The guy who answers when you have a hard question about your land.

I'm Josh Genz, broker and co-owner of United Country Midwest Lifestyle Properties, based in Onalaska, Wisconsin. For 13 years I have helped owners sell and buyers acquire the two things I know best: land, and the homes and lifestyle that come with it. Around here people call me a land pro, and I take that seriously: farms, hunting ground, acreage, timber, water, access and the families who own them.

Josh Genz, broker and co-owner of United Country Midwest Lifestyle Properties, in a black t-shirt and dark baseball cap
Josh, the broker who answers the phone
A white farmhouse and pole barn on Western Wisconsin acreage
the kind of place I've spent 13 years selling
A clear creek over limestone in the Driftless
water runs through a lot of these deals

My career sits at the intersection most agents never stand in. Traditional residential firms know houses but treat forty acres as scenery. Land companies know the dirt but can't carry the house and the lifestyle with it. I was built for both at once: sophisticated residential representation plus real land, farm, hunting and recreational expertise, under one roof.

I combine personal land and outdoor experience with 13 years of real estate and brokerage leadership, the Midwest Lifestyle Properties agent network, United Country's national reach, land-specific marketing, professional video and media, and the technology and AI tools that are changing how rural property is sold. That combination is hard for a traditional residential brokerage or a land-only brokerage to replicate.

Role
Broker / Co-owner
Experience
13 years
License
76296 · WI
Firm
United Country Midwest Lifestyle Properties

People who own the land, and want it sold or bought right.

For sellers

Retiring from farming, settling an estate, downsizing, relocating, or unlocking value in a property you have owned for years. I find out what it is really worth, get it positioned, and market it to the buyers who can actually afford it.

For buyers

Looking for acreage, a hobby farm, hunting ground, a country home or an income property. I know the wells, the septic systems, the flood plains and the neighbors, and I will tell you about them before the inspector does.

For families & estates

Some of the hardest sales are the most human: a family farm, an inherited cabin, a place three generations built. I have done these with care and patience, and I will handle yours the same way.

A deer trail through an oak ridge beside a clover food plot
recreational ground, valued like the asset it is

A few beliefs I operate on.

  • 01

    Price is a number, value is a story. The market pays for what a property lets the buyer imagine: the food plot, the pasture rent, the sunroom view. My job is to document both.

  • 02

    Honesty beats hope every time. If the county highway is about to widen or the well tests slow, you want to know it from me, before the buyer's inspector finds a way out of the deal.

  • 03

    Marketing wins price for the seller. The right buyer for a hunting tract is usually not looking for a house, and the right buyer for a country home is not looking for 160 acres. I make sure both find it.

  • 04

    A land transaction is a relationship. Family farms come with feelings. I have sat at kitchen tables and talked through what a place has meant for forty years. That part matters, and I don't rush it.

The land is the job. The life is the point.

I sell farms, hunting ground and country homes because I actually live the lifestyle. Most of my best conversations start in a deer stand, on a boat or at the rink, and the families I work with are a big part of why I'm still out here. Here is the life behind the listings.

Out here

Josh on a calm lake holding a bass he just caught
grew up on the water, still at it on weekends
Josh operating a tractor with a yellow seeder attachment in a wooded area
came up around machinery, still like seat time in the field
Josh in a snowy forest holding a set of deer antlers
snow, woods and a good find
Josh in a tree stand at sunset in Western Wisconsin
the view from the stand at last light
Josh taking a selfie in a sunny field of sunflowers under a bright blue sky
sunflowers beat a desk any day
Josh and his son wearing blaze orange hunting gear outdoors
the next generation, out there with me

Around here

Josh, his wife and their son posing for a selfie at an indoor ice hockey rink
hockey season is family season
Josh standing on an ice rink with a young boy holding a trophy
little man's hardware night
A man standing on top of a leather sofa while decorating a tall Christmas tree inside a home
someone has to reach the star
Josh and a colleague wearing festive holiday attire and Salvation Army aprons while fundraising
one of the better jobs in December

Entry 05 · Credentials

The paper trail.

What qualifies me to be the person you call about your land. If you want more documentation, ask and I will show you the whole file.

Experience
13 years in real estate
Licensed
76296 · WI
Office
Onalaska, Wisconsin
Network
United Country national reach