Brokers & REALTORS® · Floresville, TX
Your next move in the country
Rural homes and land across five South Texas counties, priced and marketed as one property by James Peterson ALC and Barbara Peterson.
Why this works
Marketing is the part most agents skip
Listing a home puts it on the MLS and waits for someone else to bring a buyer. That is where most of the business stops. The homes that sell for more are the ones that get shown to the right people, in the right places, before the sign ever goes up.
How buyers actually find you
Relevancy, recency, proximity
Three things decide whether marketing reaches the person who is actually ready to move. Every page on this site is built to hit all three at once, which is why there is a page for each neighborhood and each situation instead of one page trying to cover everything.
- Relevancy
- Written for one situation at a time. A first-time buyer and someone settling a parent's estate are not the same person and should not read the same page.
- Recency
- Kept current. Market conditions from eighteen months ago are not information, they are decoration.
- Proximity
- Specific to the street, not the county. Wilson County, Atascosa County, Gonzales County, Guadalupe County and the neighborhoods inside them.
How we sell
The Whole Property Method
A buyer looks at the land, the home and the improvements as one property. So we price it and market it that way. Four steps, on every property we take.
Price the whole property
We walk it with you, in the RTV when it calls for it, before we talk price. Then you get the number the market supports and the reasoning behind it.
Prepare it and show it
The property gets ready before anybody sees it. Then photography, a virtual tour, and drone and on-site video, flown by the licensed pilot who priced it.
Put it where rural buyers look
Social media, 6 by 12 postcards, 4 by 8 signs on large parcels, the Land Broker Co-op, the RLI land network, both of our websites and the MLS.
Hold the deal together
Inspections, survey, appraisal and closing details are where rural deals fall apart. We stay on them until you close.
Buying instead?
How we help you buy
What you plan to do with a property decides what you should even be looking at. So that is where we start, before we show you anything.
Get ready to buy
Talk to a lender early, and sign your buyer representation agreement with us before we tour, so you can move when the right property shows up.
Start with intended use
A place that works for horses does not always work for building. We start with what you plan to do there.
See what photos can't show
Access, water, fencing, restrictions, terrain, usable acreage and what it costs to own. We walk it with you.
Contract to closing
The option period, inspections, survey and financing, handled with you through the title company to closing.
The situation you are actually in
Different circumstances, different plans
The fundamentals do not change. The sequence, the timing and how much coordination it takes change completely. Start where you actually are.
01 / SELLING YOUR RURAL HOME
Sell your rural home for the price the market supports
Sell your rural home for the price the market supports. James Peterson ALC and Barbara Peterson price the home, the land and the improvements as one property.
02 / WHAT YOUR RURAL HOME IS WORTH
Know what your rural home is really worth
Know what your rural home is really worth. We walk the whole property before we give you a number, then show you the reasoning.
03 / SELLING A FARM OR RANCH
Sell your farm or ranch to the buyers who are looking for one
Sell your farm or ranch to the buyers who are looking for one. James Peterson ALC and Barbara Peterson price the ag use and market it through land networks.
04 / DIVIDING LAND INTO TRACTS
Find out whether dividing your land is what makes it sell
Find out whether dividing your land is what makes it sell. James Peterson ALC and Barbara Peterson work through access, survey and pricing for each tract.
05 / MILITARY SALES
Sell on a military timeline
Sell on a military timeline. We plan the sale around your orders and your move, and Barbara Peterson brings her U.S. Army service and deep VA loan knowledge to it.
06 / PROBATE AND ESTATE SALES
Sell an inherited property the right way
Sell an inherited property the right way. We work with the estate's attorney, and Barbara Peterson is certified in probate transactions.
07 / SELLING A RURAL HOME DURING DIVORCE
Sell a rural home during a divorce with both sides kept informed
Sell a rural home during a divorce with both sides kept informed. James Peterson ALC and Barbara Peterson keep the sale moving and the communication clear.
08 / BUYING A RURAL HOME
Find the rural home that fits how you want to live
Find the rural home that fits how you want to live. James Peterson ALC and Barbara Peterson start with what you plan to do there, then show you what the listing photos can't.
12 areas. 13 situations. Two brokers who have done all of it before.
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The country we know inside out
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See all 151 articlesWho we are
Texas Ranch & Home is James Peterson ALC and Barbara Peterson, a husband and wife team of real estate brokers. We own the United Country Real Estate franchise in Floresville, and our office sits on our ranch on State Highway 97, just outside town.
We've sold rural homes and land together for 30 years, roughly 2,000 properties. James Peterson ALC and Barbara Peterson work every property together: homes in town, in subdivisions and in the small communities around Floresville, homes on acreage, vacant land, farms, ranches and hunting land. Farm, ranch and acreage listings carry the UC Ranch Properties name.
Most of what sells out here is some of both: a house, a shop, a barn, a fence line and the acres around them. That's why it helps to work with people who know the land and the home.
Where we work
We work five counties southeast and south of San Antonio: Wilson County, Atascosa County, Gonzales County, Guadalupe County and Karnes County. Wilson County is home. Our ranch and our office are there.
This part of Texas doesn't divide into neighborhoods the way a city does. It divides by county, by road, by acreage and by what a property is for. A buyer asking about ten acres off a county road near Stockdale is asking a different question than a buyer looking at a house in town in Floresville or La Vernia. We answer both.
How we market rural property
A rural property has two audiences. One is the homebuyer searching the usual real estate sites. The other is the land buyer, who may be three states away, searching land platforms and calling land brokers. Most listings only reach the first group.
Your property reaches both. It goes on the MLS, and it also goes to the Land Broker Co-op and the RLI land network, onto both of our websites, and out through social media and postcards. On large parcels it gets a 4 by 8 sign that you can read from a county road.
The photos and video are part of the pricing, not an afterthought. James is a licensed drone pilot, so the aerial video on your listing is flown by one of the two people who priced your property. It shows what a land buyer looks for first: the boundaries, the access, the water and the tree lines. Here's the whole method, step by step.
What our clients say
We have 38 Google reviews with a 5.0 star average. Two of them say more than we could:
Sierra Glenn sold 15 acres with us in April 2026: "Our 15 acre property sold in 11 days! And that quick sale was all due to their hard work. They took photos, a drone video, made social media videos, sent out real estate Eflyers that reached thousands in 24 hours."
Edith Gomez bought 10 acres in Atascosa County in June 2024: "As first time land owners, we didn't know what we needed to watch out for (such as soil type, restrictions, etc.), so being able to ask him questions and getting his input was invaluable."
Not every property sells in 11 days, and we won't promise you that yours will. We will tell you what the market supports and why.
Start here
If you're selling, the first step is a walk around the property with us. Here's what goes into pricing it. If you're buying, the first step is telling us what you plan to do with the land. Here's how buying with us works.
Call James Peterson ALC at (210) 740-1295 or Barbara Peterson at (210) 540-6487, whether it's a home, land or both. Or send us a message and one of us will call you back.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you sell land and homes, or only one?
Both. James Peterson ALC and Barbara Peterson work every property together, from homes in subdivisions and small communities to vacant land, farms and ranches. Many properties out here are both, and that's why the two of us work them as one team.
Which counties do you work?
Wilson, Atascosa, Gonzales, Guadalupe and Karnes Counties in South Texas. Our office is on our ranch outside Floresville, in Wilson County.
Are you part of a national company?
Yes. We own the United Country Real Estate franchise in Floresville. We're both brokers, and we run the business ourselves.
Thinking about a move?
Let's figure out your next step together. No pressure.