The American Land Man

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are doing something a little bit different. Over the next couple of months, we will be putting out a food plot series, sitting down with some of the top guys in the industry to discuss food plots. This week, we are sitting down with Landon Maxwell, a regional sales manager at 1st Products. We Discuss: What equipment do you actually need...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are doing something a little bit different. Over the next couple of months, we will be putting out a food plot series, sitting down with some of the top guys in the industry to discuss food plots. This week we are back with part 2 of our conversation with Al Tomechko, the co-owner of Vitalize Seed Company. We Discuss: How Al came to help...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking with Craig Kaiser. Craig is the owner and founder of a website called LandGate that is helping bring land sales and valuations into the 21st century! We discuss: -How Craig came to found LandGate -What is LandGate and how does it help? -Mineral Rights and how important they are in a deal -Renewable energy in lan...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are doing something a little bit different. Over the next couple of months, we will be putting out a food plot series, sitting down with some of the top guys in the industry to discuss food plots. This week we are talking with Al Tomechko, the co-owner of Vitalize Seed Company. We Discuss: -How Al came to help create Vitalize Seed Compan...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are doing something a little bit different. Over the next couple of months, we will be putting out a food plot series, sitting down with some of the top guys in the industry to discuss food plots. This week we are talking with Lincoln Rohn, the owner and CEO of Best Outdoors, best known for the Packer Maxx HD. We Discuss: -How Lincoln ca...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking with Mark Williams of Whitetail Properties Real Estate. Mark is a fellow Whitetail Properties Land Specialist in Kentucky who is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to buying and flipping land.  We Discuss: -Moving from the cattle industry to land sales -Are cattle a good investment for your farm? -What Mar...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking with Dave Skinner of Whitetail Properties Real Estate. Dave is a fellow Whitetail Properties Land Specialist in Kentucky and we discuss his method of identifying an investment grade property.  We Discuss: -How the worst looking property may be the best investment.  -Do cattle have a negative impact on...

In today's The American Land Man Podcast episode, we are back in the studio talking with Brian Ruesch of Whitetail Properties. Brian is a fellow Whitetail Properties Land Specialist here in Wisconsin and we have worked together for quite some time. We Discuss: -Growing up hunting in central Wisconsin on a 150-year-old farm -The in's and out's of running a functional cranberry farm -Why cranberry b...

In today's The American Land Man Podcast episode, we are back in the studio talking with Scott Hicks. Scott is a Whitetail Properties land specialist that was born and raised in central North Carolina, where he has maintained approximately 1000 acres since 2007 and has been able to grow the deer and turkey population on the property. We discuss: -Growing up hunting the edge of the Appalachian moun...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are bringing you a BONUS episode. Neil had the chance to talk with 4 different Whitetail Properties Land Specialists the past couple of days to hear what they were seeing for rut activity in their neck of the woods. We Discuss: -The Rut Update from Michael Turner in The Thumb region of Michigan -The Rut Update from Paul Vaicunas in Western Ne...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking with Wes Evans. Wes is a fellow Whitetail Properties Land Specialist in Eastern Tennessee and has bought and sold land for years! We discuss: -Growing up hunting the hills of eastern Tennessee -How to find the right attorney to buy land with partners -Properly managing freshly timbered land (<5 years) -Keepin...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking with Matt Dye. Matt is the owner of Land and Legacy and has been involved in habitat management for quite a few years. We discuss: -How Matt got his start in the outdoors -Finding the right college for forestry and wildlife management -Building Land and Legacy to be THE go-to company for land and wildlife manage...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking with Mark Haslam. Mark is a real estate agent in his home state of Georgia and is a nationally recognized land manager by the National Deer Association. Mark is a contributor for MeatEater, a podcast host, owner of southeastwhitetail.com, and the 2020 National Deer Association Deer Manager of the year. We discus...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking with Brady Jenneman. Brady is a real estate agent for land somewhat local to me in Western Wisconsin, and I actually met Brady earlier this year when I took a client of mine to walk a property that he owned. Brady buys, developed, and sells land on top of being a real estate agent. We discuss: -How he finds prop...

In today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking with Arman Spaino. Arman was actually one of my top regional managers back in my medical sales days. Arman has bought and sold hundreds of acres in Ohio where recurrently resides. We discuss: -From growing up in the city to owning hundreds of acres of hunting land -How nursing turned into a lifelong career in me...

In today's The American Land Man Podcast episode, we are back in the studio talking with Matt Ramer. Matt is an everyday guy who loves to hunt and fish and is a very accomplished outdoorsman. We discuss: -My AirBNB is trashed! -Fighting with the insurance company on my rental vacation property  -Getting hired as a fishing guide -How well pharmaceutical sales translates into land sales -Why sa...

In today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking about auctions with Joe Gizdic of Whitetail Properties. Joe is a licensed broker in the state of Illinois and is also head of Auction Services for all of Whitetail Properties. We discuss: -How a deer hunt in his youth turned into a lifelong career in the outdoor world -Transitioning from hunting guide to land sp...

In today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking everything seeds with Al Tomechko. Al is the co-owner of Vitalize Seed Company, a brand new seed company that focuses on the most important part of food plots, the overall health of the soil. We cover: -How Vitalize Seed Company got its start -How Vitalize Seed Company does things differently than the rest of th...

In today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking everything land with Jake Hofer. Jake is the co-owner of Exodus Outdoor Gear, host of The Land Podcast, and a land agent with Landproz. Jake is a man of many hats covering a broad spectrum of the outdoor industry and is no stranger to buying and selling farms for both clients and himself. We cover: -How he got h...

In today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking everything land with Matt Radintz of Pinnacle Wealth. Matt has been in the financial services industry for quite some time and has a unique perspective on finances and buying land. Matt offers his perspective on finances all from years of dealing with clients buying land and buying a farm himself . We cover: -Ho...

In today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are back in the studio talking everything land with Jeff Nelson of Advanced Habitat Solutions. Jeff has a unique story on how he went from an overworked, underpaid factory worker to the owner of Advanced Habitat Solutions. We cover: -How he went from factory worker to business owner -Marketing himself with pull tabs at local archery shops -Ho...

In today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, I am going on a little bit of a rant about the insane market prices that some people are listing their farms for. The fed keeps raising the interest rate and people still are under the assumption that they can get way above normal rates per acre and that's just not realistic at this point. We cover: -The REAL Difference between listing price and...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are in the studio with Michael Turner! Michael is a fellow Whitetail Properties Land Specialist in the thumb region of Michigan. We discuss: -How he got his start in selling hunting land in Michigan -Going from only pulling back the bow on a buck that's 5+ years old to shooting what makes him happy -The progress Michigan is slowly making on g...

I am considering selling my farm.  I have seen the struggle when my clients were selling and now I am experiencing the same anxiety of parting.  To be honest I am not 100% sure I want to do this.  Finding a great farm like Indian Creek is tough in the first place let alone selling and finding another.  We discuss the financial aspects, the emotional aspects and the strategy inv...

On today's episode of The American Land Man Podcast, we are in the studio with Jared Van Hees! Jared is co-host of The Habitat Podcast and Co-owner of a brand new company called Vitalize Seed Company. We are talking everything land management and land buying. We discuss: -How he got his start in buying hunting land in Michigan -How he only put 10% down on a 15 acre parcel -How he turned an okay lo...