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The APEX Awards Program celebrated its inaugural year with fifty applicants totaling a combined $1B+ in qualifying transaction volume.
 

The prestigious RLI APEX Awards Program, sponsored by The Land Report, is an annual production awards program designed to recognize the excellence and performance of our RLI Members -- the best in the business -- with these prestigious land real estate awards. Winners of our 2017 APEX Awards were recognized at a special awards ceremony at the 2018 National Land Conference (NLC18) in Nashville, TN.

All RLI Members are encouraged to apply for the awards program and all NLC attendees are encouraged to purchase a ticket to attend the awards ceremony live. All awards program applicants will have a ticket to the ceremony at NLC included in the price of application. The application submission deadline is at the end of January every year.

APEX 2017 Award Winners

The APEX Awards Program celebrated its inaugural year with fifty applicants totaling a combined $1B+ in qualifying transaction volume.

The prestigious RLI APEX Awards Program, sponsored by The Land Report, is an annual production awards program designed to recognize the excellence and performance of our RLI Members -- the best in the business -- with these prestigious land real estate awards. Winners of our 2017 APEX Awards were recognized at a special awards ceremony at the 2018 National Land Conference (NLC18) in Nashville, TN.

All RLI Members are encouraged to apply for the awards program and all NLC attendees are encouraged to purchase a ticket to attend the awards ceremony live. All awards program applicants will have a ticket to the ceremony at NLC included in the price of application. The application submission deadline is at the end of January every year.


  • APEX 2017 Top Producer Award (tie)

    The APEX Top National Producer Award is the most coveted and prestigious award recognizing the applicant with the highest qualifying transaction volume.


    Dan Murphy

    M4 Ranch Group | CO


  • APEX 2017 Top Producer Award (tie)

    The APEX Top National Producer Award is the most coveted and prestigious award recognizing the applicant with the highest qualifying transaction volume.


    Michael Murphy

    M4 Ranch Group | Colorado


  • APEX 2017 Wrangler Award

    The APEX Wrangler Award goes to the applicant with the largest number of land transaction sides closed during the year.


    Troy Louwagie, ALC

    Hertz Real Estate Services | IA


APEX 2017 National Broker of the Year

RLI is also proud to recognize the accomplishments of the APEX National Broker of The Year recipients in each of the following eight distinct land categories.


  • Ag Land Sales Crops

    Troy Louwagie, ALC

    Hertz Real Estate Services | IA


  • Ag Land Sales Ranches

    Dax Hayden

    Hayden Outdoors | CO


  • Recreational Land Sales

    Co-Winner

    Dan Murphy

    M4 Ranch Group | CO


  • Recreational Land Sales

    Co-Winner

    Michael Murphy

    M4 Ranch Group | Colorado


  • Timber Land Sales

    Clint Flowers, ALC

    National Land Realty | AL


  • Commercial Land Sales

    Ryan Sampson, ALC, CCIM

    Eshenbaugh Land Company | FL


  • Residential Land Sales

    Danny Smith, ALC

    Smith & Smith Realty | FL


  • Auction Land Sales

    Troy Louwagie, ALC

    Hertz Real Estate Services | IA



APEX 2017 ALC-to-ALC Networking Awards

In recognition of the tremendous networking opportunities available to RLI Members, especially those that have earned the elite Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) Designation, the APEX Awards also features two ALC-to-ALC Networking Awards:

  • Largest ALC-to-ALC Transaction – Dean Saunders, ALC, Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate, Fla; Ben Crosby, ALC, Crosby & Associates, Fla.; and Murray Wise, ALC, Murray Wise Associates, LLC, Ill.
  • Largest ALC-to-ALC Referral – Minor Taylor, ALC, Taylor Land Investments, Texas, to Ray Brownfield, ALC, Land Pro, LLC, Ill., and John Moss, ALC, The Loranda Group, Inc., Ill.

