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Gregory W. Fay

Founder & Chairman | Broker

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Licensed in MT, SC

Gregory W. Fay

Founder & Chairman | Broker

Greg founded Fay Ranches in April 1992 in his one-bedroom apartment in Bozeman, Montana. As the CEO of Fay Ranches, Greg has guided the company’s growth from humble beginnings to today’s national land brokerage. Over the years, Greg has transacted hundreds of millions of dollars of working farms, ranches, and sporting properties. He has successfully executed some of the nation’s most significant land sales and acquisitions.

With the support of his family and the help of many wonderful people along the way, Fay Ranches has become the leading land brokerage in the United States, representing some of the finest land assets from coast to coast.

The Realtors Land Institute recently named Greg the 2024 Regional Broker of the Year for Ag Land Ranch sales and the 2021 National Broker of the Year for Recreational/Working Ranch sales, recognizing his top sales volume nationwide.

Greg has been a part-owner and the manager of a working ranch on the Ruby River in Madison County, Montana, since 1995. He has been intimately involved in managing and enhancing ranches, helping to create sustainable agricultural programs and irrigation systems, creating ponds and wetlands, and rehabilitating fish and wildlife habitats. These interests have provided Greg with a wealth of knowledge relative to the beneficial marriage of recreation and agricultural production, and he enjoys sharing this knowledge with his clients.

Greg is also the founder and President of the Fay Rural Community Foundation, www.faycf.org. Greg believes strongly in giving back to the rural communities where we live, work, and play. These resilient communities suffer from a lack of educational, health, and youth services that, through FRCF, the wonderful friends and clients of Fay are helping to provide.

Greg graduated in 1984 from the University of Colorado with a degree in English Literature and has been a full-time real estate broker since 1986. In his over thirty-five-year career, Greg has built a reputation of being direct and honest, with a wealth of knowledge in the land investment arena.

The youngest of seven children, Greg was raised in an entrepreneurial family with a strong work ethic and integrity and the importance of doing something you enjoy. Greg has been successful in fulfilling this family creed.

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Silver Ruby Ranch

Sheridan, Montana

A premier river-to-mountain property in Montana’s Ruby River Valley, offering exceptional privacy, water, and wildlife. Both sides of a blue-ribbon trout river, a private spring creek, and a scenic pond system create outstanding fishing and waterfowl habitat. The land balances productive agriculture and conservation, with abundant elk and deer and nearby public land access. Improvements include a striking main residence, guest home, and manager’s home, all set in a beautiful, secluded landscape.

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CloverCrest Ranch on the Jefferson

Twin Bridges, Montana

Situated on the banks of the Jefferson River and multiple spring-fed ponds on site, this ranch property offers a southwestern Montana sporting lifestyle. Fishing enthusiasts will be thrilled to discover 1.5± miles of world-class trophy trout river frontage on the property. The crystal-clear waters of the Jefferson River are home to some of the most impressive trout in the world. The new owner can enjoy exciting hunts for whitetail deer, waterfowl, and upland birds.

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Four Creeks Sporting Ranch

Big Timber, Montana

This Montana property offers 9± miles of live water and natural pools awaiting a dry fly cast, timbered draws, and shrub-covered hills camouflaging elk and mule deer. The ranch is a blank canvas for new owners to pursue quiet solitude and their favorite recreational activities. Only 29± miles southeast of the small ranching town of Big Timber, Montana, the property presents endless outdoor pursuits and attractive investment opportunities.

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Flint Creek Ranch

Drummond, Montana

This is an opportunity to own land on one of Montana’s best-kept angling secrets, located in a beautiful valley with breathtaking views and offering endless recreational pursuits. An established build site and developed pond increase equity. Located minutes from l Clark’s Fork and Rock Creek River, the property offers some of the country’s best fishing. This property is highly desirable with limited public access, a mile of Flint Creek, two other spring creeks, a wetland, and a beautiful pond. T

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Carten Creek Ranch

Gold Creek, Montana

Montana’s beautiful Clark Fork River Valley is now a quiet ranching community and home to a unique Montana ranch. With its diverse and abundant wildlife population and rolling landscape, the property is a rare Montana property in a desirable location. A beautiful 3,000± square-foot off-grid log home rests on an open ridge, maximizing views of the valley below. From well-constructed mountain roads and trails and improvements, the ranch is the ultimate turn-key opportunity.

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Two Bear Ranch

Big Timber, Montana

This gemstone property combines productive agricultural and irrigated hay land and is located a short distance north of Big Timber, Montana. The ranch is positioned along the banks of Big Timber Creek, and the ranch backdrop showcases the snow-capped peaks of the Crazy Mountains to the west and the Absaroka Mountain Range looming to the south. The views are powerful and welcoming. The Ranch offers 730± diverse acres with excellent upland bird, whitetail, and mule deer hunting.

