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Holly Van Cleve: I am a Land Specialist
Snapshots of land specialists’ lives
Spring 2020 Texas Land & Lifestyle Trends
Unique items curated especially for the discriminating Texas land aficionado—from Texas beeswax candles to custom denim jeans that are grown, woven and sewn in Texas.
Forging A Connection
Chef Jesse Griffiths, co-owner of Austin’s Dai Due and Dai Due Taqueria, forges a connection between people and their food.
Agriculture & Wildlife Tax Appraisal in Texas
If you’re a Texas landowner, you’re in good company; 97 percent of our state is privately owned and managed. Accompanying the thrill of owning property in Texas, though, is that all-too-familiar sting of the state’s high property taxes, which begs the question—how can landowners maximize the use of their property?
Michal Ann Morrison for Fredericksburg Realty - March 26, 2020
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Featured Listing: Black Oak Ranch
Black Oak Ranch is located just minutes from Mineola, Texas, featuring a custom-built 7,892-square-foot main residence, excellent facilities and multiple pastures for cattle, and over 30± acres of surface water between three different lakes that lay out beautifully on the property. This 387± acre ranch is ideal for cattle and a variety of recreational activities.
On the Cover: Super A Ranch
Located 10 miles southwest of Kerrville on 1,791 acres, the Super A Ranch offers the opportunity for large-scale ranch recreation with all of the convenience of life in close proximity to one of Texas’ most highly prized towns. The landscape combines spectacular hills with open pastureland for the pastoral mix that characterizes the Hill Country.
Featured Listing: Palomas Ranch
The Palomas Ranch has a rich history, having been the quail hunting destination of three presidents, multiple governors and numerous other dignitaries over the years. Palomas Ranch is in one of the most highly sought after and tightly held areas of the country for ranch land. Few ranches of this size and prestige have ever become available in the area.
Listing of the Week: Petan Ranch
This reputation cow ranch is mostly high, rolling grama grass hills at around 5,600 feet with some mountain country and a few big, open flats.
Just Add Water to Increase Your Land Value
In Texas, nothing attracts wildlife and birds to your property—and keeps them coming back—like water. And few property improvements are as likely to increase your land value as a pond, lake or stock tank.
Wright Monning is Marketing the Lore & More of Texas
Making the connection between land, history and stories isn’t a stretch for Monning because that connection shaped his life.
Texas Land Markets Find Another Gear
Research economist Dr. Charles Gilliand reports on Texas land markets for the fourth quarter 2019.
The Effect of COVID-19 on the Land Brokerage Industry
In speaking with Fay Ranches agents located coast to coast in the United States over the past few days, each has remarked that their land investor clients are contemplating moving their families to their land to insulate themselves, to socially distance themselves.
Gregory W. Fay, Fay Ranches Inc. - March 18, 2020
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Year in Review: Biggest Land Sales of 2019
The Lands of America Comparable Sales database currently tracks sales information for almost 250,000 sales transactions dating back to 2003. This year saw sellers submit sales data for over 27,000 sold properties to our database, totaling some $11 billion in rural land and real-estate sales activity for the year.
I am a Land Specialist
Snapshots of land specialists’ lives
Business Branding 101
“I’m a big believer in the power of branding and what branding means in terms of public perceptions and how that ties into market perceptions.”
Reflections from the Broken Heart of A Lumberjack-Forester
So much has changed in the woods over the last 30 years. Much of those early years, the characters I’ve met and the experiences I’ve had now, sadly, represent a bygone era. The hardest part of it all, besides seeing the modernization of logging, is that there’s no one to talk to about those days in the woods—nobody to reminisce with.
Daniel M. Christmas - December 20, 2019
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Wildlife Management 101
I’m extremely fortunate to own, manage and control a respectable tract of leased and deeded ground in the Pacific Northwest. Taken with a laugh, my personal experience hasn’t been learned easily, nor done inexpensively via traditional venues. Private land wildlife management practices are commonly dominated by whitetail deer, a little waterfowl and an occasional fish or upland bird topic.
Garrett Zoller, ALC - December 19, 2019
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Concerning Cannabis
Cannabis reform is sweeping the nation. Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia currently have passed laws broadly legalizing marijuana in some form. This movement will continue, and the Federal Government will catch up or be forced to approve and adapt in time as reform states lead the way.
Kirk Goble, ALC - December 18, 2019
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LANDscape: Winter 2019
From the pages of the Winter 2019 issue of LAND magazine, here’s our selection of intriguing properties featured on the Land.com Network.
