Real property investments. d/b/a Pioneer Home Buyers

Land Manager of Mineral and Royalty Acquisitions throughout Oklahoma

Vice President of Business Development, Landman & Manager of in-house mineral acquisition team handling all aspects of acquisition strategy, marketing, sales training & data management - Project encompasses hundreds of thousands of property owners throughout Tarrant Co and surrounding areas in an environment where most of the easy acquisition opportunities are already gone - Completely rebuilt the entire marketing, communication, data, due diligence & strategic aspects of the Tarrant County Mineral Acquisition Project from scratch- Increased deal count and associated acreage amounts by a prorated 100% (2x)- Purchased half as many deals over a 90 day period in 2016, personally, as a four man team purchased throughout the entire year of 2015 – combined- Created 8x as many acquisition deals per month as the other individual team members, on average - Performing similar functions for the Permian Basin in West Texas and the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania

Landman & Mineral Buyer for The Bellomy Group's efforts in West Texas - Conduct title research through courthouse and abstract plant search - Identification of present day mineral and royalty ownership through the construction of proper runsheet and flowcharts - Contact Lessor via mail or phone to negotiate subsequent Lease terms & potential Mineral Rights acquisition with highly knowledgeable and competent West Texas property owners - Draft Leases, Mineral Deeds & Royalty Assignments for execution by Lessor/Grantor - Leased 635 net mineral acres in just two counties during just nine months of active leasing in 2014 - Purchased 165 net mineral acres in the same relatively small area of interest and in the same time frame of 2014, reaching a total of just over 800 NMA in Leases and Purchases during that time - This total was accumulated over 70 individual deals involving over 100 different gross acreage portions - Actively assist in contacting and negotiating with other mineral buyers for periodic divestitures of our own mineral assets

Landman, Data Manager & Marketing Manager for a $35MM Royalty Interest acquisition project in Eastern Ohio. Responsible for contacting, negotiating and securing the purchase of highly sought Utica Shale royalty interests in a difficult and challenging environment.- Specialized in the preparation and practical application of raw Geographical Information System (GIS) data to locate and contact specific property owners over a 4 county area- Efficiently managed that data in the form of a constantly changing and evolving database of over 5,000 targeted contacts for myself and the entire team - Personally wrote and directed all correspondences to property owners throughout the 4 county area - Implemented a communications strategy of direct mail and follow up that helped acquire an average of over 300 net royalty acres per month in an environment where most mineral buyers own less than 1,000 acres in total- Effectively served as the sales/purchase trainer and communications coach to other buyers on the team- Personally negotiated and brokered over 1500 net mineral acres of perpetual royalty interest- Directly negotiated, managed or contributed to the purchase of over 3500 net royalty acres- Procured various courthouse documents such as necessary Source Deeds and Leases - Prepared Mineral Deeds, Royalty Assignments and Orders of Payment needed for landowner signatures - Exhausted the entire $35MM fund in only 18 months while keeping average cost per acre 15% below the $6000 per acre threshold the prospectus allowed for - Successfully purchased 7126 royalty acres, significantly exceeding the goal and financial threshold of 6000 acres

Landman and Data Manager for a $2MM exploratory oil and gas leasing project in Eastern Ohio - Formed as a new venture with a colleague from Dale Property Services - Specialized in the practical application of Geographical Information System (GIS) data to locate and contact specific property owners in a 5 county area of interest - Successfully managed the upkeep and organization of a database of over 25,000 property owners in 5 different counties - Personally wrote and directed all correspondences to property owners throughout the 5 county area - Assisted the field team with correspondence follow up and lease acquisition - Successfully reached leasing target of over 4,000 acres within a $2MM budget

Landman responsible for lease acquisition in the Euless and Grapevine areas - Responsible for initial research, cursory title, preparation of legal descriptions, lessor contact and initiation, negotiations and draft receipt - Negotiated for both individual leases and HOA or group acquisitions - Acquired additional experience in negotiating in difficult and challenging environments with sophisticated lessors

Area Landman supervisor for the largest urban oil and gas leasing agent in the Barnett Shale. Responsible for negotiating complex and competitive mineral rights leases for horizontal natural gas wells with individual and commercial property owners in Tarrant County. Managed every aspect from initial deed research, to negotiation, to completion of drillable gas units- Personally brokered over 2000 oil and gas leases generating $4.8 million in revenue- Received one of the largest 2006 bonuses upon completion of Dale’s Lease Service Agreement with Chesapeake Energy- Finished 2007 as the “number one agent” on the largest and most successful leasing team- January 2008 promoted to “Area Landman” responsible for managing a team of eight Landmen handling the entire city of White Settlement, Texas - Completed all eight WS “units” in record time.- Directly leased, managed or contributed to completion of fifteen “pooling units” involving over 5,500 acres for sale to Chesapeake Energy, generating proceeds exceeding $30 million- Created an efficient system for contacting large numbers of people for mass-lease of small properties- Designed a multi-point contact strategy of informative community meetings, in-home visits and strategic mail-outs for private properties that became the company-wide communication standard- Earned more acreage “bonus” money in 2007 and 2008 than any other non “District” Landman- Successfully trained some of the highest performing interns during summer programs - Worked with virtually every type of person in the professional and socio-economic spectrum- Became highly proficient at use of Central Appraisal District systems and deed research procedures- Used my sales, communication and organizational skills to drive efficiency, separating myself as one of the highest and most consistent performers with the Barnett Shale’s largest leasing agent

Corporate Account Representative for the country’s largest ergonomic office equipment company, responsible for outside sales in downtown Dallas and east of Central Expressway- Sales process included scheduling of initial meeting with client through cold calling, followed by detailed ergonomic product presentation and financial proposal at client location- Won “Top New Hire” award given by New York City corporate office- Refined already strong public speaking and communication skills through product demonstrations and sales presentations to major decision makers and large groups of end-users - Generated over $13,000 dollars of new business in first 2 months post product training - Consistently met company target of 10 cold call-generated new appointments per week- Effectively built product value versus commodity oriented competitive products

Hired as the first sales person of a completely new retail sales business for manufactured housing. Assisted in all aspects of launching start up sales efforts including: Design of product brochures, selection of newspapers for ad placement, writing and placement of ads, coordination with lenders, creation of business forms, locating land for customers, etc. Gained unique exposure to, and played an integral part of getting a new business off the ground- Logged over 1000 hours of sales experience- Closed eleven sales for a gross profit of over $154,000 in only four months, significantly contributing to the business being profitable two months ahead of budget - Obtained $14,000 average gross profit through building value rather than compromising price- Earned more than $38,000 in sales commissions – well above industry average - Consistently exceeded the goal of bringing 20% of “phone up” customers into the retail center- Operated in a self-managed environment, almost entirely responsible for my own success- Self-studied, mastered and successfully “feature-benefited” massive amounts of complex construction features on hundreds of floor plans of the two largest U.S. home builders- Efforts largely contributed to growth from initial location to multiple locations.