American Land Magazine

3 3 Editor: Cash Kirk Designer: Justin Bruschi, Todd Price Associate Editor: Patrick Lamb Copy Editor: Patrick Lamb Photography: Clay Cooke, Jordan Williams, Paul Johns, Sean Fahrendorf, Wes Haertling, Adam Darnell, Brandon Steckel, Addie Rodhouse, Austin Weidhuner, Brock Ladner, Jacob Lay Listing Photography: Courtesy of Whitetail Properties Land Specialists For general inquiries or advertising, email info@whitetailproperties.com. Whitetail Properties Real Estate, LLC. 121 South Madison Street Pittsfield, IL 62363 (217) 285-9000 WhitetailProperties.com About Whitetail Properties: Founded in 2007, Whitetail Properties Real Estate has exploded into North America's top place to buy and sell recreational hunting, ranch and farm land. This fact was cemented last year with more than $2.9 billion in sales and being named one of "America's Best Brokerages" by The Land Report for the tenth year in a row. Whitetail Properties has expanded operations into 38 states and counting, enlisting a staff of hard-working, knowledgeable and passionate Land Specialists. The team currently averages thirteen properties sold per day throughout the year. Whitetail Properties reaches more than 24 million households nationally with Whitetail Properties TV, an award – winning show on The Sportsman Channel that showcases the benefits of owning recreational real estate. To browse prime hunting and farmland currently for sale or to contact a Whitetail Properties Land Specialist, visit WhitetailProperties.com. Copyright 2022 Whitetailproperties.com. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without expressed written permission from the publisher. AMERICAN LAND magazine is published by Whitetail Properties Real Estate, LLC., 121 S. Madison Street, Pittsfield, Illinois. Information provided to whitetailproperties.com is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. The publisher will not be responsible for any omissions, errors, typographical mistakes, or misinformation within this publication. Measurements and figures may be approximates. Properties are subject to errors, prior to change or sale. This magazine and Whitetail Properties Real Estate will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All dwellings advertised in this magazine are available on an equal opportunity basis. The real estate advertised in this magazine is subject to the Federal Housing Act of 1968 and its amendments. In 2007, my four partners and I started Whitetail Properties Real Estate with little more than a deep passion for land, a desire to better serve buyers and sellers and a dream. Our funds were limited, so we focused our financial resources on selling hunting land because that's what we knew best. We took that niche across the country to heights no independent land exclusive selling company had ever gone! Our "secret sauce" is the same today as it was then; to provide our clients with the best land buying or selling experience imaginable. However, along the way, we realized there were still millions of people we wouldn't have an opportunity to serve with our unique passion and experience if we didn't expand our services. Today, more of our agents are certified Accredited Land Consultants (ALC) by the Realtors Land Institute than any other real estate company in the country. This accreditation means they specialize in all land types, including farms, ranches, orchards, timberland, waterfront, vineyards and development land. Since our early days, we wanted to be in the auction business. However, we didn't want to leap into this business without a comprehensive understanding and reason to believe we could do it better. So, we learned all we could learn about the auction business to serve our clients with the same level of excellence they've grown to expect from Whitetail Properties. Years later, with over 300 agents covering 38 states, our auction clients now enjoy big crowds with competitive bidding at our land auctions. Our local land specialists assure the most qualified buyers from the area are in attendance. At the same time, our marketing arm reaches coast to coast informing thousands of buyers of every opportunity we bring to auction. The most significant contributor to a successful auction is multiple bidders. The more people we reach through our local, state, and national advertising, the more people will attend the auction. It's amazing to see our cutting-edge auction approach of live in-person, live online and phone-in bidding process continue to yield incredible results for the sellers we represent. Too many people go into business to serve themselves, focusing only on the sales numbers. My partners and I went into this business to focus on serving our clients with the highest level of integrity, accountability, ethics, and care. Our focus is on providing them with the best selling solution for their property. And funny enough, as a result, we find ourselves not having to worry about the sales numbers. Dan Perez, Principal Partner, Co-founder WELCOME TO AMERICAN LAND

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