Build a Legacy Through Your Land
A Digital Course, Podcast and Blog Series available soon.
For many landowners, land is more than just a financial asset - it's history, heritage, and identity. Whether it's farmland, cropland, ranchland, or recreational land, it represents years of investment, work, and deep emotional connection.
Understanding Land's True Value
Historical Significance
Your land carries family history and personal meaning beyond financial metrics.
Lifestyle & Community
Consider how your land has shaped your way of life and local connections.
Future Potential
Explore conservation, leasing, or multi-generational use opportunities.
The Challenge of Transferring Land
Family Discussions
Can bring clarity or cause division
Legal Complexities
Determine if land remains intact
Taxes & Financial Structure
Impact who benefits from the land
Without a clear plan, land transitions become reactive rather than intentional. With 40% of America's farm and ranch land set to transition in the next 20 years, having the right guidance is critical.
We've Found a Better Way
Traditional Approach
Most land professionals assess land based solely on economic productivity and "highest and best use" - focusing on dollars per acre rather than personal meaning, or the legacy plan of the owner.
Balanced Approach
We believe the owner's legacy and values, and the land's current and future value are the two keys to a successful transition.
Only then can options be selected. These options might involve family retention, leasing opportunities, conservation strategies, and alternative revenue sources that maintain land integrity while maximizing value.
Providing a balanced approach, Sonja has partnered with the developers of a groundbreaking legacy definition tool and then researched its application to land ownership. A successful transition recognizes that land is not just about price - it's about legacy. It's not an estate plan as much as a legacy plan.
The Power of Core Values
Clarify Motivations
Understand your core values, why they're important to you, and how a legacy plan might honor them.
Foster Cooperation
Identify opportunities for agreement among family members and business partners.
Balance Vision & Reality
Develop realistic financial models for each of your options, and create the result. Values + Land Value = Legacy
Reduce Conflict
Experience smoother transitions with fewer disagreements, thanks to a better understanding of all involved.
Your Land Transition Options
Keeping
Retain ownership while exploring leasing, conservation easements, or alternative land uses
Selling
Structured sales, tax-efficient exits, and working with buyers who align with your goals
Repurposing
Identify new revenue streams such as agritourism, regenerative farming, or renewable energy
Your Key Resources
Core Values Survey
Access this groundbreaking tool that's transformed legacy planning, now available for landowners through this program.
Family Navigation
Gain tools to guide family conversations and avoid unnecessary conflict during the transition process.
Expert Insights
Access specialized knowledge on farmland, ranchland, and recreational land valuation to make informed decisions.
Tax Strategies
Learn approaches for reducing tax burdens and structuring financial transitions that benefit your family.
Start the Build a Legacy through your Land Program Today
40%
Land Transitioning
Of America's farm and ranch land will change hands in the next 20 years due to retiring landowners
100+
Success Stories
Families who have used the Core Values Survey for smoother transitions
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Key Options
Keeping, selling, or repurposing - each with multiple strategies
Your land may be your legacy. Or, it may help you open doors to your legacy. We help you create the future you envision.
From friends
Matt said:
"Sonja’s work has been educational and eye opening for us. Connecting with Sonja has helped us see past our previous glass ceiling in terms of how and where we can realize our goal."
From Cindy:
"So glad we found you ... your Landgate webinar, and working with you, has been very helpful."
Jackie shared:
"... the Land . Legacy program with Sonja Howle of National Land Realty, means there are services available for people like us, looking for better, more productive ways to use the land."
Contact Sonja to Learn More
From 5 generations of farming and ranching on the Southern Plains, we made the hard decisions about our family's land after my father's death. That experience, and my expertise as a land professional at National Land Realty provides me with an understanding how to balance the emotional and financial complexities of land ownership and transition.
When you know the legacy you want to honor, and the current and future value of your land, the rest is easy.
Schedule your complimentary land . legacy consultation today.
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