The Team at Simpson Ranches & Land, LLC

Texas Ranch Realtor Anthony Simpson was born and raised in South Texas. After graduating from high school he went to work in the construction industry. In the 15 years that followed, he became proficient in Commercial, Residential and Ranch Improvement Construction. It was during this time, that one of his clients (a Ranch and Real Estate Developer) became interested in mentoring him in the Ranch Real Estate Business. In 2002 Anthony began working alongside Mike Stewart of Stewart Ranches.com. During these years Anthony discovered his talent and passion for Ranch Brokering. Anthony earned his Broker’s’ License in 2011 and decided to strike out on his own with his company… Simpson Ranches & Land, LLC.

Anthony is married to Pam Simpson (Realtor and Partner) and the father of four grown children. He has and will always be married to the Land. Fishing, Hunting & Wildlife Preservation are at the core of his Ranch Real Estate Philosophy, while helping his clients maintain sound financial investment decisions, whether buying or selling Ranch Real Estate.

Anthony, from a very young age, has always been involved in hunting, fishing and ranching. It is a lifestyle… Not an acquired hobby. His reputation for straight shooting and his extensive knowledge of South Texas Ranches have truly set him apart from other Ranch Brokers.

Pam Simpson was born in the Pan Handle and raised in the West Texas Oil Fields. Pam’s father worked for Shell Pipeline and her brother is a geologist. A Midland Lee High School graduate, Pam didn’t live anywhere else until 25 years ago when she moved to the Hill Country outside of Austin. Fishing, camping, and the outdoors have always been a way of life for her, but hunting was added when she met Anthony Simpson a little over 20 years ago...

Pam has had a Real Estate license since 2007 and has Ranch and Residential Real Estate experience. As a mother of four and a former business owner, Pam understands the assets of time and money and will work overtime to help her clients with the management of their assets. She currently heads up the Marketing Department at Simpson Ranches & Land, LLC.

For the past five years, Doug has managed corporate fiduciary specialty assets for a large private bank. While in that capacity, he engaged in activities such as ranch sales, lease negotiations for hunting and grazing, coordination of capital improvements, repairs and maintenance, surface management under oil and gas leases, surface damage negotiations, pipeline right of way and electric line easements, implementation of wildlife management plans, USDA Farm program enrollment, applications for 1D1 tax valuation for wildlife exemption and agricultural exemption for ranches.

Doug has supervised direct operations of cattle and wildlife on various ranches across the U.S. to include 130 properties. This included yearly asset reviews, property inspections, market appraisals and presentation of financial reviews and management plans for clients.

Doug also worked in the oil and gas industry for approximately 5 years in drilling site construction, and pipeline right of way maintenance and line locating for ConocoPhillips, EOG, Marathon, Kinder Morgan, Williams Energy, and ETC pipelines from the Eagle Ford Shale south Texas to East Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

Doug grew up on ranches and a feed yard in SE New Mexico and worked in the oil field as a roustabout, roughneck, and short time with electric cooperative as journeyman lineman. In his first job out of college he was foreman on an 86000 acre south Texas ranch in charge of cattle production and assisted with wildlife hunting operations.

Doug has a B.S in animal science from Texas State University and a Masters in Ranch Management from the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management in Kingsville TX. He also has business process certification from the University of Texas and Managerial Analysis certification from Kansas State University.

I’m a 9th (or 10th) generation Texan, depending on how you count. My mother’s family, the “Balli”, were Spanish land grant recipients as early as the 1780s in what is now South Texas and Padre Island (named after Fr. Nicolas Balli). I currently serve as the Chairman of the Balli Mineral & Royalty LLC.(BMAR), a 400 member LLC, family owned since their recovery of mineral interests on Padre Island in 2001.

I was born and raised in San Diego, Duval County, Texas. I attended Rice University, where I attended on a basketball scholarship and graduated with a degree in Commerce in 1968. I worked for Sears, Roebuck and Co. as a Credit Manager and Credit Auditor/Inspector from 1968 until 1977. I worked in Houston, Beaumont, Orange, McAllen and Wichita Falls for Sears, including some time with Sears International in Mexico, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.

I worked at the First State Bank of San Diego from 1977 until 1983. During that time, I begin my work in the Real Estate business, doing ranch appraisals and, then, moving to sales. I’ve been a licensed Texas Realtor since 1978, operating by assumed name of “Duval Real Estate”.

I attended and completed Texas Banker Association Bank training at Texas A&M in 1978 and non-attorney training as a Mediator at University of Houston in 2003. I have complied and completed all continuing training required as a Texas Realtor. I offer sales, evaluations, consulting and partition real estate services.

My wife, Veronica, and I have been married 53 years. We have 3 adult children, 6 grandkids, and 2 Great-grandchildren. We live in San Diego, Texas!!

