Bryhn Craft

Role: recurring guest
Appears in 2 episodes

Bryhn Craft appeared on the show across two episodes, both on mic, discussing land brokerage and deer hunting. He describes Midwest Land Group as agent-centric with roughly 100 agents, and cites hiring around 50 from nearly 5,000 yearly applicants. He advises buying the best affordable property, warns that ‘deals’ usually reflect below-average land, and says buyers err with overly long wish lists. On hunting, he calls human intrusion the biggest threat to farms and trigger control the main obstacle to killing big deer, and credits a switchgrass conversation with starting his friendship with Don Higgins.

Appearances

What they said

Showing 22 of 25 claims across the 20 most-discussed of 23 topics. The complete record is on the episode pages above.

agent-centric

• Bryhn Craft says Midwest Land Group is agent-centric rather than broker-centric, which he considers one of the biggest differences from other brokerages. 25:04 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

business-growth

• Bryhn Craft says his goal is 300 agents across the United States, and at their current pace they expect to reach that in three years. 29:03 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

buyer-mistakes

• Bryhn Craft says the biggest buyer mistake is having too long a wish list, since a property with everything they want doesn’t exist. 43:49 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

clay-craft

• Bryhn Craft says he started filming his son Clay hunting at age seven, and Clay went on to appear on Heartland Bowhunter for about ten seasons. 12:35 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

deer-hunting-advice

• Bryhn Craft says the simplest way to kill big deer is to just lock your gate and stay off the property. 52:22 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

full-time-agents

• Bryhn Craft says one of his company’s major requirements is that agents work full time, since clients can’t be served around another job. 21:18 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

habitat-philosophy

• Bryhn Craft says he stays neutral on debates like switchgrass versus other cover or feeding versus not feeding, preferring to gather all available knowledge. 5:27 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

habitat-plans

• Bryhn Craft says after implementing habitat plans, his farms went from holding one booner-class buck a year to six or seven within five seasons. 7:28 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

hiring

• Bryhn Craft says his company receives almost 5,000 applications a year but only hires about 50 of those candidates. 23:54 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

human-intrusion

• Bryhn Craft says human intrusion ruins more hunting farms than anything else, more so even than habitat quality. 51:33 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

land-investment

• Bryhn Craft advises buying the best piece of ground you can afford rather than a cheap one, since top properties yield much better returns. 39:52 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

land-purchase

• Bryhn Craft bought a 100-acre cow-pasture farm as an experiment to test how productive a small property could become. 4:33 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

land-sales

• Bryhn Craft says his company sells farms about 10 to 12 percent above comps on average because they know which buyers are looking for specific properties. 30:52 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

midwest-land-group

• Bryhn Craft describes Midwest Land Group as a land company with roughly 100 agents who share a common belief system. 13:23 — Episode #102 - WE ARE GIVING AWAY A TRUCK IN THE LESTER’S FEET RAFFLE!

real-estate-commissions

• Bryhn Craft says the average licensed real estate agent earns about $5,000 in commissions a year, while his agents average almost ten times that. 19:16 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

real-estate-industry

• Bryhn Craft says every real estate agent should be assumed bad until proven otherwise, reflecting the industry’s poor reputation. 18:04 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

real-estate-mistakes

• Bryhn Craft says nine times out of ten, a ‘deal’ on a property exists because the property itself is below average. 37:54 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

stand-access

• Bryhn Craft agrees with Don Higgins that having reliable access in and out of food sources without alerting deer is a huge factor for killing big bucks. 53:15 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

switchgrass

• Bryhn Craft met Don Higgins after calling him for advice on switchgrass, which turned into a lesson that started their friendship. 4:55 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325
• Bryhn Craft recalls walking through a switchgrass field and seeing more deer sign there than he had ever seen in his life. 11:09 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

trigger-control

• Bryhn Craft says trigger control, more than any other factor, is the biggest problem keeping hunters from killing big deer. 9:50 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325
• Bryhn Craft describes passing a legit 180-inch four-year-old buck on his farm because he was instead hunting an older, lower-scoring deer. 56:40 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

Questions they answered

• Terry asks Bryhn to identify common mistakes among sellers and buyers and to profile different types of property buyers.
  Bryhn explains that nine times out of ten a ‘deal’ on land exists because the property itself is below average, since truly great properties rarely sell cheap. 37:54 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325
• What have you seen buyers seeking a forever home or homestead, rather than a flip, struggle with?
  Bryhn says the biggest problem is buyers having too long a wish list, since a property with every desired feature simply doesn’t exist. 43:49 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325
• What are the biggest mistakes keeping hunters from killing big deer despite years of trying?
  Bryhn says human intrusion ruins more hunting farms than anything else, more than habitat or any other single factor. 51:33 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325
• How does Bryhn decide when and where to expand Midwest Land Group’s growth strategy?
  Bryhn says they receive almost 5,000 applications a year but only hire about 50 people from that pool. 23:54 — Why Most Hunters NEVER Kill Big Bucks (Bryhn Craft Tells the Truth) | Chasing Giants #325

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