Rural real estate is Mark's professional passion. For the past 21 years, he has been a real estate broker, investor, and developer in southern Oregon, specializing in forest, farm and private homesite development. He co-founded, owned, and managed a rural real estate brokerage firm in Medford, Oregon, and later established a real estate company dedicated solely to rural land development. As a rural land expert, Mark has extensive knowledge of Oregon's complex and frequently changing land-use planning laws. He holds a B.A. from Brigham Young University in international business relations, with a minor in Japanese. He currently works as a Land Sales Manager for Westslope Properties, a national rural land sales organization. He, his wife, and four children live just outside of Ashland on a 5 acre hobby farm.
