American Land Magazine

3 3 Editor: Patrick Lamb, Cash Kirk Designer: Justin Bruschi, Todd Price Associate Editor: Eric Koran 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 $3 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 40 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 2023 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. The Whitetail Properties Way: When my partners and I started Whitetail Properties, we had a lot of ideas for changing how real estate companies do business. We were tired of seeing an industry made up of part- time, non-professionals pretending to be qualified to assist land buyers and sellers with the most important financial decisions of their lives. Compound that with the responsibility of representing God's Creation, and it leaves a person wondering why most states make it so easy to obtain a real estate license. Not to mention, most brokers do not ask the right questions when interviewing prospective agents. Sadly, they don't care because they are in the numbers business. If you pass your state examination, they will hire you. Most of them provide little to no training or support. By comparison, it is much more difficult to get hired at Whitetail Properties than it is to obtain a real estate license. We only hire honorable people who are passionate about land and professional in their dealings with others, and you can bet we will ask some very straight questions. Real estate experience is not required because we offer the best training in the country. There is nothing traditional about the way Whitetail Properties runs its business. We could write a book about everything we do differently, especially how we focus on serving rather than making it all about the sale. From the beginning, we aim to provide our clients and customers with the best land buying or selling experience ever. This mindset begins with forgetting about our commission and ultimately committing to serving. Sure, we must earn money to stay in business. However, agents and brokers will financially suffer when they focus on how much they will make off their clients rather than how well they serve them. Working in your client's best interest is impossible when you are more concerned with your best interest. I've heard of agents from other companies taking their time putting listings on their websites or signs on the properties they've listed. They do this to find a buyer before other agents know of the listing so they do not have to split the commission. I've also heard of agents who neglect to tell their clients the best-selling solution for their specific property. An example would be proposing an auction for income producing property. Even though they know an auction would likely sell their client's particular property faster and for more money than a conventional listing, but they could personally earn less. These two acts of greed are a few commission dollars wise, but millions of repeat business and referral dollars ignorant, and a betrayal of their client's best interest. As a land buyer and client myself, I wish every business would focus on serving their customers rather than serving themselves. Everyone can relate to how much faster most companies answer their sales line and how much longer you are put on hold when calling their service line. Conversely, at Whitetail Properties, we greatly appreciate your business and stand ready to serve you with the same commitment, dedication, and respect as when we sold your farm or helped you buy a new one. The only difference after the sale is that you're no longer our customer because you are now part of our family. Dan Perez, Principal Partner, Co-founder WELCOME TO AMERICAN LAND

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