Auction Manager and Real Estate Broker

Gene Klingaman

Columbia City, Indiana

About

Gene Klingaman is an Auction Manager and Real Estate Broker with Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company, specializing in large-scale land auctions and complex, high-value real estate offerings across the country. Gene Klingaman grew up in Columbia City, Indiana, and attended Purdue University, where he studied Forestry. And later received a masters degree in Agronomy.

Gene has been a licensed auctioneer and a licensed real estate broker since 1975. He previously served as a principal of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company and helped pioneer the multi-tract auction method - initiating its use in the 1980s. Over the course of his career, Gene has individually sold more than one billion dollars in land.

Background

Gene has handled numerous transactions of $25 million or more. He coordinated the sale of the Pawamo Ranch, an offering of more than 67,000 acres, and sold the notable Anderson Circle Ranch near Lexington, Kentucky.

His work has earned him some of the industry's highest honors, including induction into the Auctioneer Hall of Fame, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, and multiple Auction of the Year awards. Gene has served as an officer of the National Auctioneers Association and has been a frequent speaker for professional auction associations, sharing the methods he helped develop with auctioneers across the industry.

Gene served as an owner of the company for 38 years, and has been in the industry for over 50 years. His wealth of experience makes him one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the industry. He shares some of this knowledge in a book, Sold! The Professional Guide to Real Estate Auctions.

Additional Information

Gene lives in Columbia City, Indiana. He enjoys spending time with his family and watching sports, and he is a big Purdue basketball fan. Gene has been heavily involved at First Church of God and with Grace College.