Back To The Land™ began as a thesis  on the sustainability of the back-to-the-land movement of 2020. I had just left Austin behind to commune with nature and raise my daughter swimming in Texas creeks when I began to imagine a a new career where meaning was front and center and maybe my skillset in real estate was still of good use. 

 

The Texas Hill Country presented significant opportunities for the real estate industry, but there are so many challenges and considerations that needed to be addressed if I could dedicate myself to it again. Things like development pressure, reliance on groundwater, and inadequate infrastructure, profit driven design.

I asked myself, can we conserve that in which we trade and still have a viable business model? Can we truly serve the demographic of the Hill Country and help them keep their land in the family? How do we usher in a tidal wave of new residents the right way? Can we conserve land, diversify our water portfolio, and build thoughtful new product at the same time?   

 

Back To The Land™ was born. A real estate company with a non-profit bitcoin treasury dedicated to Conservation. A not-just-for-profit real estate brokerage, a conservation-development consultancy, a non-profit dedicated to supporting endeavors that give back to the land, and maybe one day BTTL Kids, with after-school programs for the future stewards of our communities and villages.

Work began in earnest in 2024 and so far BTTL has successfully proved out the BTC treasury, the ability for the individual to give and thrive, and the desire by like minded clients to work with a company with a purpose.