So this is how you do a blog?

Welcome to the first blog of http://www.ruralkc.com/ If you haven't figured out what we are all about we are a real estate team that specializes in selling rural property near the greater Kansas City area. We are going to try and keep the sales stuff out of this blog as much as possible. But if we occasionally slip, well be patient with us, after all we are trying to make a living here.

We are luckier than most people because we love the rural life. So we don't just get to sell a piece of real estate we almost always sell someone their dream come true. It's the American dream to find a peaceful place in the country sort of like Thoreau's pond where you can really find yourself away from the noise and interruption of the city.

So let me introduce ourselves. If we've managed to get the picture posted properly you'll see a couple of folks sitting down. Of the folks sitting down I'm Bill Gaughan the old fat balding guy. Sitting beside me is my partner Danicia Duncan. I can already tell I'm going to get some emails saying that we should have named this "Beauty and the Beast" real estate, but Danicia is too kind to let that happen.

We formed this real estate team because we believe that you should do what you love and the money will follow. We both love the country, country living, and the value of country property as an investment. So the opportunity to combine what we love with our profession was just too great to pass up.

Danicia is our equine expert. She is an accomplished barrel racer, rider, horse owner, and all around equestrian. So when you have questions about horses or horse property she'd be the one I'd go to. She also drives a 1/2 ton, dual wheel, six speed, diesel, ram pick up, that intimidates my little Chevy Colorado. But that doesn't intimidate me near as much as her going full speed around a barrel on top of 1300 lb horse.

I like the outdoor recreational life. I grew up at a time when fishing and hunting were the past times of boys rather than video games. Frankly I consider my self a lot luckier than kids today who spend their time indoors rather than outside chasing frogs, and picking up turtles like I was able to do. Nothing much gives me more satisfaction than seeing a family purchasing a piece of property that their kids are going to able to run around on with no worries other than the occasional scraped knee or bee sting.

OK back to the picture. Standing is Jim Rogers. He's a pretty good old boy from Arkansas and you won't likely find a more honest diligent guy to help you find what you want than Jim. Standing next to Jim is Katie Morris. Frankly Katie keeps all of this together. She helps with the marketing, and advises us on the technology. Believe me it takes a lot of patience for her to work with us, We approach technology like someone hearing rattles in a pile of leaves. But bless her heart she smiles kindly and waits until I've left the room before she rolls her eyes at one of my lame questions.

Now we want to make this blog of interest to you. So you should know that I won't be the only only one blogging here. You'll hear a lot from Danicia as well. We want to answer your questions about country living, moving to the country, building in the country, where to find resources, or anything else that crosses your mind. We'll try to answer those questions in this blog. So email us at info@RuralKC.com or give us a call at 913-440-4139 and let us see if we can be of help.