List with Texas Ranch Sales

TEXAS IS OUR BRAND

WE WORK FOR YOU

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Texas Ranch Sales, LLC, the hardest working and most comprehensive ranch brokerage firm in the Lone Star State. Nothing excites us more than the opportunity to tell you what we accomplish for our clients! We have an innate and sincere passion for the lands, wildlife, and natural resources of Texas, and pride ourselves in exhibiting this passion in the breadth and quality of the services we provide.

True to our origins, marketing the finest ranches in Texas if not the country, we maintain our primary headquarters in Central Texas. Our reach extends across the state with numerous Associate Brokers and Associates representing the complete diversity of regions and land uses found in Texas.

Despite the culture of community that we nurture, the fact is that over 90% of real estate searches begin on the Internet. Cognizant of this reality, we offer our clients and their ranches a virtual presence that is second to none in the industry. Through carefully targeted search engine optimization, social media engagement, pay per click advertising, e-mail newlsetters, stunning web videos, presence on 50+ real estate listing sites, and our own carefully created site with downloadable brochures, and professional photos and videos, we stand apart in how we leverage the power of the Internet for our clients.

We also embrace the traditional paths to potential buyers via traditional print marketing. In addition to inclusion of property pages across numerous publications, we also publish our own magazine: Texas Ranch Journal. Designed and produced quarterly by our inhouse marketing staff the TRJ is currently available for free in over 100 retail outlets and delivered to thousands of individual subscribers in Texas and beyond.

Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to go to work for you!

Anyone in the Western Hemisphere will tell you that the premiere examples of a ‘cattle ranch’ or a ‘hunting ranch’ must certainly be in Texas. There is no comparison to the history and quality of a Texas cattle ranch, or to the tradition and excellence of Whitetail deer and exotics hunting in Texas. Honoring this reputation, Texas Ranch Sales knows that any representation of a Texas Ranch must rise to this universal expectation.

Texas Ranch Sales founding partner, Sheldon Grothaus, grew up in the Texas cattle and Whitetail tradition and, as a result, grew up with a higher standard for what a ranch should be. His driving force, his passion for Texas cattle, wildlife, and land, inspired him to create a Texas ranch sales team as special and unique as Texas itself. This belief became a force to be reckoned with in the industry, when he founded Texas Ranch Sales in 2000.

Texas Ranch Sales quickly grew by reputation and results to be Texas’ premiere ranch brokerage firm with annual sales averaging $415 million. This growth reflected the establishment of an exceptional team that worked with and for one another to effectively represent some of the finest ranches available for sale in Texas. Today, Texas Ranch Sales has grown to include representatives across Texas and an in-house marketing team that is unsurpassed at promoting their clients’ properties to the world.

PROFILE

Texas Ranch Sales has brokered and represented an astonishing array of some of the finest hunting, livestock, and recreational ranches in Texas. From luxurious personal estates, impressive hunting ranches with stunning varieties of exotics, and massive commercial cattle operations, to family farms and vacant land, we have the land knowledge, massive print and digital exposure, and experienced staff to create the ultimate marketing plan for any Texas ranch.

Integrity is the basis of our business philosophy. From that foundation we offer competitive and experienced land services to buyers and sellers of land. Our marketing and professional services reach internationally and compete not only with other real estate companies, but also marketing, Internet, and appraisal companies. Superior market knowledge and the ability to quickly pivot to the most effective marketing platforms of the day enable Texas Ranch Sales to reach prospective buyers more quickly and efficiently.

It is not enough that our team of brokers have an extensive knowledge of the many facets of Texas ranching, they also have to have a deep and personal connection to the ranching community in their region of the state. When you meet them you’ll understand that what they do is not a job, it is a passion… a passion to match an extraordinary Texas ranch with the buyer that can make the most of the resources and potential of that ranch.

CEO & BROKER SHELDON GROTHAUS

Sheldon Grothaus has come to know that land ownership is a great privilege. His appreciation for the personal, intrinsic, and financial value of land, as well as his passionate appreciation for the Texas wildlife and livestock tradition, led him from rancher to ranch broker in order to help others on their journey to land ownership.

From his personal and business experience, Sheldon recognizes the benefits of owning a Texas ranch: from the many and varied opportunities for income from a ranch, the fact that well-managed land generally doesn’t lose value and often provides a significant return on investment if sold, the strong collateral that land ownership offers in other business deals, and the personal benefits and satisfactions of providing the ultimate getaway for family and friends.

