All sorts of rural land available

“There are many days where I can’t believe that I get to make a living doing this,” said local Farmers National Company broker Bill Gaughan. “I will find myself driving through the countryside or walking a beautiful piece of land thinking, ‘since I get to do this for a living, why would I ever want to retire?’ ”

Gaughan sells real estate for Farmers National Company, the largest rural real estate and Farm Management Company in the world.

“If you love being on land and seeing people’s lives change after they own land, it’s one of the best jobs in the world,” he said.

Gaughan sells land of all types including farms, ranches, recreational properties and investment land. Here are just a few samples of the varied types of land that he enjoys selling.

▪  60 acres near Spring Hill. This is a great spot for an estate home, country retreat or horse facility, with a hidden home site behind a private tree line. This 60 acres has easy access to Interstate 35 and is near the new Intermodal in Miami County on the Miami/Johnson County Line on a paved road, with available utilities. The property has a mix of timber, cropland, wet weather streams and great views. Not ready to build? No problem; this lot has excellent cropland that is rented for income while you wait to build your dream home. KC MLS No.1865019

▪  Three- and 16-acre lots near Paola. Crimson Ranch subdivision has over 24 acres of riding, hiking, picnicking and three ponds. It is less than two miles from Hillsdale Lake in a good school district, making it the perfect spot to build your new home. All lots back up to a 50-foot easement allowing for hiking, biking or trail riding to the shared acreage with ponds, trails and timber. MLS No. 1869095

▪  20 acres near Lake Quivira. Walnut Hill is a beautiful tract of private, secluded land that includes both beauty and stunning views across the Kansas River Valley. Within walking distance of Lake Quivira Country Club, this scenic, treed hillside is the perfect location for your estate home. It combines serenity and closeness to the city, all on a paved road with water and electricity. MLS No. 1870885

▪  80 acres near Louisburg. Perfect for a high-end horse property, estate home or residential development, with excellent Louisburg schools and a short trip to Overland Park. The property has a nice pond, two outbuildings and a natural gas well is possible. The property is currently being farmed for regular income and slopes gently from west to east for walkout basements. MLS No. 1936578

▪  500 acres Holden, Mo. This 500-acre farm and duck club is stunning. It includes a 12-acre trophy bass lake, nine additional stocked ponds, five miles of levees for hiking, 350 acres of productive farm ground of which 170 acres are diked creek bottom which is flooded for duck hunting, 110 acres in CRP, and great views. It has newer outbuildings and a 2,400-square-foot modern apartment. There is something here for the entire family — orchards, flower gardens and great hunting. MLS No. 1939856

▪  35 acres near Warrensburg, Mo. What a great retreat only a short drive from the city. There is an amazing diversity of land on just 35 acres, from fertile bottom ground to hillsides with good views, along with both open areas and some heavy, old-growth timber. The wildlife is plentiful with deer, turkey and waterfowl hunting in the hidden pond. The property includes a large storage shed and a mobile home. If you have been looking for that affordable, close-in retreat this is it. MLS No. 1963514

Gaughan said, “Selling rural properties requires a different approach than selling homes in a subdivision. Buyers for these kind of properties shop on different websites, expect expansive information and often must be enticed to travel some distance to view a property.”

The mixture of internet, print, direct mail and targeted marketing is different for each property and Farmers National, in business since 1929, has decades of experience in creating custom marketing plans for each individual property.

For more information on these or other properties visit www.FarmersNational.com/KC, call 913-837-4665 or email WGaughan@FarmersNational.com.

Farmers National Company, an employee-owned company, is the nation’s leading agricultural farm and ranch management and agricultural real estate sales company. Farmers National Company has sold over $2.37 billion dollars of rural real estate in the last five years and currently manages more than 4,850 farms and ranches (2.1 million acres) in 24 states.