Leahis a graduate of Mankato State University with a Bachelors Degree in Business Management and Human Resources. After training under her grandpa, Allen Kahler, for 3 years, Leah has earned her MN Certified General Appraiser License #40337381 and IA Certified General Appraiser License #CG03529, which she operates under her business, Land Services Appraisals LLC. She is also a licensed Minnesota Real Estate Broker, #40416719 and an Iowa Real Estate Broker, #B66203000.
Leah along with her husband Dustyn, a licensed Real Estate Agent & Auctioneer, are both actively involved in Auctioneer Alley-Auction America, which sells real estate, farm and construction equipment. Leah has worked for many years clerking these auctions.
Leah and her husband, Dustyn, are land owners of multiple Martin County, MN parcels of bare farmland and are also involved in ownership of shares in Minnesota Farmland investment companies. They are involved in multiple swine confinement buildings which have the capacity for over 7,800 head at one time, finishing over 15,600 head per year.
Leah also has had many years of experience working with her father and mother. Her mother working for many years in insurance and owner of NK Clerking, and her father a lifetime agriculture investor involved in banking, ownership of shares in several John Deere dealerships, and buying and selling farm and construction equipment, trucks, tools, etc.
Leah is actively involved with the St. Johns Lutheran Church as a Sunday School Teacher and recently severed on the Board of Education for six yearsand also served on theMartin County Pork Producers Board for six years. Leah loves to run in her free time and participate in road races throughout the year. Leah and her husband reside in Martin County, MN with their sons, Henry and Hayden, who keep her very busy.