw and hauled by wagons to the building site, creating a classic iconic early Texas home. Historic Native American features appear throughout the property. This working ranch is situated at the convergence of three biologically distinct ecoregions in Texas and offers more than six miles of total frontage and more than one-and-a-half miles of that on both sides of the crystal clear spring-fed Pecos River. Elevation is between 1,600 and 2,122 feet with numerous steep carved wooded limestone canyons, as well as gentle mesa tops. Price: $6,630,000
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Doll Baby Ranch 148± ACRES | GILA COUNTY | ARIZONA
The Doll Baby Ranch is located approximately 11 miles west of Payson, Arizona, and one and a half hour north of Phoenix the state capital. The ranch consists of 148 acres deeded land, totally surrounded by forest land, and 36,000 acre of Tonto National Forest Grazing land. The East Verde River splits the ranch for two miles, which provides beautiful riparian areas as well as water for cattle. The ranch is allotted for 175 of mother cattle yearlong. There are 309 acre feet of grandfathered water rights off the East Verde River, that provide water for approximately 100 acres of irrigated pasture. The Doll Baby is a nice working cattle ranch in a very desirable part of Arizona. Priced at $2,950,000.00
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Harris Ranch 10,390± ACRES | PETROLEUM COUNTY | MONTANA | PROPERTY ID: 1565054 Possibly the best archery elk hunting in America. Carefully managed for decades, elk from the Missouri River Breaks congregate here by the hundreds during the rut. 411 ½ and a 402 bulls have been taken. About a dozen Pope and Young bulls are harvested annually on deeded land! Most of elk archery videos are taken here. No bait. No fences. Wild bull elk from the Missouri River Breaks grow giant antlers. This 10,390 acre Montana working ranch runs 200 cows, and puts up enough feed on here 330 irrigated acres to winter 350-400 cows.
Tranquility Ranch Forsyth Pivots Farm 9,240± ACRES | ROSEBUD COUNTY | MONTANA 22 center pivots, free water, 270 acres flood irrigated, 2,100 acres dry land farm, 2,700 acres grass, 7,000 acres deeded, 430,000 bushel grain storage, multiple homes, 235 bushel corn and 55 bushel soybeans in 2013. Yellowstone River frontage. 140 day growing season.
Madison River Ranch 247± ACRES | GALLATIN COUNTY | MONTANA PROPERTY ID: 1898354 16,648 square-feet hand crafted home was built with selected material from Europe, Asia, and Africa. The 247 acres has a mile of frontage on the Madison River which includes a 20 acre deeded island. There are several staff/guest homes plus extensive horse facilities.
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45,831± ACRES | NATRONA COUNTY | WYOMING Tranquility Ranch encompasses over 70 square miles (45,830 acres) of grass lands beginning 12 miles northwest of Casper, Wyoming. With over 28,000 deeded acres, and cheap operating costs, this ranch has appeal to a cattleman. Miles of creeks, reservoirs, wells, and a large lake offer water resources. Cattle share the rich grass with antelope, deer, upland birds, and the occasional elk. This ranch is priced under $250 per deeded acre.
Buffalo Creek Ranch 60,929± ACRES | NATRONA COUNTY | WYOMING PROPERTY ID: 1687395 60,929 contiguous acres, 8,590 deeded, 1,750 acres meadows once irrigated, 1,000+ cows, 380 class B&C elk, foothills of Bighorn Mountains, trout streams, Buffalo Creek, excellent cow friendly improvements, remote, real-west ranch near Butch Cassidy’s “Hole in the Wall”. Northwest of Casper, Wyoming. Ranch raised cow herd available.
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WWW.CAROLINAFARMS.COM Mountain Acres with Camp Facilities 493± ACRES | SURRY COUNTY | NORTH CAROLINA | PROPERTY ID: 1989155 Unique opportunity to own 493.1 mountain acres with great infrastructure. Previously operated as Camp E-MunTalee, a troubled youth camp. The self-contained site includes an education center, warehouse with three bays, health center, dining hall with commercial kitchen, six campsites with facilities, counselor cabins, supervisor home, laundry, showers, woodworking shop, A-frame meeting house, and more. Private and secluded, this is a picturesque setting dotted by hiking trails—just waiting for new owners. Price: $950,000
Custom Log Home in Private Setting 17± ACRES | PATRICK COUNTY | VIRGINIA | PROPERTY ID: 1994719 Kuhn Bros. custom log home on 17.27 acres in a very private setting. Large great room with massive exposed beams, warm pine floors and a large double faced wood burning fireplace. Andersen palladium windows and french doors allow the light to stream in. Kitchen has granite countertops and custom backsplash with a nature theme, hickory cabinets accented to match tile color and tile floor. Laundry is on the main floor as are two bedrooms with one-anda-half baths. Upper level has a large loft currently being used as an office, master suite with walk-in closet, Jacuzzi tub as well as a separate shower. Full basement with two car garage and workshop, ceilings are nine feet, well lit with windows. Wired for generator. Acreage is cleared and wooded with 36x60 barn and creek. Price: $459,000
Farm at Brookgreen Cottage
