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        <description>Current real estate market information for Ulysses, Kansas and the surrounding southwest, Kansas area. Information about homes, land, minerals and commercial property in Ulysses, Hugoton, Johnson, Elkhart, and Rolla, Kansas including the Kansas count</description>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Super Admin)</author>
            <title>National Exposure for Your Southwest Kansas Home or Land</title>
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Have you ever stepped back and thought
about all of the available avenues for marketing real estate in western Kansas?
Your mind can spin out of control and so can your bottom line. Do you place an
ad in the paper, what about the local cable channel? Should I write a blog?
Post it on Craigs list and hope I don't get scammed? Advertising can be
complicated and expensive. Luckily we've got a solution. Have a seat, pause
your mind and leave it to us.



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Our Marketing Mix:




Professional print publications

Newspaper advertising

Local cable advertising

Social media through Face book- ads, updates...

Online presence on Faulkner
     Real Estate and syndication through MLS, LandWatch.com, LandsofAmerica.com and their nearly 150 partner websites like Field and Stream, The High Plains Journal's Land Journal online...

Over 25 years of personal
     experience putting these tools to work to produce Results- The Reason Why!
     




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Faulkner Real Estate has over 25 years
of experience getting information about homes, land and ranches in front of
Buyers who are ready to make a purchase of real estate. We target local,
national and even international real estate markets to sell homes and land
quickly and for top-dollar. We use traditional methods like print and direct-mailing
of real estate brochures, as well as cutting-edge real estate marketing methods
like social media (face book) and organic search SEO (search engine
optimization). Sound like Greek? That's okay, it's why we sell more homes and
land in western Kansas than anyone else. We're happy to dig into the mundane
details of SEO, constantly revising and updating our information online, and in
print, to give our real estate listings the best exposure. It's tempting to use
some national company to market your real estate, but when it comes down to it,
we're all just people. We're either well trained &amp; knowledgeable or not. I
can tell you confidently, after working for a large company (Coldwell Banker)
we are better qualified and more knowledgeable of the Western Kansas real
estate market than any corporate office out of Kansas City or other metropolis.
We're on the ground here in Southwest Kansas selling the ground and everything
attached to it.&nbsp;&nbsp; 



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So when it comes time to sell your
western Kansas land, home, ranch, business or a little mix of each, call on the
real estate marketing experts. We love real estate and spend all of our time
involved in our career.&nbsp; 



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Chris Faulkner is a licensed REALTOR working for Faulkner Real
Estate out of Ulysses, Kansas. He specializes in the marketing of
Land and Ranches in western Kansas.&nbsp; 



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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:25:26 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Super Admin)</author>
            <title>Wind and Solar Rights Now Tied to Surface in Kansas</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Effective July 1, 2011, wind and solar project developers in the 
state of Kansas are subject to a number of new requirements. &nbsp;These new 
requirements were proposed in Kansas Senate Bill 227,
 which was introduced by the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, chaired
 by Senator Carolyn McGinn.&nbsp; The Bill passed through Committee and the 
Kansas House and Senate in a mere three weeks, and was signed by Governor Brownback on April 13, 2011.

The new requirements fall into the following categorie:


Severance of Wind and Solar Rights:
 The statute states that no person other than the surface owner of a 
tract of land shall have the right to use the land for the production of
 wind or solar generated energy unless granted such right by the lawful 
owner of the surface estate by lease or easement for a definite 
period.&nbsp;&nbsp;This new law is in-line with a national trend against severance
 of wind and solar rights, and effectively prohibits a landowner from 
selling the wind or solar rights to a project developer while retaining 
the ownership of the underlying property.

