Agent Profile

Buy a Farm
Land & Auction Co. LLC.
1403 Hillcrest Dr.
P.O. Box 128
Sparta Illinois 62286

800-443-1998
 

My youngest son Jake and I with a mid 160’s  Whitetail taken on our farm.

A 330” Bull Elk taken in Colorado on public ground with a bow

A  364 7/8 net New Mexico Bull

Turkey harvested on the bluffs above the Missouri River in Nebraska

Hello,

I started working while in High School for an automotive mail order business, Mid-America Corvette Supplies.  I gained confidence and some valuable marketing philosophies during my tenure with this fast growing company. The owner, Mike Yager taught me to be aggressive, instilled in me that you have to take a chance to get a head in this world.  Many of the things he said to me are still vivid 20 years later.

 (1979 thru 1988) 

I then went to work for another great company, J&J Ventures Vending as a route sales person. (1988 thru 1998) The experience I gained in this position was working with the public and understanding what they, the public, my customers wanted: service. This was a commission based pay system and you quickly learn to take care of the customer in the vending business. The Father and Son owners of this company also allowed me time off to pursue a real estate career as a buyer and seller of land.  Jim & Jack Jansen and their families also showed me just exactly what “good folks” owners and “bosses” can be.

  Through this period I bought and sold many properties and several of these “deals” were handled by a realtor named Wayne Keller.  Since those early days of real estate I seldom go more than a few days without talking real estate with Wayne.  Wayne’s influence and support were decisive in my choice to pursue real estate as a career.  As a realtor and as an individual; Wayne’s knowledge, work ethics, and his personal ethics are something I’ve admired and used to compare all other realtors and individuals to. 

Anyway, from 1998 to July of 2005 I have worked as an independent contractor for another good company, Farmers National Company as a Real Estate Sales Associate.  Through FNC I meet an entire company full of great individuals.  My association with Mark Kennedy and Brenda Koon came from my tenure with FNC.  Mark, Brenda, Wayne and I started Buy A Farm Land & Auction Company. 

Out of all the individuals and business’s I have learned from my Dad has likely influenced me the most.  His candid, no wholes bared opinion was hard to accept but as I grow older, raise my kids and move forward in life I continually understand and value his words.

 My passion in life has nearly always been hunting and the outdoors.  From the time I was old enough to walk I followed Dad to the woods chasing squirrels, doves and quail.  As Illinois evolved into a great deer hunting state I also evolved into a obsessed deer hunter, and then when Illinois started having turkeys, I evolved into a obsessed turkey hunter also, if that wasn’t enough I started buying some hunting property and learning the government CRP programs, the wetlands program and shallow water programs intrigued my interest and I built one, then another and I quickly learned that if you develop good habitat mother nature will take care of the rest. I now have more than 200 acres of constructed permanent wetlands and another 100 acres seasonally controlled wetland areas.  So guess what? I am an avid waterfowl hunter as well. Throw in a yearly trip out west chasing Elk and Mule deer, and occasional bear hunt and you might quickly understand why at daylight thru much of hunting season I am hard to find.  I am a Sponsor for Ducks Unlimited and the NWTF in addition I am a life member of the Illinois Bowhunters Society, a member of the Wetland Managers Association, member of Boone & Crocket  and a regular member of the Pope & Young. 

If you have a need for a real estate company or if you just enjoy talking the great outdoors give me a call!

Take Care,

Todd