Sheldon, who sold San Antonio Spurs superstar Tim Duncan his first ranch, is proud that, “Every individual who buys or sells a ranch with us, deserves—and gets—our complete attention. While we conduct deals all over Texas for a large number of clients, we never forget that the transaction on the table, whether it’s selling a family property or buying a ranch where a family will write its own land history, is important and highly personal.”

“While we work every day to grow Texas Ranch Sales, we strive to maintain close relationships with everyone who we’ve encountered along the way. In my opinion, repeat business and referrals are a true measure of a brokerage’s success.” -Sheldon Grothaus

ZANNA GROTHAUS

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Born and raised in Texas, Zanna’s heritage is rooted in a long line of Texas landowners. Growing up on a ranch and the influence of western heritage has instilled a deep appreciation and respect for livestock, land stewardship and preserving the legacy of Texas ranches.

Zanna exhibits strong virtues of discipline, integrity, solid work ethic along with the grace earned through many of the life roads traveled.

For over 20 years she has been by the side of Sheldon Grothaus and has facilitated in the growth of Texas Ranch Sales, LLC along with several other companies they have built together.

Zanna has held a Texas real estate license since 2001 and continues to assist in the day-to-day management of the real estate company.

DAVE WILCOX

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER & ASSOCIATE BROKER

Born and raised in North Texas, Dave Wilcox is a fourth-generation Texas landowner. Growing up in a family who ran cattle and grew cotton, he understands the pull and calling one gets in their soul when it comes to owning a piece of our great state.

After college, Dave started working with a recruiting company, which is where he learned the art of negotiating for his clients and ensuring that a fair deal had been reached. Throughout the years he has worked alongside landowners and hunters alike, managing a number of ranches in the outfitting and hunting business across South Texas. In combination with his family background in ranching, this provides invaluable experience in the recreational and hunting ranch market.

For the last 12+ years, Dave has managed a very successful Real Estate Team with Keller Williams Heritage, who will continue to help its clients find and or sell a home. As one of the San Antonio Business Journal’s top producers every year, Dave understands the intricacies of the local market and how it affects his clients. In 2018 Dave was named the San Antonio Board of Realtors “Realtor of the Year”.

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Total Current Volume: $594,710,771

Total Number of Available Listings: 119

Total Acres for Sale: 71,583

$4,997,569

SALE STATISTICS

TESTIMONIALS

“We sold and purchased properties with Dino at Texas Ranch Sales. Dino was professional yet we felt like he was family. Truly found us our dream property and helped us with so many things along the way. He went above and beyond for us. We are thankful we found him! “

JTA Enterprises

To anyone that might be looking to sell or buy a ranch, there is absolutely only one person and company I would recommend, and that is Sheldon Grothaus and his team at Texas Ranch Sales. We have used Sheldon several times over the last 12 years, both buying and selling ranches. His work ethic, attention to detail, commitment, knowledge of real estate, ranching, wildlife, hunting, and cattle is incredible. Second to none regardless of the obstacles or challenges, he finds a way to get it done.

Sheldon, thank you and your awesome team for all you have done for me and my family and making some of the toughest, emotional decisions and dreams come true!

Sheldon and Texas Ranch Sales will not disappoint you... they are first class operation and just AWESOME people to do business with...

Duane Mann

“Great communication with this real estate company. Easy to work with and more than willing to answer any question!”

Stephen Williams

“My only experience is with Keith Payne and he is the best Realtor I have ever dealt with. I have been a Mortgage Banker for over 30 years and have had dealings with thousands of Realtors over these years and he is by far the most responsive and professional. Wish there were more like him.”

Mylena Alred

“‘The Vista Grande Ranch was the perfect fit. You were professional in all aspects of the transaction and having brokers such as yourself really does our industry good. I hope our paths cross again soon.”

Jack Holman - Broker

“It’s a wrap…closed this morning in less than 15 minutes… everything was all organized due to them getting all documents to us ahead of time so any corrections could be made.

You kept the stuff coming to us so we could address and fix things like the mobile home conveyance etc…and did a great job being able to handle both sides of the deal where each side felt satisfied.

We are very happy campers…..”