This is not a retroactive requirement. Those&nbsp; agreements signed prior to July 1, 2011 are still valid. Wind and solar are increasingly becoming hot topics when discussing land and ranch sales in Kansas. Many surface owners would love to sell their surface rights, but retain wind and solar as a everlasting income potential that won't directly affect the surface owner- at least not right away. However, you and I can see the infinite danger associated with a wind or solar lease coming into play on a beautiful piece of Kansas irrigated land. Determining the damages and fees to a surface owner is hard to do fairly. Unlike oil and gas which after the initial drilling and delivery systems are in place, leave very little on the surfac; wind and solar have the potential for greatly changing the landscape and a farmers ability to farm. I'm not going to sway hard to one side or the other, but for now lets just say that the State of Kansas have taken the possible complexities of severed wind and solar rights and greatly simplified them. For better or worse. 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:08:59 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Super Admin)</author>
            <title>Time to Review Verbal Land Leases in Kansas</title>
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An article in the Garden City Telegram caught our eye this past week. Whitey Whitehill writes about the importance of this time of year for land owners who have their land leased. According to Kansas law cancellation of land and pasture leases must be 1. In writing 2. at least 30 days prior to March 1st. must fix March 1st as the termination date. Remember February doesn't have 30 days in it, so your Kansas verbal land leases must be terminated by January 31st. Of course the best way to prevent a lapsed deadline is to more clearly spell out your lease in writing. There are many good attorneys in our area that are familiar with Kansas lease laws and that can help you ensure you have a sound and equitable agreement. Anyone interested in seeing a sample written lease agreement for Kansas land can visit the Cowley County Extension office website and download a sample lease. You can also visit a Kansas extension office and study the Kansas State University publication No. C-668, "Kansas Lease Law."


The article goes on to state that currently about 50% of the land  in Kansas is currently under a lease. That a big number, but not surprising considering the population of the state's rural areas and our large supply of land. We encounter a number of different verbal and written leases each year for Kansas land while selling land for different Sellers located all over the nation. Some of our leases are verbal leases that have been around for as long as 50 years. I sold a large tract of land last year under verbal lease that had indeed been in place for over 50 years. The tenant's family felt like they owned the land after watching over it closely for so many years. Often the hardest part of our job as Real Estate agents is explaining to a long-standing tenant the details of a sale of the land they've been farming for many years. We're never advocates of canceling someone's tenancy, but often time it's the easiest and most favorable situation for a Seller. If you are considering selling land in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma or even Missouri, please give Faulkner Real Estate in Ulysses, Kansas a call. Last year we helped over 50 Land owners sell their property totaling 25,000 acres in nine counties in Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma.


 


Chris Faulkner is a licensed Kansas realtor working for Faulkner Real Estate in Ulysses, Kansas. He specializes in the marketing of land and minerals in the High Plains region. 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:25:22 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>Celebrating 25 Years and 25,000 acres of Land sold in 2010!</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
What a ride!

I cannot believe it's been 25 years since my father, Mark struck off on his own and started Faulkner Agency in a tiny (600 square foot) office on main street in Ulysses, Kansas. I remember helping he and my mom, Suzanne, scrape the old tile (probably asbestos laden) off of the concrete slab floors of their new office space. The office was a modest cinder block building with barely enough space for a few desks. Over time the business grew and my family made the big decision to knock a hole in the north wall of our quaint office and double our space to a modest 1,200 square feet. Our office space wasn't the only thing that changed over time; our name did too. As I mentioned above, we started as Faulkner Agency. Dad was a born salesman and couldn't satisfy his appetite initially with real estate alone, he sold insurance for A.L. Williams among other things; like watermelons out of Radio Flyer wagon when he was barely old enough to walk. After real estate in southwest Kansas took off for dad they decided it was time to re-brand the office and re-named it Faulkner Real Estate. Dad was just reflecting today about how many agents and clients have walked through our doors over the last 25 years. Probably almost 50 real estate agents or REALTORS in southwest have been licensed through Faulkner Real Estate at one time or another.&nbsp; 

Now, 25 years later we've moved into a new office in Ulysses, Kansas! We've only added about 400 square feet, but I had the privilege






 


of designing the space myself to suit the specific needs of a professional real estate office. Now our 13 licensed agents working out of Johnson, Hugoton, Ulysses and Rolla have a professional space to meet with clients, in confidential, as well as a comfortable and productive work space. I invite you to stop by some time yourself to see the great improvements we've made to better serve our customers. We're now located just down the street at 120 South Main Street in Ulysses Kansas, katy-corner to the Grant County Bank. 

