Tamra Kelly is an experienced rancher and real estate broker licensed in Arizona and New Mexico. Her “hands-on” background in ranching includes meeting with government officials to discuss operating plans, negotiating ag loans with lenders, vaccinating, cutting and branding calves, pulling a windmill or rotating cattle between pastures, adds authenticity to her representation of ranch buyers and sellers. Born and raised in Arizona, Tamra and her family have a long history in agriculture.

Her ranching experience began at a young age with her grandfather, who worked cattle and broke horses with legendary cowboy and actor Ben Johnson.  She grew up spending time at Castle Hot Springs in Morristown, Arizona working with her grandfather who ran cattle almost a century ago in the Central Arizona desert.  Her parents worked in agricultural farms in several states ranging from Texas to California. Currently, Tamra along with her husband and children own, operate and work several cattle ranches in Central and Eastern Arizona. Tamra not only understands problems and issues facing cattle ranchers, but she also lives them.

Tamra couples this “hands-on” ranch experience with an exceptional higher education and work history to provide a seasoned, diligent and competent approach to selling ranch real estate.  As a Certified Paralegal with a degree from Yavapai College, a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a master’s degree in Public Administration, Tamra has transferred her twenty-five-year experience working in the legal and business fields to selling ranch and farm real estate. Currently, her sole focus is representing buyers and sellers of ranch and farm real estate in the Southwest. You will find her friendly and personable, responsive to your needs and concerns while maintaining the highest work standards providing a diligent and ethical commitment to your ranch real estate needs. Using her experience in law, business and real estate, coupled with her hands-on ranching experience, she is able to help find and properly transfer the perfect cattle ranch, farm or horse property for prospective buyers.  In addition, this same experience allows Tamra to properly communicate the attributes and operation of a seller’s cattle ranch to prospective buyers increasing the probability of sale for a client listing their cattle ranch with Tamra Kelly.

Thomas K. Kelly is an attorney, rancher and real estate agent. After practicing law for 25+ years, Tom retired to focus solely on working and operating the family cattle ranches and working with his wife, Tamra in her real estate business. During his career practicing law, Tom provided legal representation for ranchers and other users of public lands. He has litigated a myriad of legal issues facing today’s agricultural producers ranging from water rights, public lands grazing, endangered species, private and public lands access, wilderness and contract claims. Representative clients included the Arizona Cattle Growers Association, Mohave Livestock Association, Ballot Issues Coalition, the Arizona Trappers Association and numerous cattle ranches in both federal and state courts. Today, Tom spends his time as a part-time Yavapai County Superior Court judge and focusing on working his family cattle ranches, tending to the livestock, hay production, beef sales, and breeding requirements. As a native of Arizona with over 30 years experience in the cattle business, Tom works with Tamra in assisting clients to navigate the maze of governmental rules and regulations to properly transfer ownership of agricultural properties. This can be one of the difficult tasks for ranchers and farmers. Having Tom Kelly on the team is an added benefit when you decide to choose AG Lands Southwest as your ranch real estate broker.

Tad Bryant is a native of Arizona and grew up working on cattle ranches in Central and Northern Arizona. After high school he found himself working for the United States Forest Service on fuels and fire crews as a seasonal employee during the summers. In the off-season, Tad went back to day-working on local cattle ranches and helping manage the family ranches in Central Arizona.

Tad attended Oklahoma Panhandle State University, where he obtained a degree in Agronomy and Agribusiness. While at OPSU, Tad competed on the men’s rodeo team in two events (team roping, and calf roping) and became the calf roping event director for the Central Plains Region. When not on the road, arena, or classroom you could find him working at the feedlots shipping steers at night.

Tad currently resides in Prescott, Arizona and runs cattle north of Prescott on his family’s cattle ranch. Aside from working as a ranch real estate agent, Tad is a licensed general contractor in Arizona and the owner of a local construction company. He enjoys spending time with his wife and four children and extended family. Tamra Kelly is Tad’s mother and Ty Kelly is his step-brother. Tad’s background, education and experience in the cattle business makes him a perfect fit for a real estate brokerage firm which maintains a focus on family and quality of life for its clients and agents while working hard. Ag Lands Southwest actively markets the sale of cattle ranches and enthusiastically finds a dream ranch for future owners. Tad’s background, work ethic and commitment to buyers and sellers make him the ideal agent in a brokerage firm with the motto: “Ranchers working for Ranchers.”

For over 30 years, Laurie Gosney has been involved in the equine and cattle industry, sand/gravel/ready mix construction, and oil and natural gas.  All businesses that were land intensive and were specialized in use.  

From growing up on a ranch west of Longmont, Colorado, to married life raising her family on a ranch in Bayfield, Colorado, Laurie has experienced all the demands of ranch life.  Family ranch life teaches you to wear many hats; operations, sales/marketing, and finance as well as the 2am call to birth a calf out in the cold.