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F Double D Ranch

Manhattan, Montana

An evening on this ranch is like no other. It’s a time and place where you can watch hundreds of elk descend from the hills and cross the Gallatin River to feed. Or see whitetail deer grazing on the hayfields and expansive grasslands, or the sun’s last rays dance on the river as it glides beneath the towering cottonwoods. Where you can watch a brown trout lazily rise to sip a mayfly from the surface of one of the three private spring creeks. This ranch is a refuge for fish and wildlife, and a place where families gather to make memories. 

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Ennis Lake Ranch

Ennis, Montana

Fay Ranches is proud to announce the featured sale of The Ennis Lake Ranch, one of those highly coveted Madison Valley ranches. The Ennis Lake Ranch is both stunningly beautiful and located in a highly desirable area. As its namesake implies, Ennis Lake Ranch is one of the very few ranches with frontage on the lake, providing gorgeous views and boating fun.

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East Gallatin River Reserve

Belgrade, Montana

Spanning around 34 acres with 0.5 miles of East Gallatin River frontage, this land listing offers exceptional fishing and stunning Bridger Mountain views. The property has existing infrastructure, including septic systems and road easements. Conveniently located 10± minutes from Belgrade and the airport, and 20± minutes from Bozeman, it balances urban access and natural serenity, making it an appealing investment or living choice.

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223 E. Main

Bozeman, Montana

This property imbues the Rustic and Elegant elements: complete custom-built interior, wood and tile floors throughout, stone archways and fireplaces, reclaimed wood doors and details, and Pierre Frey wallpaper. 223 E. Main offers a classic example of refined Bozeman living.

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Dome Mountain Ranch

Emigrant, Montana

This stunning ranch has incredible views in all directions ranging from mountain ranges, the Yellowstone River, the famed Paradise Valley and into Yellowstone National Park. The land transitions through three ecosystems from the river bottom riparian area to the Absaroka Mountain Range’s forested mountains. There are also three lakes on the ranch. The ranch is well improved with a beautiful log home and guest homes and the Dome Mountain Guest Ranch structures along the river.

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East Gallatin River Ranch

Belgrade, Montana

A peaceful 20± minute drive from the booming college town of Bozeman, Montana, the ranch boasts an unheard-of 1.75± miles of both sides of the East Gallatin River as well as a beautiful pond, spring-fed sloughs, and oxbows. A beautiful executive home and guest house overlook the large pond and river with stunning views of the Bridger Mountains and Ross Peak. The setting is private, peaceful, and secluded, yet close to many amenities.

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Boulder River Crossing

McLeod, Montana

Sitting in the bottom of the Boulder River Valley, this ranch is located 20± minutes from Big Timber, Montana and an easy 90± mile drive to Bozeman. Frontage on this crystal-clear Montana river is highly desirable and difficult to find. This ranch will turn dreams into reality for the new owner.

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Boulder River Vista

McLeod, Montana

Sitting over the top of the Boulder River Valley, the Boulder River Vista offers productive grazing land, jaw-dropping views, and significant recreational opportunities. The property does not have any improvements and it is not protected by a conservation easement, therefore it is a blank canvas. Pair these attributes with an excellent location, only 20± minutes south of Big Timber, Montana and 90± minutes from Bozeman, and the Boulder River Vista emerges as an excellent opportunity for a wide array of investors.

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Big Hole Sporting Reserve

Twin Bridges, Montana

With easy access to fly fishing, big game hunting and recreation in southwest Montana, this property has all the ingredients of a quality recreational ranch. Located at the epicenter of trout fishing in Montana and featuring a beautifully placed private home, this recreational retreat is a rare find.

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Tepee Ridge Hideaway

Bozeman, Montana

This breathtakingly beautiful 40± acre retreat is located in the prestigious Tepee Ridge neighborhood and has approximately .35 miles of Bridger Creek, a wonderful small stream fishery. Tepee Ridge Hideaway boasts a tremendous ranch style log home with large 12”-14” logs originally from Canada. The thoughtful design of the home makes it the perfect place to entertain visiting friends and family or just relax in privacy.

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Visions West Ranch

Livingston, Montana

The ranch offers commanding views of 4 surrounding mountain ranges while providing diverse topography and native vegetation making for the perfect wildlife haven. Within the property are dramatic changes in elevation, ranging 650 feet from the lowest to highest point, rising and falling again and again through stands of trees, wide open wildflower meadows, natural springs and rolling grassy hills. Ideal for a hunting retreat, conservation easement, family compound or development.