The other tremendous thing I'd like to talk a little bit about is the record land sales we've experience over the last year. In 2010 we experience rapid growth of our &quot;Private Auction&quot; sales method. After fourteen years of successfully selling land using the Private Auction we utilized it to market and sell over 25,000 acres of land in Western Kansas, the Oklahoma panhandle and Eastern Colorado. That was 25,000 acres for over 50 Sellers in 9 counties and 3 states! The credit for developing the sales system goes to dad. The credit for selling that amount of land goes to our well-trained staff and Realtors. We're very blessed to have such a hard working bunch of agents who pride themselves on staying on top of the market and continually advancing their knowledge and skills in regards to farm ground, mineral and water rights. The past year I have felt a strong sense of passion, pride and professionalism radiating from our office. I have never been more proud of the service we are offering to real estate buyers and sellers in the high plains. We're a small office of 12 agents (6 specializing in land) compared to the 120 agents I once shared space with at Coldwell Banker in Fort Worth, Texas, but we're mighty. So many agents are out there looking for the big score, the big acreages. We've quietly kept our noses to the grind stone, working for the big seller and the small seller and we've put up big numbers. Land sales in general are up in the last year and I can't say it's all because of us that we sold more land. That said, I can say we continue to expand our service throughout our region and we have most definitely increase our market share in our core service area. I am 100% convinced that if you are considering selling land in our area you will experience as good of, and most likely better, results using the Private Auction. I hope you'll give me, or one of our agents, a call. 

Faulkner Real Estate's agents specialize in land primarily in the Western half of Kansas. Our core market is comprised of southwest Kansas as well as the Oklahoma Panhandle and Eastern Colorado. We have also started selling more mineral rights over the last 5 years. While 2010 was not a record year for mineral sales, primarily because natural gas prices were still off, Faulkner Real Estate has sold a large quantity of mineral rights in the Hugoton Natural Gas field and continue to have a large list of mineral and land buyers always looking for a good investment. Please give me, or one of our agents in Ulysses, Hugoton, Rolla or Johnson, a call to day. We are results driven. &nbsp; 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:19:20 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Super Admin)</author>
            <title>Private Auction - Selling a new Method.</title>
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Fourteen Years ago Mark
Faulkner of Faulkner Real Estate in Ulysses, Kansas was approached with a
rather unique opportunity. Rob Oglevie of Grant County Bank Trust department called
Faulkner with approximately 3,000 acres of land in four counties and two states
to sell for the Goldie Sullivan Estate. Normally Mark, a licensed Broker and
auctioneer, would sell large tracts of land by auction in order to attract
attention and obtain the highest sales price in a timely manner. This sale
however presented logistical challenges and Mark debated over where to conduct
the auction and whether or not he needed to hold more than one auction. In the
end he developed a sales system that would offer the benefits of an auction
with the control of a private treaty sale. This one sale, and sales method, became
the catalyst that would send his company to a new level and separate them from
the competition. 



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The
Sullivan sale went smoothly and all of the land was sold using Marks new
&ldquo;Private Auction&rdquo; sales method. Since that time the &ldquo;Private Auction&rdquo; has grown
in success and numbers. As of September 2010 Faulkner Real Estate has completed
&ldquo;Private Auctions&rdquo; for over twenty-six Sellers in nine counties and three
states. So why has this method proven so successful and how do they do it?



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&ldquo;Its
like an auction, only over the phone.&rdquo; states Faulkner. The &ldquo;Private Auction&rdquo; is
a method of selling in which prospective buyers are informed of the selling
guidelines and date at which bidding will not end prior to. Bids are taken by
phone with each active bidder being given the opportunity to make additional
bids until bidding is closed (one bidder remains). Bidders receive a call back
notifying them of the current bid when a higher bid is received. During the
auction process bidder's names are confidential; however the current bid is
public information. A &quot;Private Auction&quot; may be marketed as either
&quot;absolute&quot; or &quot;subject to owner confirmation&quot;.



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There are many advantages to the &quot;Private Auction&quot;
method over a private treaty, public auction or even a sealed bid sale. For
one, the bidders can bid from anywhere. Mark has stories of bidders traveling
the east coast and Marthas Vineyard while bidding on farm ground in western
Kansas. One bidder traveling through from Iowa saw one of their big custom
signs and called out of curiosity. He ended up buying his first piece of land
outside of his home state. Also bidders have time to study the property, bid,
study more and bid again. Often at a one-day sale bidders are forced out of
their comfort zone or not able to bid to their full potential because they just
dont have time to crunch numbers or talk to their banker, or as Mark says,
&ldquo;talk to their wife.&rdquo; This flexibility allows more buyers more opportunities to
bid, and achieve their highest bidding level.