17± ACRES | STOKES COUNTY | NORTH CAROLINA | PROPERTY ID: 1707297 Welcome to Brookgreen Cottage in the Foothills! A southern living showcase home awaits on 17.28 acres. Built in 2007, the cottage features a pitched roof, exposed rafter tails, and board and batten exterior details that pay homage to the arts and crafts style as well as the low country style. A new great room was just built that expands the space and the comfort. Main level master with private bath and access to the great room. The home sits well off the road and features a horse paddock of about one acre in front of the house. The yard around the home is completely fenced. There is an outdoor riding ring and a four-stall barn with power, rubber mats in the stalls, and a hay loft. Frontage on Big Creek and a lovely pond that is shared with one neighbor. Two-car detached garage. Enjoy close up views of the surrounding hills. Price: $560,000
Farm at Flat Shoals
92± ACRES | STOKES COUNTY | NORTH CAROLINA | PROPERTY ID: 960189 Welcome to this 92-acre farm located in the heart of Stokes County. Just below the Sauratown Mountain Range lies a beautiful farm with fenced pastures, rolling hills, creeks, mountain views and lots of outbuildings. Lots of potential for a family compound, vineyard, equestrian facility, cattle/livestock and more. The outbuildings provide storage for equipment or hay. Most of the land is cleared with established pastures. There are three year round creeks with great water flow. Where the creeks meet would make a great pond site. Elevations from 980 to 1,040 with wonderful views and a number of good homesites. There is 1,000 feet of frontage on a two-lane county road. The Sauratown Mountain Range includes Hanging Rock State Park and a 33-mile trail system for hiking and horseback riding. Convenient to Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Piedmont International Airport, universities and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Peaceful and quiet setting. Price:$550,000
Dream View Farm 25± ACRES ALLEGHANY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA PROPERTY ID: 1038993
Dream View Farm - the name says it all! 25.5 rolling acres in the North Carolina mountains just three miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway. Custom log home tucked back off the road, horse barn, fenced and cross fenced pastures, creeks, pond, storage buildings and, of course, the most stunning views of the mountains. Master suite with huge dressing room and private deck. Loft bedroom has walk-in closet, full bath and private deck. Full basement with walk out. Pastures with water, run-in shelter, riding ring and barn with hay storage, foaling stalls, five regular stalls and tack room. Price: $400,000
Equine Breeding Facility with Log Home 34± ACRES STOKES COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA PROPERTY ID: 1934483 The Pilot Knob Quarter Horse Farm is one of the finest equestrian facilities in northwest North Carolina. It is currently being used as a breeding facility but could easily be adapted for other equestrian uses. The major elements of the facility are a 100x140-foot 14-stall barn with a 60x60-foot indoor arena, a 36x110 foot mare motel, 34.88 rolling acres in pasture fenced with 7,000 feet of pipe and cable fencing, a 65x110-foot outdoor arena, and a 1,244 square-foot log home overlooking the farm. Views of Pilot Mountain loom over the home. More acreage is available. Price: $675,000
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Montosa Canyon Ranch 627± ACRES | SANTA CRUZ COUNTY | ARIZONA | PROPERTY ID: 1176411
Little Springs Ranch
Spreading out across 627 acres of lush irrigated pastures and rich native grasslands, Montosa Canyon Ranch is the crown jewel of the Santa Cruz River Valley. The ranch is set amid the sweeping landscapes of southern Arizona between Green Valley and Tubac at an ideal 3,100 foot elevation with the Santa Rita Mountains as its backdrop. Combined with its 3,160 acres of state lease land and pastures irrigated by grandfathered water rights, this ranch has established itself as the premier Arizona horse and cattle ranch. Contact Marty Ryan at (520) 429–0746 or visit www.MontosaCanyonRanch.com. Price: $8,500,000
59.5± ACRES | COCONINO COUNTY ARIZONA | PROPERTY ID: 1393821 Little Springs is a historic 59-acre pioneer homestead set amid ponderosa, fir, juniper, aspen and gamble oaks at a clear 7,000 feet. Surrounded on all sides by the 1,850,000-acre Coconino National Forest with direct access to its trout lakes and free flowing streams. Features a 1,100-square-foot main residence with a 760-square-foot garage/shop and a separate bunkhouse. Ownership includes Little Springs which provides pure spring water for the residences and the fishing pond. The forest teems with game and is sought after for its elk, turkey, and deer. This is a very private property with the feel of thousands of acres of ownership. Call Marty Ryan (520) 429–0746 or visit www.LittleSpringsRanch.com. Price: $2,250,000 view all properties: LandsofAmerica.com/member/47895
Jeremy Richmond | jeremy.richmond@oldhamgoodwin.com 2800 South Texas Avenue, Suite 401 | Bryan, Texas 77802 (979) 268-2000
5G Whitetail Ranch 342± ACRES | BURLESON COUNTY | TEXAS | PROPERTY ID: 1993729 Centrally located between Austin and Bryan/College Station, only ten miles west of Caldwell, the 5G Ranch is an ideal hunting and recreation property with 342± acres of native upland vegetation enclosed by an eight-foot high game fence. A custom overhead entrance and electric gate provides distinguished access from the 1/4 mile frontage along County Road 321. The property rises to an elevation of 478 feet, providing excellent panoramic views of the surrounding countryside and the Yeuga Creek bottom. Home furnishings, whitetail stock with management accessories, and farm equipment convey with the sell of property.
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