WHY CONFLUENCE?
For the first time buyers and sellers are able to evaluate, transact, enhance, and manage a ranch property utilizing the collective resources of a single highly specialized company. Confluence Land Company (CLC) is a boutique real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in outstanding ranches, sporting properties, and unique land assets throughout the Western US. Our platform is engineered to market premier rural real estate on a global scale. Our model is geared to engage with a specific subset of land investors that appreciate these special landscapes as we do.
MEET THE TEAM
Michael Ledger
Michael began his real estate career in the later years of his undergraduate studies as a recruit into CBRE's "Wheel Program". CBRE, one of the largest real estate services and investment firms in the world, implemented this program to develop its associates into market leaders. Prior to co-founding Confluence Land Company he helped lead a $175 million portfolio of office, retail, industrial and land assets located in the metro-Denver area. His team lead acquisition, financing, development, leasing and management of it's investments.
Michael has executed over a half of a billion dollars of income producing commercial buildings, commercial land, water and ranch and farm transactions. Doing so has built a diverse foundation to effectively trade investment grade real estate for his clients. Michael graduated with a BSBA from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver in 2003.
Through his personal investment and enjoyment of multiple properties in Colorado, he has become impassioned with land in the Rocky Mountain West and all of the activities that happen within each of its four seasons. He is a dedicated backcountry skier, fly fisherman and hunter. Michael is a life time member, active board member and financial supporter of Colorado Trout Unlimited and is also a proud member of Colorado Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Michael is a licensed real estate broker at the highest supervisory levels in the following states:
Colorado | Montana | Nebraska | New Mexico | South Dakota | Wyoming
Daniel Carter
Since beginning his career in ranch real estate 12 years ago, Daniel has facilitated countless ranch deals and is a consistent top producer in the West. Having been involved with transactional volume in excess of $500 million across multiple states and categories, he has established a solid reputation throughout the industry. Daniel is known by his colleagues for being collaborative and pragmatic and appreciated by his clients for being knowledgeable, trustworthy and dedicated to serving their goals first and foremost. He brings an attentive approach to every client and specialized skill to every transaction. Daniel has an intimate working knowledge of fly-fishing and sporting property values, while also focusing on conservation lands and unique operational ranches.
Daniel is passionate about leading change in the land brokerage industry, utilizing modern marketing practices and innovative business strategy to drive higher outcomes for the land and the next generation of landowners. As a Managing Partner at Confluence Land Company Daniel executes this vision across the organization - managing major day-to-day project initiatives, client relations, personnel, partnerships and marketing.
Daniel grew up in Bozeman, Montana where the outdoors became ingrained in his lifestyle, and he developed a keen understanding and passion for the Western landscape. As the owner of a remote backcountry ranch in southwest Colorado, he fully appreciates the challenges and opportunities that come with being a landowner. He is an avid pilot, fly-fisherman, upland and big game hunter, skier, outdoorsman, and family man.
Education
M.B.A. University of Denver
B.S., Journalism & Marketing, University of Colorado at Boulder
Certifications
Independent Broker Associate: Colorado
Supervisory Broker: Montana
Commercial Pilot
Affiliations
The Nature Conservancy 13'ers, Emerging Leaders in Conservation
Trout Unlimited - Life Member
Quail Forever - Life Member
Recreational Aviation Foundation
Clint Packo
Clint Packo is the founder and CEO of The Freestone Group of Companies including Freestone Aquatics which he founded in 2006, Freestone Real Estate Holdings (Real Estate Investment), The Guides Company (Exclusive Fishing Club and Outfitting Services). He owns multiple properties throughout Colorado and Montana.
Under his leadership, Freestone Aquatics has evolved into the preeminent river restoration and enhancement firm in the Western US. Working in most of the west’s most legendary bodies of water, his unparalleled network and portfolio encompasses the most significant land investors and water resource professionals. After 15 years of participating as a leader in the fisheries industry, he has developed a reputation for exceptional work quality, innovative river and lake designs and an unmatched warranty for all of the projects performed by Freestone Aquatics.
Clint is a 5th generation Coloradoan and is proud of his family’s heritage and lifestyle in Colorado that spans more than 160 years. He actively serves as a director for Colorado Trout Unlimited, The Trout and Salmon Foundation, The Colorado Trout Foundation and The North Fork of the South Platte River Foundation. Clint is a Life Member and financial supporter of of Trout Unlimited, Safari Club International and The Lower Keys Guides Association. He is also an ongoing donor and supporter of The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, Colorado Make-A-Wish Foundation, Colorado Children's Hospital Research Foundation and The Mayo Clinic.
