Farm Talk with Paul Ward

*In part 5 of this 6 part series, learn the process for how Patriot Advantage finds assistants and clients* On this week’s edition of Farm Talk with Paul Ward, Mary Elaine and Brett Baker join Paul to discuss The Patriot Advantage Personal Assistants, a service Paul uses and finds extremely helpful with his business. Mary Elaine and Brett are the founders of The Patriot Advantage Personal Assistan...

*In part 4 of this 6 part series, Brett and Mary Elaine discuss a certain trait that military spouses have that makes them great workers* On this week’s edition of Farm Talk with Paul Ward, Mary Elaine and Brett Baker join Paul to discuss The Patriot Advantage Personal Assistants, a service Paul uses and finds extremely helpful with his business. Mary Elaine and Brett are the founders of The Patri...

*In part 3 of this 6 part series, listen to Paul chat through his experience with assistants in the past and how Patriot Advantage assistants have been different* On this week’s edition of Farm Talk with Paul Ward, Mary Elaine and Brett Baker join Paul to discuss The Patriot Advantage Personal Assistants, a service Paul uses and finds extremely helpful with his business. Mary Elaine and Brett are...

*In part 2 of this 6 part series, gain insight on why the owners of Patriot Advantage hire mostly military spouses* On this week’s edition of Farm Talk with Paul Ward, Mary Elaine and Brett Baker join Paul to discuss The Patriot Advantage Personal Assistants, a service Paul uses and finds extremely helpful with his business. Mary Elaine and Brett are the founders of The Patriot Advantage Personal...

*In part 1 of this 6 part series, learn about Patriot Advantage and why Mary Elaine and Brett Baker started the business 2 years ago* On this week’s edition of Farm Talk with Paul Ward, Mary Elaine and Brett Baker join Paul to discuss The Patriot Advantage Personal Assistants, a service Paul uses and finds extremely helpful with his business. Mary Elaine and Brett are the founders of The Patriot A...

**In the final part of this 7 part series, learn how to contact SEEAG and where you can donate.**   Welcome to another edition of Farm Talk!  On today’s show, Paul is joined by Mary Maranville, Founder and CEO of SEEAG (Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture).  Mary tell us what SEEAG is all about, the inspiration behind it, and what her “ah-ha!” moment was. Farming is such an important part o...

**In part 6 of this 7 part series, learn about Farm Day, the biggest annual fundraiser that SEEAG orchestrates**   Welcome to another edition of Farm Talk!  On today’s show, Paul is joined by Mary Maranville, Founder and CEO of SEEAG (Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture).  Mary tell us what SEEAG is all about, the inspiration behind it, and what her “ah-ha!” moment was. Farming is such an i...

**In part 5 of this 7 part series, learn about the scholarships SEEAG offers and their Farm Lab Van**   Welcome to another edition of Farm Talk!  On today’s show, Paul is joined by Mary Maranville, Founder and CEO of SEEAG (Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture).  Mary tell us what SEEAG is all about, the inspiration behind it, and what her “ah-ha!” moment was. Farming is such an important pa...

**In part 4 of this 7 part series, learn about the experience that SEEAG offers students in their programs**   Welcome to another edition of Farm Talk!  On today’s show, Paul is joined by Mary Maranville, Founder and CEO of SEEAG (Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture).  Mary tell us what SEEAG is all about, the inspiration behind it, and what her “ah-ha!” moment was. Farming is such an impor...

  **In part 3 of this 7 part series, learn about the experience that SEEAG offers students in their programs**   Welcome to another edition of Farm Talk!  On today’s show, Paul is joined by Mary Maranville, Founder and CEO of SEEAG (Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture).  Mary tell us what SEEAG is all about, the inspiration behind it, and what her “ah-ha!” moment was. Farming is such an imp...

Welcome to another edition of Farm Talk!  On today’s show, Paul is joined by Mary Maranville, Founder and CEO of SEEAG (Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture).  Mary tell us what SEEAG is all about, the inspiration behind it, and what her “ah-ha!” moment was. Farming is such an important part of our lives, and yet many kids don’t know much about it, or how it all works.  SEEAG’s mission is to...