Jason Burnside was born and raised on the Texas Gulf Coast near Bay City farming rice and performing all duties tied to farming. In 1995, Jason earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from Texas A&M – Kingsville, with emphasis on Range and Wildlife Management. He currently resides in Jourdanton, Tx with his family of 4 and has been involved with Ranch management and land enhancement in South Texas for over 27 years. Jason has been an avid hunter for most of his life and has extensive knowledge of the many different areas of the region. Jason can help any landowner from making costly mistakes in land clearing, erosion control, wildlife management, and other important management practices.

Jason’s primary focus is honesty and integrity in providing service in sales and purchase of ranchland. With the experience of handling ranch sales in South Texas for over 20 years, he is a sure bet to be beneficial in any ranch purchase. Jason proudly joins Simpson Ranches and is appreciative of being part of a high-integrity team aimed to make ranch sales smooth and easy.

Cameron Schuster earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in business from Schreiner University in 2010 and has been a licensed real estate agent since 2011. He was also a real estate appraiser from 2013 – 2018. Throughout all of Cameron’s real estate experience, the farm and ranch sector has always been his passion.

Cameron grew up on multiple ranches across South Texas where hunting, fishing and land stewardship became second nature for him at a young age. He spent the majority of his childhood and young adult life on an 16,000-acre Orvis indorsed hunting lodge and became a skilled hunting guide for clients who would come to hunt there from all over the world.

While in college in Kerrville, Texas, Cameron also developed a true passion for shooting shotguns. Skeet shooting is a sport that has taken him on a journey of becoming the very first shooting competitor for Schreiner University, a top world shooter in the National Skeet Shooting Association and on to winning the 2012 World Skeet Championship High Over All. Cameron is endorsed and sponsored by several world-renown shooting companies and will continue to shoot the professional skeet circuit throughout his life.

Brock Poutra was born and raised in the Texas Hill Country but spent countless days ranching with his father across south Texas growing up. With just under five years of ranch real estate experience, Brock obtained his real estate license in 2018 shortly after graduating from Boerne High School. Having had an interest in ranch real estate since a sophomore in high school, he was anxious to get his start and has dedicated himself to assisting his clients through the real estate transaction process. Having been on ranches his whole life, and an interest in the business since before he could drive, Brock has a unique skill set and determination to make each transaction as smooth as possible for satisfied clients every time.

Rick Slaughter was born and raised in South Texas. After High School Rick spent two years studying architectural engineering and then spent the next five years working for South Pacific Railroads. 1984 through 1999 were spent in sales for companies such as J. Walter Papers, Butler Papers and Priester Supply. Rick has also worked in the custom home business and presently owns Texas Country Builders with his son Chris (also a realtor).

Throughout all these years Rick has always had a hunting or guiding business and even owned an archery store for five years. Rick partners with his dad in raising white-tailed deer (Lonesome Creek Whitetails). He recently has become a saltwater fishing junkie. His daughter Courtney is an office professional in Dallas, Texas.

Rick’s extensive background in construction, sales and South Texas Hunting and Ranching is a real contribution to his overall ability as a Texas Ranch Realtor.

A fourth-generation rancher with roots dating back to the 1850s, Johnathan Burda grew up on his family’s ranches in DeWitt and Karnes Counties. After graduating from Texas State University in 2003, he attained a sales associate’s license under the sponsorship of J. E. Wolf, III and became a real estate appraiser in 2004 under the sponsorship of Menn and Associates of Seguin, Texas. Thereafter, Johnathan worked with Dugger, Canaday, Grafe, Inc., Real Estate Consultants and Appraisers of San Antonio, Texas for seven years and is currently recognized as a State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser. His experience includes appraisal and consulting assignments related to farm and ranch, special use, commercial and residential properties completed for various lending institutions and municipalities. He has appraised ranches ranging from South Texas to the Piney Woods region of East Texas.

In March 2013, Johnathan resumed management of his ranch in Karnes County and spends his free time with family and friends. He squeezes in a hunt whenever he gets the chance. Johnathan recently joined the sales team at Simpson Ranches & Land, LLC where his extensive experience in ranching and real estate sales and appraisal allows him to assist clients in marketing their properties at optimum price points and finding buyers places uniquely suited to their lifestyle goals and specific intended uses.

Luke Hunziker was born in Kerrville, Texas, and raised in the scenic hill country around San Antonio. Following high school, he began his career in the coatings industry with Valspar before transitioning into logistics and operations within the Oil and Gas sector. Driven by his love for the outdoors, Luke pursued his real estate license to focus on ranch real estate. His expertise is closely aligned with his passion for hunting, fishing, hiking, and camping, which he enjoys sharing with his son, family, and the community.

Patrick was born and raised in San Antonio but spent many of his days roaming the hills of the Hill Country on his family ranch. As a wildlife enthusiast, Patrick has developed skills, experience and a broad education into ranch development which has increased his passion greatly for the outdoors and gives him an edge in Farm & Ranch Real Estate sales. As a Texas A&M graduate with a Bachelors degree in Renewable Natural Resources, Patrick studied several different aspects of wildlife sciences with a primary focus on habitat management, rangeland ecology, wildlife management and conservation biology.