Ryan Sampson named National Broker of the Year for Residential Land Sales & Top Twenty National Producer; Michael Strahan Awarded ALC-to-ALC Networking Award.
Tampa, FL, March 29, 2021 – Eshenbaugh Land Company, a commercial real estate firm based in Tampa, FL, was recognized at the REALTORS Land Institute’s APEX 2020 Awards Program sponsored by The Land Report. The APEX Awards Program is designed to recognize the excellence and performance of the best in the business by distinguishing agents with these prestigious production-based awards.
Ryan Sampson, ALC, was recognized as the REALTORS Land Institute’s APEX 2020 National Broker of the Year for Residential Land Sales. The award recognizes the applicant with the highest qualifying transaction volume in residential land sales.
Sampson was also named as a Top 20 National Producer for the fourth year in a row. He and all award winners received the awards from RLI CEO Aubrie Kobernus, MBA, RCE, as well as The Land Report’s Co-founder Eric O’Keefe on Wednesday, March 17, during RLI’s 2021 Virtual National Land Conference.
“We are proud of Ryan and all of our members that were recognized for their accomplishments in 2020. They truly are the cream of the crop when it comes to land real estate professionals,” said Kobernus about the award winners.
Michael Strahan, ALC, was awarded the APEX ALC-To-ALC Networking Award for having the largest ALC-to-ALC transaction between himself and Dean Saunders, ALC of SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler.
Five Eshenbaugh Land Company Brokers were recognized as members of the APEX 2020 Producer’s Club, which recognizes those with at least four million dollars in qualifying dollar volume closed land sales. The honorees in this category include: Bill Eshenbaugh, Ryan Sampson, Chris Bowers, Jack Koehler, and Michael Strahan.
Bill Eshenbaugh, President of Eshenbaugh Land Company, offered his congratulations to Sampson for having the number one residential land sales in a nation and to Strahan for his first appearance in the Apex awards.
The APEX Awards Program celebrated its fourth year by tripling in size since its inception, with 140 applicants totaling a combined $3.5 billion in qualifying transaction volume. All land professionals recognized as part of the RLI APEX Awards Program are active members of RLI. For more information on the award winners, make sure to get a copy of The Land Report, one of the industry’s leading magazines for landowners and land professionals, which will be publicizing the top winners in their upcoming spring 2021 issue. All land real estate professionals are invited to join RLI and apply to the prestigious APEX Awards Program next year. Learn more at rliland.com.
About Eshenbaugh Land Company
Whether it’s urban infill or wide-open undeveloped land, you need a local brokerage team on the ground and in the know to make complex land deals happen. That’s Eshenbaugh Land Company.
Their collaborative team of experienced brokers blends deep knowledge of all things land, trusted relationships with all the local players, and an ethical, down-to-earth character inspired by our founder’s cowboy roots. All brokers in the firm hold the prestigious CCIM designation.
At Eshenbaugh Land Company, it’s their rare knowledge of all aspects of land that gets deals done – and gives their clients confidence and a sense of ease every step of the way. The teams walk the soil of every property we represent. They know about diverse wildlife and their habitats on the land, about environmental characteristics, about easements and entitlements, and about the history of the sites. The Dirt Dog team know what to ask to uncover issues, what the value should be and who to go to for bringing deals together. And they do it all with respect for their clients, each other, and the land itself.
Learn more by visiting the website at www.thedirtdog.com where Quarterly Eshenbaugh Reports are posted.