APEX 2017 Top Twenty National Producers

  • Rick Bourne, Southeastern Land Group, AL
  • Ray Brownfield, ALC, Land Pro LLC, IL
  • Steve Bruere, Peoples Company Of Indianola, IA
  • Jason DurJava, ALC, Century 21 M&M and Associates Ag and Ranch, CA
  • Bill Eshenbaugh, ALC, Eshenbaugh Land Company, FL
  • Clint Flowers, ALC, National Land Realty, AL
  • Kyle Hansen, ALC, Hertz Real Estate Services, IA
  • Dax Hayden, Hayden Outdoors LLC, CO
  • Ryan Hostetler, ALC, Agprofessionals LLC, CO
  • John Knipe, ALC, Knipe Land Company, ID
  • Troy Louwagie, ALC, Hertz Real Estate Services, IA
  • Kasey Mock, KW LAND, Mock Ranches, TX
  • Dan Murphy, M4 Ranch Group a division of Team Murphy Realty, LLC, CO
  • Michael Murphy, M4 Ranch Group a division of Team Murphy Realty, LLC, CO
  • Billy Rollins, ALC, Land Solutions, Inc., FL
  • Ryan Sampson, ALC, Eshenbaugh Land Company, FL
  • Dean Saunders, ALC, Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate, FL
  • Danny Smith, ALC, Smith & Smith Realty, FL
  • Bob Stalberger, ALC, Whitetail Properties Real Estate, LLC, MN
  • Minor Taylor, ALC, Taylor Land Investments, TX

APEX 2017 Producers Club

All applicants with at least $4 million of qualifying dollar production volume in closed land sales are recognized as part of the RLI APEX Producers Club.

Matt Adams, Peoples Company Of Indianola, IA Kasey Mock, Keller Williams Realty, KW Land, and Mock Ranches, TX
Daran Becker, Peoples Company, IA Dan Murphy, M4 Ranch Group A Division of Team Murphy Realty, LLC, CO
Rick Bourne, Southeastern Land Group, AL Michael Murphy, M4 Ranch Group A Division of Team Murphy Realty, LLC, CO
Sam Bowers, ALC, Bowers and Burns Real Estate Company, GA Justin Osborn, The Wells Group Real Estate Brokerage, CO
Ray Brownfield, ALC, Land Pro, LLC, IL Calvin Perryman, ALC, Great Southern Land, AL
Steve Bruere, Peoples Company of Indianola, IA Clayton Pilgrim, Century 21 Harvey Properties, TX
Jared Chambers, Peoples Company, IA Billy Rollins, ALC, Land Solutions, Inc., FL
Brad Chandler, Buy A Farm Land & Auction Company, LLC, IL Ryan Sampson, ALC, Eshenbaugh Land Company, FL
Bill Davis, Keller Williams Foothills Realty, CO Dean Saunders, ALC, Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate, FL
Mike Downey, ALC, Hertz Farm Management, Inc., IA Chris Smith, ALC, Hertz Farm Management, IA
Jason DurJava, ALC, Associates Ag and Ranch, CA Danny Smith, ALC, Smith & Smith Realty, FL
Devin Dye, Ron Spencer Real Estate, OH Travis Smock, Peoples Company, IA
Brenda England, First Realty Company, TN Bob Stalberger, ALC, Whitetail Properties Real Estate, LLC, MN
Bill Eshenbaugh, ALC, Eshenbaugh Land Company, FL Jeramy Stephens, ALC, National Land Realty, AR
Clint Flowers, ALC, National Land Realty, AL Winnie Stortzum, ALC, Farmers National Company, IL
Wendy Forthun, ALC, 1 Stop Realty Inc., MN Tommy Stroud, ALC, National Land Realty, GA
Jonathan Goode, ALC, Southeastern Land Group, AL Kirk Swenson, 1 Stop Realty Inc., MN
Kyle Hansen, ALC, Hertz Real Estate Services, IA Minor Taylor, ALC, Taylor Land Investments, TX
Dax Hayden, Hayden Outdoors, LLC, CO Derrick Volchoff, ALC, Trophy Class Real Estate/Sports Afield Trophy Properties, MI
Kenny Herring, ALC, Peoples Company, IA Kirk Weih, ALC, Hertz Farm Management, Inc., IA
Ryan Hostetler, ALC, Agprofessional, LLC, CO Jim Wirth, TRI Commercial, CA
Marv Huntrod, ALC, Hertz Real Estate Services, IA Luke Worrell, ALC, Worell Land Services, LLC, IL
John Knipe, ALC, Knipe Land Company, ID Jason Ziegler, ALC, Whitetail Properties, MN
Stan Lierz, ALC, Hertz Farm Management, Inc., NE Andrew Zellmer, Peoples Company, IA
Troy Louwagie, ALC, Hertz Real Estate Services, IA
Rusty Lowe, ALC, Century 21 Harvey Properties Inc., TX