I spent 1 year in law school before realizing that I would probably be a mediocre lawyer (ie, hate my job AND not make all that much money), so I bounced out. I was accepted to the MBA program at the U, but chose to follow my passion into landscape architecture and environmental planning at USU.
In the 15 years since, I have worked for a couple of private equity groups, helped manage a large corporation, made some interesting real estate investments, and since January 2018 have run my own small landscape architecture practice.
I’m just about to turn 42, and have started to get that familiar itch for something new. I’ll always have my landscape design business to satisfy my creative urges, but I was looking for something with a bit of a lifestyle twist, that can tap into my background of business analysis and my training in environmental planning.
I found out there are firms that specialize in transacting large 5k-30k acre ranch properties. Hall and Hall, Mirr Ranch group, and others. Job description: drive around the west evaluating large properties, performing legal, financial, functional and aesthetic analyses to asses utility and value, spend enough time on the properties (camping, dirt bikes, snowmobiles) to really know it inside and out, and market the property to folks looking to find their dream ranch. Some of these ranches sell for 20-150M dollars, so there is money to be made as well.
So, this spring I picked up my real estate license and am starting in with a broker that specializes in these types of properties. Should be a fun new direction.
