Bates Sanders Swan Land Company brokers premier ranches, farms and recreational land in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska and Saskatchewan, Canada. 

Based in Salt Lake City for 41 years,the Company has also maintained a strong Branch Office in Bozeman, Montana for the past ten years.

The Company serves carefully selected Sellers, and highly qualified Buyers in ranch and land transactions.  Bates Sanders Swan Land Company has developed solid relationships with reputable ranch and land brokers throughout the West.

Since 1970 the Company has closed over 570 transactions on more than 1,840,000 acres of deeded land approaching $2.0 Billion in total value - in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska, Colorado, Oregon and Georgia.
 

MICHAEL S. SWAN was raised on his family's cattle ranch located on the Jefferson River north of Twin Bridges, Montana. He was on the track team during his undergraduate years at Montana State University and then obtained a master's degree in sports administration at Idaho State University. This led Mike into many successful years ,from 1990 through 2001, as Assistant Athletic Director at the Air Force Academy, then as Athletic Director at Montana State University-Billings and finally as Athletic Director at Humboldt State University. Their passion for the mountains pulled Mike and his wife, Nancy, back to Montana. In December 2001, after years looking for the right individual, Patrick Bates invited this remarkable young man to join his company in opening the Bozeman Office.  Mike's strong ranching background, marketing and sales experience, and tireless work ethic proved to be an ideal fit for the endeavor.  His extraordinary desire to first serve and then befriend sellers and buyers of high quality ranch,farm and recreational properties combined with impeccable integrity have provided him a great career handling premier properties and complex transactions.  He has become one of the most trusted and capable land brokers in the Rocky Mountain real estate arena. As a partner of Bates Sanders Swan Land Company, Mike manages the Bozeman Office and is licensed in Montana and Nebraska.  Mike lives with his wife Nancy and two children outside of Bozeman.