Land Specialist: LANE PUCKITT

Broker & Partner | Lee, Lee & Puckitt Ranch Sales and Appraisals

Where do you live? San Angelo, Texas

Where do you work? Our firm is licensed in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. We mainly work the western half of Texas, but we have sold property all over the state.

What drew you to ranch and recreational real estate? Being a fifth generation rancher and a second generation ranch broker, it is what I grew up with and loved. The people I get to meet doing the job I love is pretty special to me.

What makes the corner of the world where you work special? The people! I’ve been fortunate enough to travel quite a lot, and there is just something special about the big/small-town feel that San Angelo and the Concho Valley offers.

What are the three most important tools in a ranch broker’s kit? A sound pickup, an iPhone and great network of people definitely are a must!

If you could call anywhere on the planet home, where would it be? Why? No question, I would pick the Concho Valley area. . . it is home. Both my wife and I get to raise our three boys with both sides of the family, and to me that is important. It takes a village!

What’s the most profound lesson you’ve learned from the land or its people? Love Jesus with all your heart and tell others about Him. It’s always humbling and a huge responsibility to work with His land and the animals He created.

Listener or talker? I try to be a listener, but others may say otherwise.

If you had one extra hour of time per day, how would you use it? Spend it with my wife and three boys.

Would you rather be without Internet for a week or your phone? That is a no brainer. . . Internet!

If you could give one sentence advice about how to live life, what would that be? Because Jesus died for us so that we can spend eternity with Him, try to live life serving Him by being a servant to others.

Describe your perfect work day. I love land conservation, so my favorite day is showing a close friend a really pretty, well-preserved ranch.

What is your most memorable deal to date? I once was meeting a broker and his client at a ranch and they never showed. So to get cell phone service, I climbed to a top of a hill to call the broker. He was at the rural airport to pick them up and he said his client never showed up and he was worried. About an hour later he called back and said his client’s plane had crashed and both died. They had flown into some fog, got disoriented and crashed. That is a memory I will never forget! It always reminds me that life is precious and be thankful every day for the blessing I have in my life.