Wellhausen Real Estate and Consulting is a fully licensed real estate brokerage and consulting company in the State of Iowa with Chad Wellhausen serving as owner, broker and consultant. We are unique in that our services include not only the sale of agricultural land and commercial properties, but also consulting, recruiting and real estate investments
With a passion for rural America, agriculture, rural development, our communities and family; the goal is to help clients grow, while developing long-term relationships and friendships. We strive to grow personal real estate investments in a variety of industries with the capacity to purchase, build or develop agricultural, commercial or multi-family residential properties for lease. Ideally, we partner with tenants from the beginning to find and/or build the perfect space. Consulting and recruiting is equally central to Wellhausen Real Estate and Consulting’s business both in the past and will be moving forward. Services include, but are not limited to: business valuation and sale, interim management, project management, strategic planning, project specific work, succession planning and employee recruiting. As you can see from our Clients and Partners list below, we have consulting experience ranging from large scale projects with corporate and governmental partners to smaller scale, project-specific work. We are connected across industries; providing opportunities and bringing immediate value to our real estate, consulting and recruiting clients. Wellhausen Real Estate and Consulting looks forward to direct conversations with our clients to discover how we can meet your needs! CLIENTS AND PARTNERS:
· ConAgra Foods, Inc.
· Furst-McNess
· U. S Army Corp of Engineers
· Iowa Western Community College
· FEMA
· U. S Natural Resource Conservation Service
· Clarinda Regional Health Center
· Atchison County Levee District
· Cannon Drainage District
· The Nature Conservancy
· Wellhausen Farms, Inc.
· United States Department of Agriculture
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS:
· Ownership and management of commercial, multi-family, speculative and residential real estate projects. Tenants include:
- Mid-American Energy
- Edward Jones
- Boys Town
- State of Iowa
- U. S Federal Government
· Experience with 1031 tax deferred exchanges
· Designed, developed and built speculative properties
· Extensive Real Estate Networking
· Working knowledge of contracts and financing arrangements
CONSULTING FOCAL AREAS:
· Audit
· Accounting
· Finance
· Agriculture
· Economic Development
· International
PROVEN CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:
· Fraud, audit and reporting for multiple projects in agriculture, trading, financial services, accounting and manufacturing businesses.
· Development of the following to mitigate financial risk:
- Financial control development
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Policies and Procedures (P & Ps)
- Credit policies,
- Sarbanes-Oxley controls,
- FAS 133 valuations, etc.
· Projects completed in:
- England
- Scotland
- India
- Netherlands
- Japan
- Costa Rica
- Mexico
· Financial risk management strategy planning and implementation
· Expertise of agricultural business functions such as crop insurance, financing, marketing, record keeping, real estate, manure management plans and operational decision making
· Experience utilizing and implementing City and County development programs such as TIF, abatements, CDBG Block Grants, 260F and 260E training programs
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERISM:
· Member - St. Paul Lutheran Church
· School Board Member - Clarinda Lutheran School
· Leader: East River Pleasant Ridge 4-H Club
· Past President, Board Member - Clarinda Economic Development Corporation
· Member - Clarinda Chamber of Commerce
· Board Member - Clarinda Youth Tackle Football
