Mitch Cain
Real-deal land guy from Patoka, Illinois. Mitch prices ground like an appraiser because he is one — then farms it himself, 108 acres at a time, before he ever puts a number on yours.
He doesn't sell farmland.
He farms it.
Mitch Cain grew up on Southern Illinois ground and never left it. He still farms it himself, 108 acres at a time — the same average tract size he's closed 87 times since 2018. That's not a coincidence. It's the reason he prices dirt the way he does.
He's also a licensed appraiser. Most land agents guess at value off comps they half-understand. Mitch runs the same analysis a bank would run before it writes a loan — soil type, productivity index, real comparable sales — before he ever tells a seller a number.
The result: a $100M+ producer since 2018 — 206 of those closings are on the MLS record alone (87 of them farm & land, worth $62.6M), plus private and off-market sales the MLS never sees. He's also #1 in farm & land volume in the MARIS MLS since 2024. Plenty of those "residential" closings had acreage attached too — knowledge is knowledge, and it shows up in every deal, not just the ones tagged "farm." When your farm is on the line, that's the difference between a guess and a number you can build a decision on.
Licensed to price it. Licensed to sell it.
IL Managing Broker
License 475.180028. Managing Broker of Real Legacy Land & Auction, Real Broker, LLC.
Licensed Appraiser
Mitch is an on-staff licensed appraiser — the number on your farm comes from the same analysis a bank would run, not a guess off a website.
Auction Results
Every online auction Mitch has run has closed at market — real bids, real buyers, real closings, on the record in the MARIS MLS.
Mitch's marquee sales.
“Not hiring Mitch would have cost me $1.5 million.”
— Sam Mateer · 1,465 acres · Fayette County