Moving Houses & Trading Acreage for Cadillacs with Andrew Keck

<p>Andrew Keck of Paloma Resources once moved a landowner's house to make room for a drill-site road. He also took a Cadillac Escalade as part of a New Mexico acreage deal.</p><p>Drew and Jerris open with homemade show t-shirts and a call for production and marketing help. Andrew, Senior Vice President and General Legal Counsel at Paloma Resources in Houston, started as a broker with Vernon Smith and Dudley, then worked surface and rights-of-way for Anadarko in Pennsylvania and Hess in Ohio. Since 2015 he has helped Paloma build multiple private equity-backed companies from zero acres. He also covers the sale of Paloma Permian, how he uses AI every day, and what technology still can't replace in land work.</p><p>In this episode:<br />• How a private equity operator builds acreage from nothing, sells it, and starts again<br />• Why Pennsylvania and Ohio landowners reacted so differently to drilling<br />• The road deal that moved a family's house, and the acreage trade that came with an Escalade<br />• Where AI already saves time in due diligence and land admin, and where title judgment still needs people<br />• Career advice for new landmen as the industry faces a generational gap</p><p>Chapters:<br />00:00 Custom T-Shirts, Office Studio Upgrades &amp; RDLS Hiring Call<br />05:35 Introducing Andrew Keck: UCO Bronchos to Tulsa Law School<br />08:26 Early Broker Days: Vernon Smith, Dudley Land &amp; The Marcellus Shift<br />10:44 Anadarko, Rig Food &amp; Surface Rights in Pennsylvania vs. Ohio Utica<br />15:36 Joining Paloma Resources &amp; The Private Equity Build-and-Sell Model<br />23:30 Aptitudes for PE vs. Corporate Land &amp; Advice for New Landmen<br />29:24 Landowner Dogs: Winning Friends with Bacon &amp; Escaping in the F-150 Bed<br />32:41 Out-of-the-Box Deals: Moving a House &amp; The 1,100-HP Escalade<br />38:10 Selling Paloma Permian, Due Diligence &amp; Launching Paloma Permian 2<br />41:56 Implementing AI in Land Admin, Legal Contracts &amp; Document Scrubbing<br />44:41 Why Relationships &amp; Title Subjectivity Can't Be Replaced<br />48:22 Open Offer for New Mexico Acreage &amp; Show Wrap-Up</p><p>Links:<br />Paloma Resources: <a href="https://www.palomaresources.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.palomaresources.com/</a><br />Andrew Keck on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-keck-jd/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-keck-jd/</a><br />Have acreage in New Mexico? Andre