Joe Rudolph
Joe Rudolph graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies, with an emphasis on natural resource management, and a minor in Geography. He is passionate and devoted to assisting Confluence Land Company’s clients in the buying or selling of land and consulting in water resource, as well as, wildlife habitat management.
Following Joe’s undergraduate studies, he has applied his passion for natural resources in the habitat restoration, agriculture, and the geotechnical trade. As an avid, longtime sportsman with experience hunting and fishing across the country, Joe leverages his educational background in natural sciences, career experience, and passion for outdoor recreation when helping clients of Confluence Land Company.
Prior to his work with Confluence Land Company, Joe served as Fishery Sciences Director with Confluence’s strategic partner, Freestone Aquatics. His responsibilities as Fishery Sciences Director included fisheries management, design, permitting, and construction of Freestone Aquatics’ projects.
Joe is an active member of Trout Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, Quail Forever, Wild Sheep Foundation, Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society, Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. In his free time, Joe enjoys fly fishing, rafting, skiing, pursuing big game, and bird hunting with his pointer. He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Colorado.
Associate Level Real Estate Broker License | CO Certificate of Insurance
Justin Schlosser
Justin grew up on Colorado’s front range, and the State’s rich and diverse landscape instilled a passion for wildlife and the places they call home from a young age. Throughout his youth, he spent much of his time working in the local fly shop and nearly every free moment honing his skills as an outdoorsman in fields, forests, lakes, and streams throughout the western United States.
None too eager to leave, Justin attended the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business Honors Program, where he pursued and earned a BSBA with a dual-emphasis in Real Estate and Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Throughout his time at the University of Colorado, Justin discovered a second passion in real estate, quickly realizing the opportunity to combine his obsession with hunting, fishing, and the outdoors with his real estate acumen. This motivation further encouraged success, allowing Justin to graduate first-in-class and earning him the Top Real Estate Undergraduate Award and Graduation with Distinction.
Aside from schoolwork, Justin’s time remained consumed by outdoor activities; Summers were spent working as a fly-fishing guide, while the Fall and Winter months were filled by hunting both big and small game with archery and firearm equipment. Following graduation, Justin took on a role as a Senior Guide for the North Fork Ranch Guide Service: one of the nation’s premier fly-fishing lodges and outfitters, and recently named the 2023 Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Lodge of the Year.
As an avid hunter, Justin has spent his life pursuing numerous North American big game species as well as a plethora of waterfowl and upland birds. This time afield has provided an invaluable education and given deep insight into the habitats, behaviors, and patterns that allow wildlife, and thus hunting, to thrive. A lifetime chasing some of nature’s most challenging pursuits established a nature of diligence which translates into Justin’s thorough approach and wholehearted dedication to each client he serves. Leveraging his vast knowledge of hunting and fishing with a desire to create an ideal real estate transaction experience for his clients, Justin is perfectly positioned to assist Confluence Land Company’s existing and future clients in selling, purchasing, or otherwise conducting business on their ranch properties.
What We Offer
Through our relationships and experience, we facilitate a confluence of your interests and our expertise - guiding your land investment toward more powerful outcomes. We do this through boutique real estate brokerage, advising landowners on special projects and management issues, and assisting or deploying investment vehicles geared toward ranch real estate.
Specialty in sporting property, sustainable fishery development and income producing live water operations.
Over 40 years and over one billion dollars of brokerage production and investment
A personal relationship with exclusive representation of your interests as a buyer, seller, landowner or investor.
Our extended team of real estate attorneys, marketing experts, water engineers, surveyors, appraisers and lenders are at your disposal.
Transaction management which extends from pre-listing and pre-purchase to well past closing for both sellers and buyers.
Our platform is strategically aligned with today’s market which supports swift transactions without lengthy marketing time.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING...
"…gave me the confidence to close the purchase of the property."
"When I purchased my ranch with a significant stretch of the Tarryall River, Confluence was able to manage my expectations promptly about what the river could be. They allowed me to quickly evaluate the value of the ranch with a sustainable habitat plan in mind which gave me the confidence to close the purchase of the property."
“responsive, honest and professional"
"It’s hard to find real estate brokers as responsive as I have known Confluence to be. I know they pride themselves on it. In addition to being responsive they conduct themselves professionally and will give you honest answers to hard questions.”
“They have a unique niche I’ve never seen before.”
“You won’t find any real estate company with the live water knowledge that Confluence possesses. While working with others, our evaluation of the water resources took a protracted amount of time. We would have to involve engineers and biologists before we could justify paying them. Now, in just a couple days’ time and sometimes less, I’m looking at property and I know exactly the situation with the river and ponds and the fish within them. They have a unique niche I’ve never seen before.”