Ranch Investor Podcast

Putting it all together; over the past year and a half we have discussed community relationships, absentee owners, holistic management, regenerative agriculture, new technologies, education, making it fun, cash flow, managing change, and carbon markets to name a few. It is difficult to put the Indrelands in a “box” and give them a label as they do it all, but for brevity’s sake, we’ll call them ra...

Putting it all together; over the past year and a half we have discussed community relationships, absentee owners, holistic management, regenerative agriculture, new technologies, education, making it fun, cash flow, managing change, and carbon markets to name a few. It is difficult to put the Indrelands in a “box” and give them a label as they do it all, but for brevity’s sake, we’ll call them ra...

“When we started, we were hoping to do $15,000,000 per year in ranch sales. We are doing several deals a year of that size alone now.” Roger “Jake” Jacobs gives us his 30+ years of experience in auctioneering and ranch brokering. As a buyer, seller, investor, or aspiring ranch broker, would you like to know what went into that level of success and how you can apply his experience to your own objec...

Is the best ranch investment you can make the time and expense of educating yourself and your people? Ranches and ranch-lands are an investment, at this point in our series we know that this asset is not one that should be considered an operating asset or a means of production; the cash flow just isn’t there and the variables for value, appreciation, and correlation to other markets are too divers...

Carbon markets are currently one of the hottest, most talked about topics in ranch investing.  And why not?  As one of the most promising solutions for combating climate change, there is the potential for landowners to get rewarded for their sustainable practices via this emerging new market. In this episode, we hear from Chris Mehus, Ranch Programs Director for Western Sustainability Exchange, ou...

Blockchain, NFTs, Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts, Tokenized Investing… What does this all mean for ranch investing? Tune in to hear our thought-leader, Certified Financial Advisor, and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Sean Puckett try to tell us old cowboys where the technology age is taking us. Sean started his financial career as a National Bank Regulator with the United States Treasu...

Within your “bundle of rights” for ranch, ownership could be minerals. One of Montana’s most successful Wildcatters joins us to share his experience developing minerals and marketing oil & gas, as well as his own experience of investing in western ranches for the many benefits, rights, and amenities beyond minerals. Listen in to legendary (and lively) Oil-man Tom Hauptman as he shares his expe...

How do we navigate the gentrification of western lands and communities? What impact does this have on the culture of rural communities? We hear from one of the most experienced conservation easement appraisers in the nation. Mrs. Bennett also has a Ph. D. in Depth Psychology. Kim Bennett has lived in, watched, and experienced the 30-year transition from close-knit, farmer-supported, multi-generati...

With over 30 years of experience as an Accredited Farm Manager who has professionally administered some of the largest and most diverse farms and ranches in the US, hear what actually goes in to being a professional farm/ranch manager and why this should be deemed as an investment or an asset, rather than an expense from this week's guest Jerome Chvilicek. Many ranch investors believe this po...

Are “environmental markets” the future for Ranch Investors? Hear what the guys from mitigation.org think about carbon credits, habitat offsets, and the future of solar, wind, ecosystem services. Officially known as Magnolia, we hear their mission of restoring and conserving critical habitat to provide mitigation credits for customers needing to offset their unavoidable environmental impacts. Magno...

Everyone thinks it’s a great idea, but most are skeptical it will work. Does this sound like the makings of a wildly successful entrepreneur? Well, it should, and just like ranching, you can’t be afraid to go against the grain, be the black sheep, prove the haters wrong, and be a herd-cutter. In ranching slang, a “herd cutter” is the cow who does not march with the rest. She cuts away from the her...

Don’t listen to the coffee-shop talk, it’s not that simple. What a complex, surprising, unusual, and truly intriguing, and exciting year 2020 was to launch a podcast about Ranch Investing. To say the market “went crazy” is an understatement!! Tune in to our inaugural episode to hear a summary of 2020’s wild ride, what to look forward to in 2021’s ranch real estate market, and what we have in store...

