Kevin Jordan, CAI · Broker & Auctioneer · Indiana, Michigan & the Midwest
Selling the family land? You don't have to figure it out alone.
I'm Kevin Jordan — broker, auctioneer, and the person you call when land needs to be sold right. Families, trusts, estates, corporations, banks, utilities: over twenty years I've sold land for all of them. I'll help you manage expectations, handle every step with you or for you, and get top dollar for the asset in a way that represents you well.
Hundreds of sales · thousands of acres · decades of serving clients
I've been there before
Whatever brought you here, I've probably walked that path
You inherited a farm
You live two miles or two states away, the ground is rented out, and everyone keeps asking what you're going to do with it. I'll walk you through the process, take the calls, and lay out your options — no pressure, no obligation.
Start with a callYou're the trustee or executor
Your duty is to get this right and to prove you did. An advertised, competitive auction gives you a documented file that answers questions before they're asked.
Guidance for fiduciariesThe heirs don't all agree
One wants to keep it, one needs the money, one won't return calls. Selling at auction in tracts lets family bid on the piece they love while making it fair to all. The bidding decides — not an argument.
How that worksIt's time to retire from farming
You spent a lifetime building this operation. I'll help you sell the land — whole or in pieces, on your timeline — giving the neighbors the same chance to buy as everyone else while getting top value.
A sale, week by weekYou manage the property, not the sale
Farm manager, trust officer, corporate real estate — you keep the ground rented and the owners satisfied, and then the instruction comes down to buy or sell. Come alongside another professional that has the experience to help you.
How I work with professionals
What I do for you
From the first phone call to the closing table, you have one point of contact — me — backed by the team at Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company, Inc.
- Data driven valuation. I'm not an appraiser and I won't guess on value — I'll pull the actual comparable sales and we'll talk honestly about the range. Then the auction delivers the truest appraisal there is: people ready to write a check, competing in the open.
- Put the plan in writing. Method, tracts, timeline, marketing, and costs, on paper, before you commit to anything.
- Handle everything. Survey and title, tract design, signs, mailings, advertising, the auction itself, contracts signed the same day, and the paperwork through closing.
- Make buyers compete for it. Neighbors, farmers, and investors bidding against each other in the open is how land brings what it's actually worth.
- Leave you with proof. The marketing record, the bid history, the settlement statements — a file that shows the family, the attorney, or the court exactly how the price was reached.
“He clearly explained the pros and cons of selling outright versus using an auction. As someone unfamiliar with the auction process, I appreciated his thorough and detailed guidance, which ultimately led me to choose the auction route.”
What that adds up to
Twenty years of this work, treating people right. Here's a summary of real auctions with real closings behind them that I've been part of.
Plus many more auctions that I've been part of but not the lead. See where I've worked — every county, every sale.
“No question was ever too small, and I always felt supported and informed.”
Corporate, utility & institutional owners
When the land is on a balance sheet
Companies, utilities, banks, and investment owners hold ground too, and it moves for different reasons — a plant closes, a line gets rerouted, a fund reaches the end of its term. The method is the same one described above. What changes is who you have to answer to afterward.
Dispositions, whole or in tracts
A holding rarely has one best buyer. Dividing it lets the tillable, the timber, the road frontage, and the building site each go to the buyer who values that piece most — on a single sale date.
Acquisition and right-of-way
Buy-side work runs the same way in reverse: comps first, then a number you can defend to the people who approve it. That includes the odd remainder parcels a finished project leaves behind.
Rights, not just acres
Water, oil and gas, and mineral rights; mining ground and reclamation land. Some of the biggest sales I have run turned on what the ground carries rather than what grows on it, and the buyers for that are a different list than the neighbors.
A file your board can read
The marketing record, the bid history, the settlement statements — documentation that shows a committee, an auditor, or a regulator exactly how the price was reached.
My track record covers 59 counties in 10 states, and I hold active real estate or auctioneer licenses in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin. If you have a holding that crosses state lines, it doesn't need a different broker at every border. It needs one broker with reach and experience. All sales through Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company, Inc.
Recent sales
| Date | Sale | County | Acres | Tracts | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 | Martz TrustTrust | Whitley County, IN | 176.5 | 5 | Sale manager |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Grocki Family Irrevocable TrustTrust | LaPorte County, IN | 125.3 | 4 | Sale manager |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Moore TrustTrust | Allen County, IN | 92 | 5 | Sale manager |
| Jun 30, 2026 | GentryTrust | Branch County, MI | 81 | 5 | Sale manager |
| May 27, 2026 | CoolmanFamily | Porter County, IN | 16.5 | 1 | Sale manager |
All closed sales. See all 136, county by county, or ask what your ground would bring.
Questions sellers ask first
What is my land worth?
We'll let the data speak — I'll pull the real comparable sales and develop a range of value. Then the auction delivers the truest appraisal there is: buyers ready to write a check, competing in the open. More on this.
What does it cost to sell?
Every cost is agreed in writing before you sign anything — you'll never find a surprise on the settlement statement. How fees work.
The farm is rented to a neighbor. Can I still sell?
Yes. Leases are handled up front and honestly — and the tenant is often a bidder or an asset. What happens to the lease.
Upcoming Schrader sales
- Oct 20, 2026 Oakley Trust · St. Joseph County, IN
Listed for reference. Auction terms, dates, and advertising are published by Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company, Inc. at schraderauction.com.
Start with one phone call
Tell me about the land and the situation. Ten minutes is usually enough to talk a realistic ballpark, what a sale would look like, and whether an auction even fits — and if it doesn't, I'll say so. Leave a message and I'll call you right back.
Licensed Indiana real estate broker and auctioneer, Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company, Inc.