**In part 2 of this 7 part series, learn about SEEAG's free educational program offered to students in the area**   Welcome to another edition of Farm Talk!  On today’s show, Paul is joined by Mary Maranville, Founder and CEO of SEEAG (Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture).  Mary tell us what SEEAG is all about, the inspiration behind it, and what her “ah-ha!” moment was. Farming is such an...

**In part 1 of this 7 part series, learn about who Mary Maranville is and why she started SEEAG**   Welcome to another edition of Farm Talk!  On today’s show, Paul is joined by Mary Maranville, Founder and CEO of SEEAG (Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture).  Mary tell us what SEEAG is all about, the inspiration behind it, and what her “ah-ha!” moment was. Farming is such an important part o...

In today’s show, Paul tells us about the fiery Halloween that was experienced in Ventura County & surrounding areas this year.  The “Easy” fire, the “Getty fire, and the “Maria” fire, all happened on, or near, Halloween.  The Easy fire was in Simi Valley, the Getty fire was near the Getty museum in Los Angeles, and the Maria fire started on a mountaintop between the city of Santa Paula and the tow...

In this edition of Farm Talk, Paul discusses easements when buying or selling property. Paul explains what an easement is, and what the purpose of it is. Paul also tells us some important questions to think about regarding easements of a property, such as: – Who typically would have an easement over a property that you are purchasing? – How do you find out about easements when buying or selling a...

Paul has had a lot of questions from listeners & clients about VA loans recently, so he decided to bring in an expert as a guest this week – Karly Rosalez.  Karly is a Mortgage Loan Originator at The Money Store, and is a specialist in VA loans. Karly explains what a VA loan is, who can use a VA loan, and what the qualifications are to get one.  Karly tells us what the benefits of a VA loan are, w...

In today’s Farm Talk show, Paul discusses seller financing and tells us why it is doable. People ask Paul all the time about seller financing and more often than not, it’s not considered an option.  Paul shares a great story with us about a current listing he has where farm financing is not an option due to the orchard being reliant to county water, which is very expensive.  If the orchard didn’t...

On today’s show, Paul discusses the differences between buying an existing ranch, or starting from scratch and building your own. Paul tells us about the advantages, and disadvantages, in both. If you purchase an existing ranch, you can imagine that there are quite a few things that are already built and ready – such as a barn, guest house, animal structures, corrals, orchards, etc. But what you m...

Should you pull permits for unpermitted structures on your property? Paul shares stories from his perspective about buyers and sellers deal with properties with unpermitted properties. He shares his point of view about what to do.

In today’s Farm Talk, Paul has some very valuable tips on maximizing your budget when getting your home ready to sell. Paul shares a real case scenario about a home he is planning to list, and what challenges he & the current owners are facing in the process of getting the property ready for listing.  Paul tells us about the good, and the not-so-good aspects of the property, and answers the questi...

In this week’s show, Paul tells us about his recent business conference in Las Vegas. Over the course of 5 days, he utilized Uber for transportation 10 times, and during those rides, he had an opportunity to chat with each of the drivers. The info he gathered, although not statistical, was really quite interesting! Paul learned that, out of the 10 drivers, only one was a native to Las Vegas – all...

In today’s edition of Farm Talk with Paul Ward (Home of the worry-free listing!), Paul talks about the importance of having a pre-listing home inspection, and what a pre-listing home inspection is. He explains that the owner of the property can actually have a home inspection, before the sale of the property, rather than waiting for the buyer. And Paul tells us why this is a good idea. This show i...

The 2019 Ventura County Fair is here! Paul is very dedicated to, and involved with, lending his support to the 4-H kids who enter the Ventura County Fair with their animals. They send him letters and photos of their animals! Today, on Farm Talk, Paul reads some of the letters that he has recently received from a few of the 4H kids he has helped with his sponsorship. Paul makes what is called an “a...

Paul Ward educates and enlightens us concerning everything we should know about zoning in Ventura County. Did you know that there are zoning ‘categories’? Paul explains that there are 2 specific categories to be aware of: AE and OS. AE refers to ‘Agriculture Exclusive’ which allows for most farming activities and also allows for building a primary residence, building a guest-house, a workshop barn...

In today’s episode of Farm Talk, Paul discusses liquid gold (or water, as it’s known in California). Farm properties in California are all about water – not just the availability of water, but also the cost of water. Here in Southern California, summer is the arid time of year and farming is completely reliant on transporting water long distances. So, how we value farm properties is largely based...