Want to know what goes on behind the scenes here at Ranch Investor Podcast? In this episode, we invite our audience to actively participate in the production of our high-quality content. This episode is all about you the audience, the listener. You are why we do this so grab a pen, take some notes, listen in, and please reach out with your thoughts after listening to this behind the scenes episode...

Don't be "that guy"... without looking across the fence and making value-judgments of our neighbors, Jess Peterson eloquently states how you can do more with your ranch investment. From maximizing your ecological and conservation goals, to actually having a positive community impact around your ranch, as well as what you can do to be part of the bigger picture for the Beef Industry....

How do you maximize the value of your water rights, if you have any water rights at all? Do you even know if these have intrinsic value or are they simple smoke-and-mirrors? Are your water rights marketable? In this episode, we hear from Russ Radliff who stopped by for a recording while he was in town presenting to Lawyers and Ranch Brokers from across the west on his firm's ability to audit,...

Estate and Tax Planning Specialist Joel Silverman of Silverman Law and MTBIZVLOG joins us to talk about the do's and don'ts of Opportunity Zone investing for Farm and Ranch. Joel Silverman, CEO and Attorney of Silverman Law Office, PLLC was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada.  He moved to Missoula in 1992, and received his B.A. in Mathematics and B.S. in Forestry from the University of...

Free government money in farming and ranching!? Ranch investing must be a "can't lose" proposition!!! Melissa "Missy" Wacker introduces us to government-subsidized insurance programs, as well as government-subsidized improvements that have proven to benefit landowners. Can you bank on this income and capital improvements? Find out now. Farmers Union Insurance  has been in...

How do you prepare your ranch for the worst while planning for the best? Property rights, water rights, and legislation covered herein... Be prepared to drink through a fire-hose as we introduce another legendary Lund, the ever charismatic and animated Hertha Lund as she schools us on the state of water rights in Montana and what to do in a property rights dispute. Hertha is a Montana native, grow...

Are there benefits to using cover crops in a livestock operation? How about a hunting and fishing ranch, or is this another "foo-foo" program that will not stand the test of time? Find out in this episode from expert soils and crop agronomist Kate Vogel who has years of background with crops from Colorado to Canada. Kate studied dryland no-till systems at Colorado State University before...

Why are ranches SO DAMN Expensive? Or are they?? In this episode the hosts discuss their frustrations on pricing ranches, observations in the market, and why this is a very imperfect process. Learn what a good value is here, a good deal, and how not to be unrealistic in your expectations as a buyer and seller. Join hosts Colter DeVries, 5th generation Montana Rancher and Land Broker with Clark &am...

Want to know how to do it right? We hear from Shaelyn Bauer and her new baby, Diehl, on all things regenerative grazing, holistic management, sustainable ranching operations, and natural resource management. This is where you make your money in ranch ownership and Shaelyn is here to tell you how. Born and raised on a ranch in Eastern Montana, Shaelyn is now the founder of H Open A Ranch Consulting...

What is your exit plan and how do you avoid paying the piper on all that taxable-gain you've just incurred from the sale of your ranch? Don't have a ranch but want one? Here's how you can use the tax code to your benefit the exchange into a ranch. Be prepared to drink through a fire-hose on this episode, their is an abundance of information for those who invest in real estate and wo...

One of the most experienced appraisers in Montana joins us for this episode in which Colter gets down to business, even challenging Jim on some of his past work. This episode will help ranch investors understand the valuation methods and how professional appraisers and veterans of the industry come up with their opinion; the good, the bad, and the ugly of taking a hardline and objective position o...

What the heck is going on with the ranch land markets!?? Without having a glass-ball to forecast the future, is now the time buy? In this episode, long-time ranch appraisal veteran Harlan Lund gives us his thoughts on just that, but maybe it's a seller's market right now?! Hear what the experts think is going to happen. Harlan Lund comes from one of the first ranch families in Montana. O...

Do landowners even know what they have these days? What are all the rights associated with owning a ranch? Joining us in this episode is Trent Johnson. We hear about several areas of concern when buying or selling a ranch and what investors need to watch out for, the blindsides and potentially high-risk grey areas of ownership. Trent Johnson received his bachelor’s degree in business administratio...