Teodor Wahl, Sage Flats real estate agent

Teodor Wahl was raised on a hay and cattle place 40 miles east of here and came to Sage Flats in 2003 to manage one.

He ran it for 8 years before he started selling land. He reads a water right the way other agents read a floor plan: priority date first, then flow, then where the headgate sits. He'll tell you what an acre here will grow, what it costs to fence and how often Lone Poplar Road drifts shut. Most of his showings happen in a pickup and take half a day. He would rather you walk the whole boundary once than drive past the gate three times. He still puts up hay on 60 leased acres.

Land out here is priced by the water as much as by the acre. Start with the water.

• Licensed since 2011
• 8 years managing a working ranch
• Puts up hay on 60 leased acres