Charlotte Fontenot

“It has been a pleasure to work with Dino Smith as we searched for a property that would meet our family’s needs. Dino was always helpful and made excellent suggestions that would protect and benefit us, the buyers. He was knowledgeable about ranch properties and was always listening to find out what we were interested in. His dedication was invaluable to us as he helped us find the property that would leave a legacy for our family! We feel blessed to have had Dino as our realtor!”

Maureen Robbins

“Dealing with my agent, Keith Payne, and Texas Ranch Sales was a wonderful experience! He listened to what we were looking for, worked hard to find the properties that fit our criteria and budget and didn’t waste his time or ours trying to upsell us and show us properties that didn’t meet our needs or exceed our budget. Ultimately we looked at four different properties and found our ranch to start our dream! I would recommend Keith and his team to anyone looking for a place of their own!”

Cade Leitko

“Top notch ranch real estate source whether buying or selling. Sheldon has handled one large ranch sale for us plus we have had many buys and sells together of his excellent white tail deer. I am particularly happy with the care shipping and handling done by him and his crew. Thank you, Sheldon, for making ‘things’ happen in a positive way.”

Ron and Pug Mostyn

“I was very impressed by your professional work ethics as just how swiftly and efficiently you took care of every aspect related to placing my property for sale. I highly recommend you as you made it a pleasant experience. Thank you for your kindness, thoughfulness and your professional advice. “

LyndaLee Esquibel

CUSTOM MARKETING PLAN

Texas Ranch Sales has embraced the philosophy that it takes the best people to create the best marketing. From concept to execution, the people involved in creating the marketing for your property are the very best in their respective fields. Every feature of your ranch is analyzed for its usefulness and impact in a comprehensive marketing plan. Ground level and aerial photographs and video of the ranch are taken by a professional videogapher specializing in ranch presentations. A custom description of the property is professionally written, as is a professional narration of the video. A magazine quality brochure is produced, and an intuitive interactive map is created. The resulting multi-faceted representation of your of land is shared across a multitude of digital and print platforms to garner the attention of the maximum number of qualified potential buyers.

Included in your comprehensive Marketing Plan:

• Professional photography with both ground level and aerial drone images

• Expertly produced video, including full motion ground and aerial footage, with professional narration

• Custom property brochure presentation

• Interactive mapping

• Feature property in email blast to over 18k subscribers

• Spotlight property slot on Lands of Texas

• Listing on Texas Ranch Sales custom website - approx. 140k visitors a month

• Listing on over 50 land search websites (both regional Texas and national)

• Engaging content added to Social Media (over 100k combined followers) Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

• Spread in Texas Ranch Journal

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INTERACTIVE MAPPING

As an essential part of marketing your property, Texas Ranch Sales provides interactive online maps of your land that can be accessed via computer, phone, or tablet. The mapping includes features specific to your property including boundaries, improvements, water features, fences, gates and more. These features are superimposed over a variety of user-selected maps including several satellite views, satellite infrared, street, topographic and 3D. These features are also utilized in person while showing your property in both the interactive and large, 11 by 17 inch, printed maps. Potential buyers can achieve a level of familiarity with your property that standard maps, photographs, and descriptions simply cannot provide.

High quality aerial maps with multiple layers and settings available to choose from.

Topographical views Street and vicinity views

OUR WEBSITE

CUSTOM BUILT AND MANAGED IN HOUSE

Just as Texas Ranch Sales stands apart in marketing ranches across Texas, our web presence does the same. Our beautiful, custom-built website is designed specifically with the interests of the discerning ranch buyer in mind. The properties we market can be viewed in a variety of overlapping categories including size and location, but also by those with features like hunting or cattle infrastructure, live water, or deer breeding facilities. After locating a ranch they are interested in, potential buyers will see a gorgeous selection of images, compelling descriptions, an interactive map, and a dramatic video presentation of the property. Also available will be an easily downloaded magazine quality brochure representing the property.