A great part of Laurie’s life has been spent showing in the National Cutting Horse Association, team roping, and ranch sorting/team penning.  She gained great understanding of the facility needs and demands during her years of training and exhibiting, resulting in the culmination of winning a NCHA World Championship.

Currently, Laurie lives in Cave Creek, Arizona with her many equines and her ever faithful sidekick, Lucy the Dachshund.  In her free time, she continues to ride and spend time with her family and grandchildren in Bayfield, Colorado.  Over the past years, Laurie has put her life experience to work in real estate.  Laurie looks forward to utilizing her years of experience to find you the perfect ranch property to fulfill your expectations.

Angela is an Australian who left ‘down under’ and found herself a ranchers wife and mom here in Arizona. While Angela may have been born in Australia, it is Arizona’s beautiful, diverse country and wholesome lifestyle that has stolen her heart and where she loves to call home.

After marrying Arizona native, and lifelong rancher and cowboy Larry Don Leist in 2014, Angela has been given a crash course in Arizona ranching, everything from digging out springs to catching wild cattle, cooking the perfect chicken fried steak and wrangling babies in between. Angela, with her husband Larry Don and now, combined, four children run a successful cattle operation between Kingman and Wikieup, Arizona. This experience and first hand knowledge of the challenges and rewards of ranch ownership pushed Angela to pursue a career in pairing buyers with the piece of country that suits the needs of each individual.

Angela and her family are also involved in many equine pursuits, between junior rodeo, running barrels, roping and riding outside horses for the public. This has blessed her with the opportunity to explore more areas of this sun kissed state as well as given her an eye for the needs of those looking to purchase ranch and farm properties.

If you are buying or selling, Angela is committed to getting to know you and fitting you with the piece of property that you can call home. “Ranchers working for Ranchers”

Stevie Fletcher is a native of Arizona born in the small community of Congress and a descendant of the original settlers of the town of Wickenburg – “The Team Roping Capital of the World.” She understands local customs and practices of rural Arizona and its ranching communities. She is proud of her Hispanic heritage. Throughout the generations, Stevie’s family has been instrumental in establishing notable Wickenburg historical sites including the Grijalva Mine, Garcia Cemetery, and the famous Mexican restaurant “Anita’s’”

Stevie is currently a busy “rancher’s wife” residing in Chino Valley, Arizona. Her life consists of a wide range of activities from being a full time mom to helping operate the family ranch. At any given time her schedule may include branding calves, hauling cattle, running waters to helping in the family gravel business – all the while maintaining an active real estate business. Stevie has dedicated this past year to pursuing her career in real estate with a goal to help buyers find their dream ranch property and to help seller’s market their ranch in a timely manner. With her strong work ethic, commitment and honesty, Stevie is a welcome addition to AG Lands Southwest, helping the brokerage to maintain its niche: “Ranchers working for Ranchers”

Ty Kelly is a full-time cattle rancher residing with his wife and two little girls in Greenlee County, Arizona. Beginning with working on his family ranches, Ty has dedicated his life to cattle ranching. After obtaining his agribusiness degree from Arizona State University where he earned the distinction as a Maroon and Gold Scholar Athlete, Ty developed extensive experience in the cattle industry, working on, leasing, and owning cattle ranches in Arizona. His current cattle ranch is located in the rough, remote country of Eastern Arizona the operation of which requires strong work ethic, independence and self sufficiency. In addition to ranching, Ty has enjoyed working as a commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska, white water rafting guide in the Grand Canyon, and currently is a licensed hunting guide focusing on outfitting and guiding in the famed Blue Primitive Area of eastern Arizona.

Ty Kelly has been an active member of cattle industry associations. He currently is the Arizona Cattle Growers Treasurer, Greenlee County Farm Bureau President and Greenlee County Cattle Growers President. Ty has previously been the rancher’s representative on the board of the Arizona Resource Advisory Council Bureau of Land Management. He has been a member of the Young Farmer Rancher Committee for the AZ Farm Bureau and Mohave Livestock Association. He has been a member of the National Cattlemen’s Association, since 2004.

Ty recently obtained his real estate license and joined Ag Lands Southwest. This background and dedication to improving the cattle industry make Ty a perfect fit for a ranch real estate outfit with a goal of enthusiastically representing current and future owners of working cattle ranches. Ty is Tamra Kelly’s step-son and Tad Bryant’s brother. Ty brings the work ethic, dedication and commitment from his cattle ranch to the ranch real estate office defining our motto: “Ranchers working for Ranchers.”

Steve Hall grew up in Cochise County, Arizona, home of historic Tombstone, the Cochise Stronghold, and Chiricahua National Monument.  Steve’s free time was spent exploring the deserts and mountains of Southern Arizona.   It was there that he fell in love with the beautiful and rich ranchlands of Arizona.

After several years in the big city, Chicago, where he was the office manager for a large property management company, and 3 years working in schools in Pakistan, Steve returned to the mountains and deserts he loves.  He has lived for the past 25 years Northwest of Tucson where he raised two daughters and two sons on a rural property where they raised livestock, and poultry.

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