Eric Gage, CF
AFM REAL ESTATE

I am the Broker in Charge for the Texas Region of AFM Real Estate, a subsidiary of American Forest Management.  This position will have me serving real estate needs for landowners and clients in the AFM Texas Region, being Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.  I have been working with timberland real estate since 1996.  As a 1992 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State with a Bachelor's of Science in Forestry, I began my career with a consulting forestry firm in Crockett, Texas, where I learned the business of forestry and worked as an appraiser trainee. While there, I earned a real estate salesman license.  From 1998-2006, I worked for a Timberland Investment Management Organization (TIMO) filling a number of roles including area forester, division forester as well as being involved with the disposition and acquisition of client properties in Texas. In late 2006, I moved full time into timberland brokerage.  I helped open two real estate company offices and was very successful in selling timberland and recreation properties for and to a number of TIMOs and REITs as well as private individuals. I am a Texas Society of American Forester's past chairman, a Certified Forester and a Licensed Real Estate Broker.  My wife, Jennifer and I have been married since 1991 and have 4 wonderful children.  My twin boys are Texas A&M Graduates, and I have a son and daughter in in high school.  We live in Lufkin, Texas. where I am active in my church, community and a Rotarian.