About Sykes Land Services

Land Knowledge Built Across Generations.

Deep Texas roots, decades of field experience and landowner relationships, strengthened by modern acquisition strategy and technology-enabled title.

Country knowledge. Corporate execution.

Built to work on both sides of the gate.

The Sykes family’s connection to land is not a marketing story. Its ranching heritage spans seven generations in West Texas, with deep family roots in Schleicher County. That lived experience with land ownership and stewardship shapes a practical understanding of property rights and the trust required to do business across a landowner's table.

Established in 1996, Sykes Land Services brings that perspective into sophisticated energy, infrastructure, title and acquisition work. We understand the institutional demands behind a major project and the personal realities across the table from a landowner.

The family's tradition of land stewardship includes Steve's service on the water-district board in Schleicher County. Within the Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers' Association, Bob Sykes served as president and Steve Sykes served as chairman of the Natural Resources Committee. Those ties keep SLS connected to the landowner and agricultural communities it serves.

Local relationships. Institutional execution.

Founder & President

Steve Sykes

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Steve brings more than three decades of land acquisition, brokerage and project development experience across Texas. A sixth-generation member of a West Texas ranching family and Texas licensed real estate agent affiliated with Davis Vernon Real Estate, he has worked across farm and ranch, commercial land, oil and gas, renewable energy, power generation, industrial development and data-center-related land acquisition.

His experience includes complex multi-tract assemblages, landowner negotiations, rights-of-way, surface agreements and more than 450,000 acres of utility-scale wind and solar land acquisition.

In May 2025, Steve co-founded TitleMind AI, LLC, the land and title technology company whose platform SLS uses to scale surface, mineral and leasehold title research. He brings the land, title and field experience that helps shape its professional workflows and reviewed deliverables. Steve is also a co-founder of FreightRunner, a technology-enabled freight procurement, delivery and payment platform.

Learn more about TitleMind AI

View Steve's Davis Vernon profile and property listings

Vice President, Land & Acquisitions

Clayton Sykes

U.S. Army Veteran

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Clayton is a seventh-generation member of a West Texas ranching family and a U.S. Army veteran who leads land and acquisition initiatives spanning energy, infrastructure, minerals, technology and complex real estate. He brings a mission-focused approach to business development, technology-enabled title, ownership intelligence, site identification and transaction execution.

His focus is reducing the distance between identifying an opportunity, understanding who controls it and getting a credible transaction in front of the right owner.

Clayton is a co-founder of FreightRunner and has founded and operated businesses across food service, agribusiness and technology.

The people behind SLS

Family owned. Family operated.

Sykes Land Services, Inc. is a family owned and operated business. Our success has been built, and continues to grow, through the support and hard work of family and the many people who have become like family along the way.

We are especially grateful to Ann, Clint and Stevie, and to the many others whose significant contributions across our projects have helped make SLS what it is today. We would not be where we are without each of them.

Service matters

Veteran-led. Proud to support those who served.

Sykes Land Services values the discipline, accountability and commitment to mission that military service demands. We are proud of Clayton’s U.S. Army service and proud to support America’s veterans.

Service. Accountability. Execution.

Texas presence

Local context across the markets we serve.

Our offices support work throughout West Texas, North Texas and other Texas markets.

01Fort Worth · Main Office
3700 Hulen Street, Suite 150

02Granbury · Satellite Office

03Amarillo · Satellite Office