Oil & Gas. Mineral Owner. Outdoorsman. Goats. Golf. Wrestling. King of Chili Dogs. Formerly known as ADBB. I attempt to make jokes, don’t take me too serious.
I quit my job today, I don’t have a job lined up, and I’m not applying for any. If I haven’t got back to you lately, I will be soon! Let’s see what happens, I’d rather fall flat on my face, then never know!
The biggest deal of my career, so far, closed this morning. Want to know how it all came together? Twitter. A guy DM’d me asking to get a beer, we grab beers & he introduces me to another guy. The rest is history, the point? Twitter is a huge resource if you use it correctly.
While you’re cozied up in your warm house today, remember what & who are keeping you warm… make sure to thank a Landman. Without us, the oilfield hands wouldn’t have any work to do, as the legend always said “no lease, no grease”.
#heroes
Oklahoma legal descriptions are so much better than Texas, you tell me a Township-Range in OK, I can tell you where it's at in my head. Our system makes sense, I know where 4N-4W is, therefore 16N-4W is straight North. Texas will be like Blk 69, Section 420, Jimmy Johns Survey.
There’s a 10 acre strip near my parent’s place, hasn’t been touched in yrs & is wildly overgrown. Which lead me to forget about the pond, until I struck out at diff spots. Briar patches & 20 bug bites later, it was exactly like I remembered, been catching hogs here for 16 yrs.
I connected with a guy on Twitter a couple weeks ago, we met for the first time at 10 am today. He said he had a deal I could check out, we agreed to terms by EOD, we will close by Monday. That’s the power of Twitter.
SBA wrote me this letter 6 months ago, just another example of the incredibly thoughtful and generous guy that he was. Always went out of his way to brighten someone else’s day. Praying for his family, rest easy my friend, cheers.
@SadBillAckman
Men will make jokes about “basic white girls”, how they’re all the same and then move to Midland/Odessa, buy a white Ford truck, ONLY back it in parking spots, & rock the shit out of some PFG shirts while saying “they’re just so comfy”.
You know how I know the SCOOP/STACK is back? Client told me to offer $21K/NMA @ 3/16ths, a deal closed in the same section at $19.5K. PE bros putting their vests on and getting after it again!
Learned a valuable lesson today, if you’re taking 4 kids fishing you don’t need to take a rod for yourself. Why? Because you are not fishing, you are the fishing hand. You will be getting worms, taking fish off, and fixing impressive tangles, but you will not be fishing.
Find a company with a CEO & Production Boss(idk actual title) that’s willing & knowledgeable enough to check wells in 3 degree weather, work with them as much as you can. This is a cheat code.
@willrayvalentin
@Scooter17377341
I’m not going to claim to understand it, but what’s going on with fentanyl is absolutely awful. Lost another one too soon, Bear was 24 just bought a house in DFW, crushing it at his job. RIP, I’ll hit some bombs for you kid
Ended the day at the pond behind the house, using the Marlin .22 my great grandfather gave me 20 years ago. He passed in 2012, he was a bomber pilot in WW2 & a total badass. Hell of a day, lots of beers & turtles were killed, lots of fun was had. Life is good folks
After taking
@parkertankus
“Generational Wealth - Mineral Rights 101” course, I too am making generational wealth. It’s not everyday you find investment opportunities that kick back $0.50 a month, buy his course before it’s too late!
As a landman there is nothing I love more than talking about “the rock”, while having absolutely no idea about “the rock”. I’ll tell you what though, we really like the rock in section 7, the rock in 8 is a little iffy, major faulting.
A few years ago one of my little league football coaches, that I haven’t spoken to in 12 years, randomly posted this comment on my FB wall. At the time I was confused by the randomness, it wasn’t until today that I noticed the date...
The fact that an Oklahoma Landman just turned $30k into Millions of $ in a year, shouldn’t surprise anyone. Apparently this was the STACK in 2014/2015, so I’d imagine he’s got more experience than you’d expect. Lol Kudos to this cat, he will sell straws of semen for $30k.
It’s honestly crazy to say, but 9 out of every 10 dollars my company has made since August have come from people I met on Twitter. When I first started with an anon account in 7/2019, could of never imagined, now I tell everyone to find their niche on Twitter & dive in.
Year 26 was a good one, learned a ton, laughed a lot, and met lots of great people. Here’s to 27, let’s make something happen! For my fellow meat connoisseurs, a black pepper crusted wagyu skirt steak w/ homemade Worcestershire, Rare +, as always. Onwards and Upwards!
Been on a phone call for over 2 hours, the guy has sent me 32 pictures of sandcastles, fireworks, and were now onto cooking. If he doesn’t sign the PSA, I’m knocking his sandcastles over, tbrh pretty impressive sand castles.