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Historic Hawkwood House

McLeod, Montana

The Historic Hawkwood house stands alone in the prestigious West Boulder River Valley as an artistic renovation of the valley’s most historic structure. This finely appointed 2,457± square foot, three bedroom‐suite cabin is as stately as its pristine surroundings. Surrounded by the West Boulder Reserve.

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West Boulder Angling Retreat

McLeod, Montana

Within some of the country’s most breathtaking scenery lies a river valley without equal. The West Boulder Angling Retreat is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience one of the West’s most beautiful settings.

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West Boulder Ranch

McLeod, Montana

Nestled at the base of the Absaroka Mountains in south central Montana, the West Boulder Ranch is one of the most scenic and prolific sporting ranches in the Northern Rockies.

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River Island Ranch

Silver Star, Montana

This ranch is a tremendously productive ranch for wild trophy trout, as well as a variety of wildlife including whitetail deer, turkey, pheasants, waterfowl and the occasional moose. It is also a stunningly beautiful property with the Jefferson River forming the western boundary of the ranch and to the east the Tobacco Root Mountains form the skyline.

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North Fork Ranch

Townsend, Montana

A highly diverse 322± deeded acres providing excellent elk hunting in its timbered draws, highly maintained pastures for a small cow operation or horse setup and the North Fork of Deep Creek dancing its way through towering cottonwood trees. The ranch is also thoughtfully improved with a beautiful, custom, 3 bedroom home, a 78’ x 100’ Arena/Warehouse with an apartment and a 60’ x 100’ Shop.

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Triple S Ranch

Big Timber, Montana

Located within the shadow of the Crazy Mountains just 15± minutes north of Big Timber, Montana the 1850± deeded acres of the Triple S Ranch offers beautiful rolling pastures, covered draws incredible panoramic mountain views, Big Timber Creek frontage, and unmatched peace and privacy.

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Rock Creek Ranch

Emigrant, Montana

This ranch is a recreational haven for those who love to hunt big elk and deer as well as fish and explore the famed Paradise Valley in southwest Montana. The ranch is very private and is almost completely surrounded by the Gallatin National Forest which leads directly into Yellowstone National Park.

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Dancing Bear Ranch

Ennis, Montana

This rolling alpine ranch in Montan is a private mountain retreat surrounded by some of the most pristine mountain wilderness in the lower 48 states, yet close to great skiing and fly fishing. Complete with a beautiful traditional Montana home this ranch offers world class recreation right out your backdoor.

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Sixteen Mile Creek Retreat

Belgrade, Montana

Rarely do ranches along Sixteen Mile Creek come to market. Sixteen Mile Retreat is a unique destination, with tremendous privacy and access to an exceptional trout stream.

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Gallatin Overlook Ranch

Belgrade, Montana

From its perch overlooking the Gallatin Valley, the ranch provides the best of both worlds; complete privacy in a beautiful setting, as well as easy access to Bozeman and all the amenities this vibrant university town has to offer. There is a beautiful ranch compound with a custom ranch style home, shop and a 1 acre stocked trout pond and the property is contiguous with an additional 640± acre State section of land. It is the ideal property for those looking for privacy and ideal proximity.

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Diamond B Ranch

Emigrant, Montana

The Diamond B Ranch is nestled beneath Emigrant Peak which towers over the southern Paradise Valley and the famous Yellowstone River. This Montana ranch is just 30 minutes away from Yellowstone National Park via the North Entrance at Gardiner.

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Elk Meadows Ranch

Big Sky, Montana

Elk Meadows Ranch is a stunningly beautiful, private recreational ranch, a great real estate investment and a gathering place for friends and family. A world-class ranch within minutes of a world-class ski resort, this unique quality makes it a rare one-of-a-kind asset.

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Burnt Leather Ranch-Steen Place Headquarters

McLeod, Montana

The Burnt Leather is arguably the most coveted recreational ranches in Montana. It provides a window to the very best of the Northern Rockies and a privileged place in nature alongside one of America’s great wildernesses.

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Paradise Coulee Ranch

Teigen, Montana

With prolific views of rolling hills, prairie bottomland, and sagebrush slopes, Paradise Coulee Ranch in Teigen, Montana, is a hunter’s dream property. From upland bird hunting to prairie big game, the property offers many tucked away places with ample pastureland and cover. McDonald Creek meanders through Paradise Coulee Ranch fields in agriculture production, supplementing food sources and adding income opportunities to future owners.

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Absaroka Moon Retreat

Livingston, Montana

An extraordinary property located in one of the most spectacular settings in North America. Nestled at the foot of the Absaroka Mountain Range near Deep Creek in the northeastern corner of Montana’s famed Paradise Valley, all five structures feature breathtaking views of 9,000 to 11,000-foot peaks – many rising dramatically just 2,000 yards from the main house and others winding 30 miles downrange to the south.