Our History

Schultz Auctioneers Landmark Realty, Inc. was founded by Mike Schultz in 1978.  That year he went to auction school at World Wide College of Auctioneering.  Shortly thereafter, he booked his first auction.  The auction was for a neighboring farmer.  From that humble beginning, we have grown into one of the Midwest’s premier auction and real estate companies.  We are now celebrating our 30th year in the auction industry and 24th year in the real estate business.

In 1984, Mike and Jan opened up their own real estate brokerage Landmark Realty.  By doing so they formed the predecessor to Schultz Auctioneers Landmark Realty, Inc.  Since 1984, Landmark Realty has specialized in residential, lake shore, recreational, farm and commercial properties across Morrison, Todd, and Stearns County.  As the business grew, Jim and Sally Waltman opened a Landmark Realty office in Swanville.  Today, there are two real estate offices - Upsala and Swanville.  We continue to work in all areas of real estate, and specialize in lake shore, recreational and farm properties.  We also do a large amount of business centered around the local communities and residential properties.

Our headquarters are located in Upsala, Minnesota, and we have a second real estate office in Swanville, Minnesota.  We are recognized as an award winning auction company throughout Minnesota.  We routinely sell real estate at auction and through traditional listing throughout Minnesota.  We are also recognized for our specialty auctions with our marquee event being the Spring Rendezvous held the first Saturday in March each year.

Our Staff

Mike SchultzMike Schultz, CAI
President, Auctioneer and REALTOR
e-mail: Mike@SchultzAuctioneers.com
Cellular: (320) 232-0850

Mike is a member of the Minnesota State Auctioneers Association, National Auctioneers Association, St. Cloud Area Association of Realtors, Greater Lakes Association of Realtors, Minnesota Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors.  He is active within the organizations.  Mike is a past director of the Minnesota State Auctioneers Association and Past-President of the Minnesota State Auctioneers Association.  He also is the 2004 Minnesota State Champion Auctioneer and a several-time International Auctioneer Champion Finalist.

Mike also holds the prestigious designation of CAI.  The CAI designation is the most prestigious designation awarded in the auction industry and is designed for leaders in the industry and auction firm decision-makers.  The CAI is an executive development program focused on developing the skills and providing the tools necessary to run a top-notch auction firm.

Jan SchultzJan Schultz
Vice-President, Auctioneer, REALTOR and Real Estate Broker
e-mail: Jan@SchultzAuctioneers.com
Office: (320) 573-2468

Jan is a member of the Minnesota State Auctioneers Association, St. Cloud Area Association of Realtors, Greater Lakes Association of Realtors, St. Paul Association of Realtors, Minnesota Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors.  She is active within the organizations and regularly attends continuing education classes in the areas of real estate and auctions.

Jan manages the daily operations of our company.  She is the person in the office that guides your transaction through to closing.  Jan prides herself on her detailed, personal approach to handling one of the most important purchases of your life.  As well as handling the daily operations of our company, Jan is also the broker responsible for overseeing our other REALTORS and their transactions.

John D SchultzJohn D Schultz, BAS Candidate
Vice-President of Operations, and Auctioneer
e-mail: John@SchultzAuctioneers.com
Cellular: (612) 432-4015

John is a member of the Minnesota State Auctioneers Association and National Auctioneers Association. He is active within both organizations. John is a past director and current Vice-President of the Minnesota State Auctioneers Association, current Chair of the Technology Committee, current Chair of the Auditing Committee, and current Chair of the Ethics Committee.

John currently is a candidate for his BAS designation.  The designation is designed for individuals specializing in benefit auctions.  The BAS is a development program focused on developing the skills and providing the tools necessary to create successful benefit auctions.

John also works actively within the live online auction arena, and works with live online auction providers Bidspotter, and Proxibid. Because of this work, he is frequently retained by other auctioneers to handle their auction day technology needs.

Jim and Sally Waltman
REALTORS and Appraisers
e-mail: Waltman@wisper-wireless.com
Office: (320) 547-2440 

Jim and Sally are members of the St. Cloud Area Association of Realtors, Greater Lakes Association of Realtors, Minnesota Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors.  They are active within the organizations, and regularly attend continuing education classes in the areas of real estate and appraising.

Jim and Sally manage the Swanville office of our company, and are active within the local community.  In addition to their work as REALTORS, they are also active in the appraisal business, and work with many local and regional lenders throughout Minnesota.

Matt SchultzMatt Schultz, BAS
Auctioneer
e-mail: Matt@SchultzAuctioneers.com
Cellular: (651) 335-6364

Matt is a member of the Minnesota State Auctioneers Association and National Auctioneers Association. He is active within both organizations.  Matt is a National Auctioneers Association Life Member.  Matt actively works within the areas of fundraising and benefit auctions and is often sought by leading organizations throughout Minnesota as auctioneer and master of ceremony.

Matt currently holds his BAS designation.  The designation is designed for individuals specializing in benefit auctions.  The BAS is a development program focused on developing the skills and providing the tools necessary to create successful benefit auctions.

Don Handeland
Ringman, Antique, Native American and Sporting Collectibles Specialist

Don is an integral part of our staff for many of our auctions.  He is an avid collector of many items, and frequently buys and sells on eBay.  His auction day enthusiasm, and ability to joke and have fun with the auction attendees makes him an easy favorite among many of our auction goers.  Don is actively involved with our annual Spring Rendezvous and is the man behind the phone for many of the questions leading up to the auction.

Mary Frie
Clerk

Mary has been a member of our company since 1978.  She has been by our side at nearly every auction as the clerk.  She is an integral part of our staff on auction day as she is responsible for recording a description of each item, the price each item sold for, and the person who bought the item.

Isaac Schultz
Ringman, Jr. Auctioneer, Cashier

Isaac is Mike and Jan’s oldest son.  As a result, he has been around auctions his entire life.  Isaac is the 2008 America’s favorite Jr. Auctioneer as voted on at AuctionNetwork.com.  He regularly attends both national and state auction educational seminars.  In his spare time, Isaac manages to play football, and basketball, and is active in community and high school plays.

Ethan Schultz
Ringman, Clerk, Setup

Ethan is Mike and Jan’s youngest son, and has been around auctions his entire life.  In fact, Ethan was born during an auction in North Dakota.  Ethan regularly works to setup auctions, and is never afraid to pitch in to get the job done.  He is a regular attender of both the national and state auction conference and shows.  In his spare time, Ethan plays football, basketball, and baseball, is active in community and high school plays, and is an avid outdoors-man.

Marlys Atkinson
Setup

Marlys is a critical member of our staff and is often responsible for the setup of our auctions.  She handles the setup and cleanup of most of our estate auctions when a full service hands-on approach is requested by our clients.  Marlys is always smiling and eager to help.

Ray Anderson
Numismatic, Setup, Shipping

Ray is the man behind the scenes for many of our auctions.  He is responsible for internal grading of our coin auctions, and also responsible for cataloging the coins for auction.  In addition to being our on staff numismatic, Ray also assists with setup at our larger auctions, and is also the man behind the shipping of items to our online customers. 

Hannah Anderson
Cashier

Hannah is often the bright, smiley, face you meet when you register for one of our auctions.  She is the first person you see when you register, and the person you see when you pay.  Her pleasant attitude make her a favorite among our auction attendees, and our staff.

Chantelle Frie
Cashier/Clerk

Chantelle is our most recent addition to our staff.  She works both as a cashier and clerk.  Often you can find her smiling face registering bidders and assisting with checkout.  At other times, she is behind the keyboard working as a clerk.