All these oilfield hands talking about how cold it is… back when I threw tongs, we worked in -30 degrees, the company man wouldn’t let me wear gloves. He would say if I was working(throwing) hard enough my hands wouldn’t even be cold, these youngsters will never understand.
Just had lunch with a friend from high school, 26 yrs old, started a commercial concrete biz 3 years ago. Now he has 50 employees and is doing a job on a Walmart today. I love seeing young ppl get after it, fires me up!
Had some minerals go under contract today(different than this mornings deal), the owner negotiated hard af, once we sign the contract she lets me know her dad won these minerals in a poker game. The entry into poker game was $25. Lol she got a good deal to say the least.
Last two nights of fishing, I was solo last night(pic on the right), so don’t have better pics. Also on the picture from tonight, notice - 0 arm extension, no pic tricks!
Last day of the year seemed like a good day to paper up a mineral deal & catch covid. I lasted 22 months without catching it, tbh if I felt like this in 2019, I wouldn’t think twice about it, would be at work rn. Looks like I have a hot date with excel for NYE, I’ll take it!
Two things - 1. They should put square footage on AirBnb listings. 2. Real estate photographers are magicians, our cabin is awesome, but it’s about 1/3rd of the size you’d think from the pictures.
When you receive $11 annual royalty checks, you’re entitled to Landman Friday. With the funds, I was able to buy a salt block for the ladies, they’re happy campers!
If your mineral buyers aren't finding deals, IMO they're not making enough calls. My mom didn't know anything about minerals 2 months ago, she's sourced more deals than I have so far in July. It's a numbers game, make the calls.
Outside of the fact that Ham tastes 10x better than Turkey, what really makes Ham the superior holiday meat is that it’s much harder to screw up. I can’t recall ever having bad Ham, bad Turkey is an every other year occurrence.
At a company Christmas party, everyone is in suits/formal attire, except one dude, he’s rocking a Michigan Tom Brady jersey. Legend move, will be becoming friends with him before the nights over.
Raining today so I broke out my old boots(square toe), eating some of the best beef jerky you can buy, and washing it down with a tallboy. Great end to Wednesday, let’s finish strong this week folks!
Parents are going to a rodeo in Kansas so I’m holding down the Goat Farm this weekend, I plan to crack a beer around breakfast and take care of our ponds turtle problem tomorrow. Everyone is welcome, DM for address, and BYOG
If you can find a good deal, finding the money is the easy part. There’s so much money out there looking for a deal, there’s a lot fewer people out there finding good deals. Asset class doesn’t matter, minerals, real estate, storage, you name it.
Happy Thanksgiving from God’s Country! I hope you all had a great day & were fortunate enough to spend time with your family. As I’ve gotten older, it’s become quite clear to me how priceless days like today are. Time waits on no man, remember that when you’re huffing & puffing
One thing I’ve learned through Twitter, people really don’t like being told to “stay in your lane”. I for one am just a landman, and I’m staying in the landman lane. Y’all have a great Friday and a better weekend, try to behave yourselves, ya heathens.
Found this on my Parent’s fireplace, crazy to think we’ve been doing this goat thing together for 17 years. It’s still one of my favorite things, very grateful to have such a badass dad.
What a week, seemingly fitting way to end it. Rough front 9, solid back 9, with a birdie on 18, symbolic of my week. Onward and upward folks, also Twitter trolls - open to critiques on my swing.
“See the check stub you sent me was from October, we averaged $87.50 WTI for the month of October, we’re at $74 right now. That’s why I can only offer you 30 months CashFlow, now here’s the line you would sign on”
Lips were ripped, don’t believe me? Smell my hands!
@ChrisBird12344
has one of the coolest spots I’ve seen in Green Country, 10 yr old me would of never left. His boys were eating it up, Great kids, thanks for having me out! Best part? No cell service, the real deal out here.
Papered up 30 acres today, going to paper up another 100 acres tomorrow, raised
@willrayvalentin
NRI a few points in some units, not a bad week for the kid. Y’all talk shit, I get shit signed, there’s a difference.
My mom locked another deal up this afternoon and texted me “let’s get this papered up”. Lol I couldn’t help but to laugh, but she’s catching on! What’s next, White F150? Deal sledz?
I despise the “anti-hard work” mantra on tech twitter.
When you grow up in the oilfield, all you know is hard work.
Missing your kid’s birthdays, missing Christmas, no sick days.
If someone comes to work at Digital Wildcatters, they better be ready to work their ass off.
Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin
@SenMullin
just stood up and tried to fight labor leader Sean O'Brien
@TeamsterSOB
at a Senate Help Committee hearing after reading his tweet where O'Brien says he'd take him "any time, any place."
We’re at the point in the cycle where a Title Landman interview goes like this - “Are you good at math? - interviewer “Yes” - applicant, “when can you start?” - interviewer