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Land.com LAND STAR AWARDS 2023

Land.com LAND STAR AWARDS celebrate the top LRE (Land Real Estate) firms and brokers. All 2023 sales data used to tabulate awards was pulled solely from the Comparable Sales database.

The Land Star Awards recognize America’s top rural real estate brokers, agents and companies. Submissions are benchmarked against closed transactions to generate an objective, results-driven list of premier producers.

West

Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Individual Winners in alphabetical order

  • Bill Bahny, Bill Bahny & Associates, LLC Real Estate
  • John Brennan, Brennan, Jewett & Associates
  • Pete Clark, Clark Company
  • Mike Fraley, Hall and Hall
  • Lonnie Gustin, Hayden Outdoors
  • Dax Hayden, Hayden Outdoors
  • Dave Johnson, Hall and Hall
  • Trent Jones, Hall and Hall
  • Dan Kevorkian, Pearson Realty
  • Bill McDavid, Hall and Hall
  • Dan Murphy, M4 Ranch Group
  • Joe Piini, Piini Realty
  • Brian Rallens, Rallens Realty Consultants
  • Marc Reck, Reck Agri Realty & Auction
  • Skye A. Root, Root Agricultural Advisory
  • Jim Taylor, Hall and Hall
  • Deke Tidwell, Hall and Hall
  • Brett Veatch, Agri-Investment Services Division of Berkshire Hathaway

Mid-West

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin 

Individual Winners in alphabetical order

  • Matt Adams, Peoples Company
  • Todd Bigbee, Whitetail Properties
  • Eric Bird, Bird Realty
  • Clayton Blum, Whitetail Properties
  • Bruce Brock, Brock Auction Company, Inc.
  • Steve Bruere, Peoples Company
  • Adam Crist, Peoples Company
  • Chad Garteski, Weiss Realty
  • Ben Harshyne, Whitetail Properties
  • Brian Haugen, LandProz
  • D.W. Hindman, Living the Dream
  • Jesse Hughes, Hughes Real Estate and Auction Service, LLC
  • Mark Johnson, Hall and Hall
  • Pat Karst, Halderman Real Estate Services and Halderman Farm Management
  • David Klein, First Mid Ag Services
  • Johnny Klemme, Geswein Farm & Land Realty, LLC
  • Braden McCurdy, McCurdy Real Estate & Auction
  • Eric Merchant, Trophy Properties and Auction
  • Bill Minor, Whitetail Properties
  • Jeff Moon, AgWest Land Brokers
  • Jeff Propst, Whitetail Properties
  • Jeffrey Quinn, Missouri Land and Farm
  • Jason Smith, Dream Dirt Farm And Ranch Real Estate, LLC
  • Travis Smock, Peoples Company
  • Bob Stalberger, Whitetail Properties
  • Craig Stevenson, Geswein Farm & Land Realty, LLC
  • Jeremy Sundgren, Sundgren Realty, Inc.
  • Brian W. Utecht, Whitetail Properties
  • Delmar Wagler, Integrity Realty Group
  • Mark Wilson, Wilson National, LLC

North East

Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont 

Individual Winners in alphabetical order

  • Matthew Bergey, Beiler-Campbell Realtors-Quarryville
  • Robert Dann, Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co.
  • Allen Olmsted, Canaan Realty
  • Meryl Stoltzfus, Beiler-Campbell Realtors
  • Michael Tragner, Fountains Land
  • Paul Vaicunas, Whitetail Properties

