Helping You Sell Your Farm or Ranch

Prudential Real Estate has the highest average selling price of any independent real estate company in the Country.  This distinguished position is the result of Prudential’s brand recognition and unique marketing programs.   Prudential agents are able to reach a large diverse group of buyers which has resulted in sellers attaining the very best price and contract terms possible.  As a Prudential agent, I am able to bring this opportunity to the marketing of farm and ranch properties. 

In addition to the network of 1,800 affiliate Prudential offices and over 50,000 sales people nationwide, the Bozeman / Big Sky offices are recognized for specializing in farm and ranches.  We are active in the Southwest Montana Farm and Ranch Broker Group, the Rural Land Institute and the Prudential RE Worldwide Resort & Recreational Council.  I leverage all of these resources as well as advertising through the internet, utilize targeted print publications and Prudential Bridger Realty’s own weekly television show on the local Big Sky Channel 22 in the marketing of farm and ranch properties.

I want you to know who I am – as a brief introduction: I was born and raised in Montana, graduated from Montana State University (MSU), College of Engineering and spent a number of years working elsewhere.  I brought my family back to Montana because of all that it has to offer.  One of my grandfathers was an internationally-recognized world champion sheep fitter and the other a cattle rancher.  The term "fitting" sheep is the process of trimming and blocking the animal in preparation for a show.  My grandfather, Thomas C. Drummond was a sheep man who migrated from Scotland in the 1920's.  A good share of his career was spent as the person in charge of the show flock at the Mount Haggin Ranch where he was responsible for sheep at all the major shows and world fairs in places like San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto.  Mount Haggin was world renown for its champion-grade flock and the Ranch provided breeding stock to several European countries including France and England.  

My dad and my uncle were full professors at MSU in Engineering and Agriculture, respectively.  My uncle, Jim Drummond was in charge of the Wool Lab until he retired in the late 1980s.  He has written a couple of books on the sheep industry that have been published.  As a teenager, I had the opportunity to work a few days at the MSU Extension Service Ranch near Red Bluff and got to experience first hand the admiration that some of the old-timer sheep men had for my Grandfather.  This was about 20 years after my Grandfather had retired.   I am proud of my heritage.

I am vested and have a strong affiliation in Montana.  As a youth I worked on several ranches including my family's place in Whitehall, the Parade Rest Dude Ranch near West Yellowstone and the famous Flying D doing such things as branding, wrangling and haying.  I have bred, raised, gentle-broke and trained horses.  As an employee of Arizona's largest electric utility, I led the effort of forming the Electric Equestrians Horseclub, Inc. (EEHI), an employee initiated and driven horse club.  I served as president for the first three years.  EEHI hosted an annual employee rodeo and during its first year (1991), we raised $10,000 for a local charity.  I also rode in the Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive of 1989. 

Some of my best childhood memories are fishing with my father.  Nothing beats watching the setting sun color the sky over the Bridger Mountains.  I consider myself very lucky to have history in this wonderful place.  A lot of other people, many from outside the State, are looking for this type of Montana experience.  I know that I can find just the right buyer for your property.  Managing the real estate transaction is only part of what I bring to the table; the rest is that I care about this land and its future.