Fall 2017

Hard Work &
A MOVING
TARGET
Determination
SHELDON GROTHAUS, OWNER-BROKER
OF TEXAS RANCH SALES LLC IN HONDO,
IS A TALL, MOVING TARGET.
WRITTEN BY LORIE A. WOODWARD
I arrived and scanned the room, not exactly sure who I was
looking for. Then, he unfolded himself from the chair—and
I immediately knew whose hand I needed to shake. His firm
handshake and unwavering eye contact testified of his rural
Texas roots.
“Land ownership is a great privilege that I’ve experienced
first-hand for quite some time,” Sheldon, who attended Texas
A&M University-Kingsville and studied wildlife management,
said. “In return, I want to help others on their journey to land
ownership.” There’s an open, directness to his manner.
“All of my business dealings are guided by this quote that
I picked up in my reading: ‘People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but people will never forget
how you made them feel,’” he said. “Integrity is the basis of my
business philosophy.”
Texas Ranch Land Sales, which he founded in 2001, and
its sister company Texas Ranch Developers, a land asset
improvement company, grew naturally out of his other interests.
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