South East 

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia 

Individual Winners in alphabetical order

  • Sam Bowers, Bowers & Burns Real Estate
  • CJ Brown, Brown Land & Plantation Advisors
  • Jason Burch, Burch Realty Group, LLC
  • Brad Butler, Butler Land and Timber Co.
  • Dusty Calderon, SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate
  • Daryl Carter, Maury L. Carter & Associates, Inc.
  • Ryker Carter, Carter Group Real Estate
  • Greg Clearman, National Land Realty
  • Todd Crosby, Crosby Land Company, Inc.
  • Luke Cullins, Habitat Land Company
  • Elliott Davenport Jr., The Wings Group, LLC
  • Robert Eason, Arkansas Land Company
  • Reed Fischbach, Fischbach Land Company
  • Clint Flowers, National Land Realty
  • Matt Gallimore, United Country Blue Ridge Land & Auction
  • Richard Grist, FoxFire Realty
  • Will Hardin, Habitat Land Company
  • Walter J. Hatchett, Jon Kohler & Associates
  • Bucky Henson, The Land Group
  • Scott Hicks, Whitetail Properties
  • Walker Hoye, McEwen Group, LLC
  • Tim James Jr., Jon Kohler & Associates
  • Jon Kohler, Jon Kohler & Associates
  • Erin Krueger, Compass Tennessee, LLC
  • JC Lester, Mossy Oak Properties Alabama Land Crafters
  • Bill McDavid, Hall and Hall
  • Dan McEwen, McEwen Group, LLC
  • John McEwen, McEwen Group, LLC
  • Alla Nikitina, Ryals Realty Services, Inc.
  • Michael Oswalt, Smalltown Hunting Properties & Real Estate
  • Josh Pfeiffer, Southern Rivers Properties, Inc.
  • Joan Pletcher, Joan Pletcher, Realtor
  • Drew Poston, SLC Commercial
  • Travis Robeson, Fridrich & Clark Realty, LLC
  • Josh Smith, Mossy Oak Properties, Tennessee Land & Farm
  • Brad Smith, United Country Smith & Associates
  • Frank Strazzulla, Coldwell Banker Paradise
  • Tommy Stroud Jr., National Land Realty
  • Tom Sullivan, Covey Rise Properties, LLC
  • Clay Taylor, SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate
  • Clay Taylor, Kurtz Auction & Realty
  • Micah Torrence, Torrence, Read, & Forehand Auctions
  • Wallace Tutt, Tutt Land Company
  • Walter Tutt, Tutt Land Company
  • Lee Walters, Plantation Services
  • Alex Webel, Hall and Hall
  • Pamela Welch, Mossy Oak Properties Selling Arkansas
  • Bruce West, Tom Smith Land And Homes
  • Grant Whitworth, Whitworth Land Corporation
  • Jason Williams, Plantation Properties & Land Investments

South West 

Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Individual Winners in alphabetical order

  • Jessica Armstrong, Armstrong Properties
  • Drew Ary, Ary Land Co.| KW Advantage Land
  • Mike Bacon, Texas Ranch Brokers, LLC
  • Don Bell, United Country Real Estate
  • Will Bellis, Arrowhead Land Company, LLC
  • Chip Bubela, Bubela Real Estate
  • Jeff Buerger, Hall and Hall
  • David Burgher, Burgher-Ray Ranch Group | Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty
  • Randy Cadwallader, Dullnig Ranches/Kuper Sotheby’s
  • Stefanie Cobb, Cobb Properties
  • Tai Cobb-Klam, Cobb Properties
  • Drew Colvin, Texas Ranch Brokers, LLC
  • Blaine Covington, Texas Hunting Land, LLC
  • Allen Crumley, Williams Trew Real Estate
  • Tonya Currie, Lifestyle Ranch & Home Group Compass
  • Robert Dullnig, Dullnig Ranches/ Kuper Sotheby’s
  • John Ed Stepan, Ranch Investments
  • John Ekdahl, Ekdahl Real Estate
  • Andy Flack, HomeLand Properties
  • Chad Foster, Foster Farm and Ranch
  • Clay Fowden, Topper Real Estate
  • Shawn Gillispie, Gillispie Land Group
  • Justin Glass, Whitetail Properties
  • Glynn Hendley, Western Hill Country Realty
  • Tyson Henson, Henson Land & Ranch Company
  • Ken Hoerster, Texas Ranches For Sale
  • Blake Hortenstine, Hortenstine Ranch Company, LLC
  • Kelly Hurt, Land Doctors
  • Thomas Johnston, The Real Estate Ranch, LLC
  • Tammy King, King Land & Water, LLC
  • Nancy Lawrence, Lawrence Realty
  • Mark Lehmberg, Lehmberg Realty
  • Sam Middleton, Chas S. Middleton and Son
  • Matt Milligan, Trinity Country Real Estate
  • Everette Newland, Newland Real Estate
  • Trevor Potts, Legendary Land Company
  • Russell Prinz, Hill Country USA
  • Harlan Ray, Burgher-Ray Ranch Group | Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty
  • Frank Roberts, RE/MAX Landmark
  • Cody Robertson, Whitetail Properties
  • Jordan Shipley, Shipley Ranches
  • Michele Smith, Reata Ranch Realty Group
  • Ira Smith, Smith & Co. Auction & Realty, Inc.
  • Teresa Stephens Lee, Stephens Ranch Hand Real Estate
  • Karen Stout, HomeLand Properties
  • Stephen Stransky, Stransky Properties
  • Tyler Thomas, TT Ranch Group | Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty
  • Rodney Topper, Topper Real Estate
  • Juan Uribe, Team Juan Uribe
  • Terry Wootan, Terry Wootan Real Estate
  • Tyler Wright, FINDARANCH.com
  • Kim Zapalac, Bill Johnson & Associates Real Estate Company
  • Eric Zellers, Ary Land Co. | KW Advantage Land