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Many people think Faulkner Real Estate is conducting an online
auction like E-bay which offer many of the same flexibility advantages, however
they lack one key ingredient - personal selling. Marks son Chris
Faulkner, the companies marketing manager and an Associate Broker explains that
&ldquo;often a property would not reach the sales price it does if it was not for a
well-trained agent encouraging and assisting bidders during the sale.&rdquo; So is
the &ldquo;Private Auction just for land? Chris goes on to state &ldquo;whether you're
selling a 2,000 acre farm on the plains or a strip center in the city, the &ldquo;Private Auction&rdquo; method will work for you.&rdquo; After 14 years of
completing &ldquo;Private Auctions&rdquo; the Faulkner team has had time to hone their
sales method and are quick to answer any of the standard objections. Here are a
few of the questions they receive, and their answers:



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Can I bid at a Private Auction?



o&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course! Like a public auction
anyone interested in bidding may. Bidders should be prepared to close within 30
days of the contract of the property and deposit 10% earnest money in most
cases. Pretty standard stuff.



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Do I know who is bidding ?



o&nbsp;&nbsp; Bidders are not disclosed until
the bidding is closed and contracts are signed. Each bid and bidder is recorded
in a log and can be provided after the contracts are inked.



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How do I know youre not bidding?



o&nbsp;&nbsp; Like a public auction, you dont
always know who is bidding. However you can check the bid sheets at the end of
the auction. Also, we would lose credibility quickly if we were to pull bids &ldquo;from
the air&rdquo; whether at a public or private auction. 



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When does the auction end?



o&nbsp;&nbsp; The auction could end at any time
after the posted date that bidding will not end prior to. Our bid by date is
always on a Tuesday. We leave the auction open all day Tuesday, but come
Wednesday morning the auction will end once everyone is done bidding and a
winner is acknowledged. Often, like most auctions, bids come late in the
process and it is not unlikely for an auction to run into Thursday or Friday. 



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Using this sales method, Sellers benefit from maximum exposure to the buyer pool, unlimited price potential;
flexibility for buyers allowing for higher bidding, and owner confirmation
offering control for the Seller. Also, the uniqueness of the &ldquo;Private Auction&rdquo; sales methods generates
the &quot;buzz&quot; necessary to draw greater interest and more active, and
competitive bidding. Bidders may also engage in active bidding from anywhere by
phone! &nbsp;



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Additionally, the private aspect of the &ldquo;Private Auction&rdquo; allows more players to take
a part in the process. Often at a one-day public auction bidders are influenced
by the competition. However with the &ldquo;Private Auction&rdquo; they can feel comfortable
bidding alongside anyone and have time to prepare for bidding to their maximum
potential. Chris shares the example of a tenant bidding against their landlord.
Often times the tenant may not be the winning bidder, but they risk upsetting
their landlord and possibly loosing their future lease ground by upsetting
them.



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The Faulkner team is currently marketing property in Kansas,
Oklahoma and Colorado. They work with large and small sales and enjoy the
challenges and opportunity each new property provides. When it comes time to
sell your property make sure you take the time to study the market and consider
trying a new way of marketing your real estate. 



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            <title>Faulkner Real Estate Extends Innovation with New High-Powered Real Estate Website</title>
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For years now I have been dreaming of developing a more powerful, and useful, website for our customers. Although our market area is small by population we reach a very large geographic demographic. So, after several months of planning and talking and planning some more we have released www.faulknerrealestate.com 3.0.&nbsp;

This new website offers more tools for real estate buyers and sellers in Western Kansas than ever before. Now our customers can have the most up-to-date information on residential, agricultural and commercial real estate at their fingertips. Our new site offers so many amazing features you'll have to spend some time poking around to appreciate them all. However the following will stand out to you right away:

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Full-featured listings with detailed information on each property and multiple pictures

Your very own personalized account to save your favorite listings and communicate your needs and wants to your REALTOR

Integrated search technologies to help you find just the right property whether it's in Ulysses, Hugoton or somewhere in the Southwest Kansas region

Blogs - don't be shy, they're just like an online journal of useful real estate information in a casual formatt

Custom IDX - that a fancy acronym that basically means we have integrated with the local MLS boards and can now offer you information on our own properties and other companies. Faulkner Real Estate is now your one-stop-shop for real estate in Southwest Kansas. Remember, we co-broke with most real estate companies so you can feel free to look at any listing in Southwest Kansas with your Faulkner Real Estate agent. Don't worry about calling around to each office, just find the homes you like and let you Faulkner agent do the rest.


There are so many more useful features and so many great details relating to each feature, please enjoy. If at any time you need our help or would like to start working with one of our agents, please contact us.



Chris Faulkner, Associate Broker

620-575-6555 mobile

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