INTERNET PRESENCE

Mansion Global

The Land Report

Google+

Land Broker

Open Fences

Wall Street Journal

Home Town Locator

AgWeb Equine Horse and Rider

American Cowboy

Grit Magazine

Practical Horseman

Hunting Life

My Land Lender

Equisearch

High Plains Journal

Country Homes

Mother Earth News

Houston Chronicle Farms & Ranches

Dallas Morning News

San Antonio Express News .....and more

PHOTO & VIDEO PACKAGES

All new listings at Texas Ranch Sales are photographed by a professional, award-winning photography and videography firm based in Texas. You might see our associates snapping some photos of your property, but these are only to help our staff get started on a marketing strategy for your ranch. We only use the highest quality, professional photographs that highlight all the assets of your land and improvements in only the most flattering way in all our marketing materials. Some of these photos will be dazzling aerial photos taken by a licensed drone pilot and photographer.

The same attention to quality and purpose goes into the video footage taken of your property. There is no broker in Texas that provides property listing videos of the quality that Texas Ranch Sales will provide for your ranch. Your video will be professionally edited and produced into a three to five minute video. The video will open with moving map images to orient the viewer to the location of the ranch within the state, followed by stunning footage of your ranch. The narrative of the video will be driven by a carefully written script highlighting the most salient features of the property. This script will be read by a professional voice actor and accented with music appropriate to the property.

Videos of our listings are presented on our YouTube channel and social media accounts, typically receiving thousands of views, as well as on our website with the custom listing for each ranch. The video is also included, along with the photographs, on the 50+ searchable real estate listings sites we use regionally and nationally. We also loop our property videos on monitors at trade shows, special events, and other locations in the region.

PRINT ADVERTISING

A prime component of the quality and reach of our marketing is Texas Ranch Journal, a magazine we publish in-house to showcase our clients’ properties in an impressive venue with a broad reach across the state. Texas Ranch Journal is available for free in several carefully chosen locations in Texas, as well as being delivered to qualified subscribers across the state and country. There is no comparable publication for marketing a premiere hunting, livestock, and recreational ranches in Texa

Additionally, property pages are placed in a variety of regional and national magazines for special targeted coverage. Each property listed with Texas Ranch Sales receives a carefully planned and executed brochure with professionally written descriptions of the property and its features, gorgeous photographs, topographic and satellite maps, and other important information for potential buyers.

Both Texas Ranch Journal and our property brochures are also available in digital format to serve a broader, international audience.

REGIONAL MARKETING

Texas Ranch Sales leverages our established regional network of buyers, sellers, landowners, brokers, and land specialists, with our own marketing professionals to create a statewide advertising reach that is second to none in Texas. Our experienced brokers and marketing staff have a knowledge and understanding of ranch investment, ownership, and management that is truly a part of their very essence as Texans… a knowledge rooted in an appreciation for the fact that a Texas hunting or livestock ranch is held as the benchmark the world over for what a ranch should be.

Our team has established an incomparable marketing game plan for our ranch listings that has time and again proven itself effective in reaching the largest number of qualified ranch buyers in the state and across the country. All the elements of our comprehensive marketing plan are of the highest caliber and unmatched in the Texas ranch real estate industry.

NATIONAL MARKETING

We are a broker of the finest Texas ranches, and many of our buyers are also based in Texas, but we know our reach must go beyond the Lone Star State in order to honor our obligation to our clients to find the highest number of qualified buyers as efficiently as possible. We accomplish this through targeted property advertising in select regional and national magazines and listings on over 50 land search websites including Lands of America.

POWERFUL ADVERTISING

The effectiveness of land marketing can be measured by two factors: quality and reach.

Texas Ranch Sales has worked hard to achieve a level of quality in land marketing that exceeds not only expectation, but even a comparable example in the industry. The standard is set early in the marketing process when our team compiles the facts, background, and potential of a property. This data is then crafted into words and images, via print, web, and video representations, to bring the ranch to life in its best form for potential buyers.

The reach and penetration of Texas Ranch Sales’ impact on the Texas ranch buyer and investor community is unsurpassed in the region. It is our comprehensive and multi-pronged approach that ensures absolute superiority in reaching as many qualified buyers as possible for every ranch we list. Print, video, web, social, email and text all combine with our unmatched personal network of brokers and investors across the state to tell the story of your ranch to the maximum audience.

The power of our marketing stretches beyond Texas via listings on over 50 national land search websites including Land Leader and Lands of America, and property advertising in regional and national magazines.

BUYER PROCESS

Texas Ranch Sales rigorously evaluates potential purchasers with respect to very specific criteria and seller confidentiality is always maintained. Clients will be made aware of each potential purchaser’s ability to perform should that become their intention.

