Steve Sykes

About Steve Sykes

TREC licensed realtor. Go to davisvernon.com then click on Commercial Properties to see our raw land development listings East of Abilene.I help companies and investors find, assemble, and secure the right land, from initial targeting to signed agreements, across Texas.With 33+ years in land work and a 7th-generation ranching background, I understand the realities that make or break a transaction: landowner relationships, local context, title and access issues, mineral considerations, and timeline pressure.Core focus areas include:• Farm and ranch acquisition, disposition, and strategic land assembly and divestiture for data centers and renewable as well as conventional power generation.• Industrial and commercial raw land acquisition & marketing, including data center siting and multi-tract land assembly, acquiring and selling land to support data centers, for power generation, man camps, RV Parks, Rock & base material, commercial & industrial build out, hospitality & travel centers, permanent and temporary housing.• Utility-scale wind and solar lease acquisition, with acres assembled (including acres for Mesa Wind)• Oil & gas leasehold acquisition, pipeline and Transmission right-of-way (ROW) negotiations, and surface use agreements• Mineral and surface title analysis, including coordination of title examination and acquisition readinessIf your team needs a land acquisition partner who combines strategy, execution, and landowner trust, lets talk.

Experience

1. Co-founder Freightrunner Technologies

   Freightrunner Technologies Inc

   Jan 2021 — Present · Fort Worth, TX, US

   We are developing an application to remove the friction from load placement and will provide for load postings as well. I am still active in Oil, Gas & Renewable project development, acquisition and brokerage as well as selling commercial, farm & ranch properties as a licensed TREC agent.

Education

• Texas A&M University

  Animal Science

  1971 — 1975

Skills

• Real Estate
• Negotiation
• Agriculture
• Mineral Acquisition
• Oil & Gas
• Energy Industry
• Contract Negotiation
• Natural Gas
• Energy
• Petroleum
• Mineral Rights
• Land Acquisition
• Renewable Energy
• Lease Negotiations
• Surface
• Title Opinions
• Division Orders
• Wind
• Surface Damage Settlement
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Minerals
• Gas
• Upstream
• Due Diligence
• Surface, Mineral & Leasehold Examination
• Pipelines
• Seismology
• Real Estate Sales License
• New Business Development
• Onshore
• Oil & Gas Exploration
• Leases
• Titles
• Oil & Gas Industry
• Mineral Exploration
• Operating Agreements
• Contract Management
• Drilling