PROFESSIONAL LAND SERVICES BY:
Mark M. Hebert
P.O. Box 1650
Kingsland, TX 78639
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Willing to Travel
My background in Real Estate has enabled me to be a proficient landman. I am familiar with
courthouse records and have experience working with the Courthouse records in the following
states/counties: Colorado: Bent and Cheyenne Counties; in Texas: Travis County, Williamson County,
Burnet County, Llano County, Hays County, Caldwell County, Bastrop County, Guadalupe County,
Bexar County, San Patricio, Karnes, and DeWitt counties; Livingston county in southern Louisiana;
and in Kansas: Harper and Comanche Counties.
Specialties
Survey Permissions - Mineral Lease Acquisitions - Title Preparation/Recordation –
Lease Take-Offs - Damage Negotiations – ROW Acquisitions – Abstracting – Permitting –
GIS Systems Utilization – Mapping – Survey/Plat Interpretation – Legal Description
Development – Calculation/Determination of Ownership Interest
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CONTRACT LAND STAFF, LLC
(RIGHT OF WAY AND TITLE SERVICES)
JANUARY 2012 - PRESENT
MY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE ABSTRACTING TITLE, PREPARING OWNERSHIP
REPORTS, RESEARCHING OGL LEASES, IDENTIFYING SURFACE AND MINERAL
OWNERS, ROW PERMISSIONS AND ACQUISITIONS, COORDINATION OF
CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS (AS APPLICABLE), AND COMMUNICATION WITH
TITLE ATTORNEYS. TITLE RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED ONLINE (WHEN
APPLICABLE), AND IN THE FIELD, WITHIN COUNTY COURTHOUSES. MY FOCUSED
ATTENTION TO DETAIL HAS SERVED AS A VALUABLE ASSET AS A LANDMAN. MY
EXPERIENCE AS A TITLE AND RIGHT-OF-WAY AGENT AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
AS A REAL ESTATE APPRAISER GROOMED MY SKILLS IN: READING AND
INTERPRETING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDING METES AND BOUNDS, SECTION-
TOWNSHIP-RANGE DESCRIPTIONS, READING SURVEYS TO INTERPRET EXISTING
EASEMENTS AND PROPOSED ROUTES FOR EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS AND
RIGHT OF WAYS, READING TITLE DOCUMENTS, REVIEW OF LAND CONTRACTS
AND LEASES, USE OF COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT WEBSITES FOR RESEARCHING
LAND OWNERS, USE OF STATE GOVERNMENT WEBSITES FOR OIL AND GAS LEASE
DATA AND MAPS.
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MAVERICK WAY LAND ENTERPRISES, LLC
(OIL AND GAS LAND SERVICES)
FEBRUARY 2009 – JUNE 2011 AND SEPTEMBER 2011 - JANUARY 2012
POSITION: LANDMAN
MY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED ABSTRACTING TITLE, PREPARING OWNERSHIP
REPORTS, RESEARCHING OGL LEASES, IDENTIFYING SURFACE AND MINERAL
OWNERS, ROW PERMISSIONS AND ACQUISITIONS, AND COMMUNICATION WITH
TITLE ATTORNEYS. TITLE RESEARCH, COORDINATION OF INITIAL CONTACT
WITH LAND OWNERS, AND CLOSINGS ON THE PURCHASE OF EASEMENTS ACROSS
THEIR PROPERTIES
EAGLE LAND SERVICES, INC.
(OIL AND GAS LAND SERVICES)
JUNE 2011 – SEPTEMBER 2011
POSITION: LANDMAN
My responsibilities included abstracting title, preparing ownership reports, researching OGL leases,
identifying surface and mineral owners, and communication with title attorneys. Research is
conducted online (when applicable), and in the field, within county courthouses. My focused attention
to detail has served as a valuable asset as a Landman. As a real estate appraiser I have gained
experience in: reading and interpreting legal descriptions, including metes and bounds, section-
township-range descriptions, reading surveys to interpret easements, encroachments and right of ways,
reading title documents, review of land contracts and leases, use of county appraisal district websites
for researching land owners, use of state government websites for oil and gas lease data and maps.
Hebert’s Appraisal Service:
(Real estate appraisal firm servicing central Texas)
April 1997 – June 2011
Position: Appraiser/Business Manager
My responsibilities included marketing of appraisal and consulting services, research of deed
records to report deed transfer history of the subject property and the comparable sales,
ONLINE AND ON SITE TITLE WORK /ABSTRACTING, the inspection of residential properties
(including analysis of right of way, easements and encroachments, and ingress and egress to and
from the properties), analysis of highest and best use, research, study, and analysis of F.E.M.A.
and Census Tract maps, title, tax, and market data research, study and analysis of land surveys,
the compilation and study of available market area statistical and cost data to produce residential
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appraisal reports. Another integral part of the appraisal process includes reading of builder plans
(blueprints) and specifications and/or measuring of site improvements to develop (through take-
offs from the plans) floor plan sketches with the use of Apex software via an interface within ACI
appraisal software.
Detailed responsibilities have included:
• Maintaining and developing customer relationships through personal meetings, emails, and
webinars, development of electronic delivery system to include digital signatures, digital
photos, and digital maps.
• Performance of interim construction inspections/reports and final inspection/reports for banks
and builder clients.
• Completion of appraisals performed for various corporate and private clientele, including (but
not limited to): Pulte Mortgage (Mortgage lender owned by Pulte Homes, LLC); Taylor
Morrison Home Funding (Mortgage lender owned by Taylor Morrison, Inc.); Universal
American Mortgage (Mortgage lender owned by Lennar Homes, Inc.), and multiple Banks and
Appraisal Management Companies including (but not limited to): Flagstar Bank, American
Bank, Bank of America, Cattleman’s National Bank, Lender Services, Inc., and Streetlinks
Appraisal Management Co.
• Development of customized commentary and processes to meet individual client needs.
Development of a database of sketches from builders’ plans using “Apex” drafting software,
and cost approaches made from builder specifications.
EDUCATION
BUSINESS PROGRAM AT SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATE PROGRAM AT HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Currently a student at DeVry University – ONLINE in their BSPM program
Graduation with a Bachelor of Science in Project Management degree targeted for spring of 2015.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PAST AND PRESENT AFFILIATIONS
AAPL Application Pending
Austin Board of Realtors
San Antonio Board of Realtors
Texas Association of Realtors
National Association of Realtors
Llano Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau of Texas
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
SKILLS
MS Word
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MS Excel
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• MS Outlook
• MS PowerPoint
• ACI appraisal software
• Various imaging softwares
• Deed Plotter
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References
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Murphy Energy Resources, LLC.
Abstracts of title - lease take-offs - tax assessor records – successful negotiations of the terms and
conditions of an oil and gas leases- 225-***-****
Bergeron Land Services
Abstracts to patent - mapping - computer abstracting
Jason Holley, Landman / Seismograph
Knowledgeable of seismograph for field work as a permit agent and mapping
Cody Spurgeon, Landman, Oil and Gas Landman Broker
Abstracts of title - lease take-offs - tax assessor records – successful negotiations of the terms and
conditions of an oil and gas leases and purchase of easements and mineral rights
Ernie Dungey, Appraiser and owner of: Dungey Appraisal Co.
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The Woodlands, Texas – 832-***-****
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Emile Hebert, owner/C.O.O. of: Hebert’s Trucking and Equipment, LLC
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Crown Point, Louisiana – 504-***-****
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