Jeffrey Franze

• Possess over 18 years' experience as a Landman, Project Manager, and Licensed Texas Real Estate Agent
• Experienced in acquisition and divestiture of producing and non-producing oil and gas properties, pipeline gathering systems, and undeveloped real estate properties.
• Competent in developing and fostering productive landowner relationships.
• Skilled in title examination, verification, curative resolution, abstracting, conducting due diligence on plots of land, performing property valuations, legal exhibits, and creating data packages for sellers.
• Proficient in resolving title problems as part of pre-closing and post-closing requirements, verifying working interests and net revenue interests.
• Exhibit excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills while working with people of diverse demographic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Skilled in scheduling employees and organizing projects to accomplish desired outcomes within budget and on time.
• Possess knowledge to gather and analyze land information from various sources including the client, courthouse records, and county, state, and federal government agencies for permitting processes.
• Competent in contacting mineral landowners, negotiating oil and gas leases, and completing transactions.
• Develop relationships and network with landowners, families, and attorneys to yield quick profitable leases.
• Demonstrate excellent project management skills while juggling multiple tasks and working under pressure.
• Possess broad industry experience including project coordination, surface and mineral title procurement to patent, ROW (Right-of-Way) acquisition, lease acquisition, development of run sheets and lease purchase reports, serving as right-of-way construction agent, and managing multiple agents.
• Experienced in preparing status reports, ownership reports, lease agreements, and related documents.
• Proficiently run surface and mineral titles from sovereignty to current, complete run sheets and division orders
• Skilled in working with attorneys on contract language to represent companies' best interests.
• Proficient in Deed Plotter and Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Highly skilled land professional with extensive experience in land acquisition, negotiation, and contract management. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs. Proven ability in title examination, lease analysis, and regulatory compliance. Known for problem-solving abilities and effective communication.

• TREC (Texas Real Estate Commission) Right-of-Way
• TREC Real Estate
• Texas Notary

• AAPL (American Association of Professional Landmen)
• Ambucs of Longview, TX
• Texas REALTOR