We will always be respectful of you and your property when scheduling showings of your land. Your property will always be presented to potential buyers by a Texas Ranch Sales representative and by appointment only. It is always our goal to provide a complete ranch tour to enable potential buyers to make an informed purchase decision. Complete ranch tours will be arranged with the necessary transportation and hospitality accommodations.

Texas Ranch Sales will advise and support sellers in the presentation of offers with current market materials. Our brokers will travel to present offers or can arrange video conferencing.

We welcome outside brokers to promote and sell our properties. We offer industry commission rates to participating brokers.

Texas Ranch Sales is proud to be an Equal Housing Opportunity Brokerage. All real estate advertised is subject to the Federal Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

FINANCING

The team at Texas Ranch Sales, LLC can connect you with the finest farm, ranch and rural property financing company in the state. We have an amazing partnership with Capital Farm Credit, Texas’ largest rural lender with nearly 70 offices across the state. Each Associate at Texas Ranch Sales has developed close relationships with their local Capital Farm Credit representative. We can connect you with someone who will truly care about your investment. You get local decisions from experienced rural lenders and appraisal staff. And, as a cooperative, Capital Farm Credit is owned and operated by the same farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses and rural homeowners they serve.

OUR PARTNERS

Information About Brokerage Services

Texas law requires all real estate license holders to give the following information about brokerage services to prospective buyers, tenants, sellers and landlords.

TYPES OF REAL ESTATE LICENSE HOLDERS:

 A BROKER is responsible for all brokerage activities, including acts performed by sales agents sponsored by the broker.

 A SALES AGENT must be sponsored by a broker and works with clients on behalf of the broker.

A BROKER’S MINIMUM DUTIES REQUIRED BY LAW (A client is the person or party that the broker represents):

 Put the interests of the client above all others, including the broker’s own interests;

 Inform the client of any material information about the property or transaction received by the broker;

 Answer the client’s questions and present any offer to or counter-offer from the client; and

 Treat all parties to a real estate transaction honestly and fairly.

A LICENSE HOLDER CAN REPRESENT A PARTY IN A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION:

AS AGENT FOR OWNER (SELLER/LANDLORD): The broker becomes the property owner's agent through an agreement with the owner, usually in a written listing to sell or property management agreement. An owner's agent must perform the broker’s mini mum duties above and must inform the owner of any material information about the property or transaction known by the agent, incl uding information disclosed to the agent or subagent by the buyer or buyer’s agent.

AS AGENT FOR BUYER/TENANT: The broker becomes the buyer/tenant's agent by agreeing to represent the buyer, usually through a written representation agreement. A buyer's agent must perform the broker’s minimum duties above and must inform the buyer of any material information about the property or transaction known by the agent, including information disclosed to the agent by th e seller or seller’s agent.

AS AGENT FOR BOTH - INTERMEDIARY: To act as an intermediary between the parties the broker must first obtain the written agreement of each party to the transaction. The written agreement must state who will pay the broker and, in conspicuous bold or underlined print, set forth the broker's obligations as an intermediary. A broker who acts as an intermediary:

 Must treat all parties to the transaction impartially and fairly;

 May, with the parties' written consent, appoint a different license holder associated with the broker to each party (owner and buyer) to communicate with, provide opinions and advice to, and carry out the instructions of each party to the transaction.

 Must not, unless specifically authorized in writing to do so by the party, disclose:

ᴑ that the owner will accept a price less than the written asking price;

ᴑ that the buyer/tenant will pay a price greater than the price submitted in a written offer; and

ᴑ any confidential information or any other information that a party specifically instructs the broker in writing not to disclose, unless required to do so by law.

AS SUBAGENT: A license holder acts as a subagent when aiding a buyer in a transaction without an agreement to represent the buyer. A subagent can assist the buyer but does not represent the buyer and must place the interests of the owner first.

TO AVOID DISPUTES, ALL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN YOU AND A BROKER SHOULD BE IN WRITING AND CLEARLY ESTABLISH:

 The broker’s duties and responsibilities to you, and your obligations under the representation agreement.

 Who will pay the broker for services provided to you, when payment will be made and how the payment will be calculated.

LICENSE HOLDER CONTACT INFORMATION: This notice is being provided for information purposes. It does not create an obligation for you to use the broker’s services. Please acknowledge receipt of this notice below and retain a copy for your records.