With AFM Real Estate, our real estate professionals are supported by a team of experts in land management, timber sales, recreational licensing, wildlife management, appraisal services, and more. Our depth of expertise is unmatched in the industry, as we are the only land real estate firm in the United States with access to a full suite of land management services. If you’re buying or selling land real estate, you can rest assured that our agents are collaborating with other professionals to bring you the best possible outcome.

In 1966, Bartow S. Shaw, Jr. formed Bartow Shaw and Associates to provide consulting services for private forestland owners. Nearly 20 years later, Roy Belser and Frank McLeod III purchased stock, and Shaw, McLeod and Belser was born. Over the next 30 years the company expanded through both organic growth and acquisition of esteemed companies and consultants, including the Hurlbutt firm, Canal Forest Resources, Sustainable Forest Technologies (consulting arm of International Paper), and International Forestry Consultants. This dynamic growth brought us to become the strong company we are today--the company we’re proud to call American Forest Management.