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![]() Posted: March 10th 2021
Andy Rahn gave a presentation to the Montana Farm & Ranch Brokers Association on the 2020 Montana land market in review, and early trends of 2021. The Montana land market in 2020 was very dynamic, and the statistics from Montana Land Source are in and have been analyzed for this presentation.
The meeting was well-attended both in-person and via Zoom. A recording of the presentation and...
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![]() Posted: March 10th 2021
The first episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "What the hell happened in 2020 Ranch Real Estate???"
In this episode, hosts Colter DeVries, Andy Rahn and Denver Gilbert discuss the 2020 ranch real estate market, and early trends in 2021. Colter and Denver, who are brokers with Clark & Associates Land Brokers, specialize in true agricultural...
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Posted: January 20th 2021
Episode #15 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "Why even listen to this podcast?"
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...
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![]() Posted: January 6th 2021
Andy Rahn sat down with Joel Silverman of Silverman Law Office on June 8, 2020 to be interviewed for the Montana Business Vlog. We discussed the development of Montana Land Source, and how Andy has gone from professional appraiser to entrepreneur and the challenges he's faced along the way.
The Montana Business Vlog and Podcast is produced by Silverman Law Office and SocialFlixx, and hosted by...
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![]() Posted: January 5th 2021
Episode #14 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is."
Don't be "that guy"... without looking across the fence and making value-judgments of our neighbors, Jess Peterson from Western Skies Strategies, eloquently states how you can do more with your ranch investment.
From maximizing your ecological and conservation goals, to actually...
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![]() Posted: December 23rd 2020
Episode #13 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "Never take a gun to a water fight"
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...
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![]() Posted: December 9th 2020
Episode #12 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "Opportunity Zones for Farm and Ranch: Is it worth it?"
Estate and Tax Planning Specialist Joel Silverman of Silverman Law Office and the MTBIZVLOG joins us to talk about the do's and don'ts of Opportunity Zone investing for Farm and Ranch.
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![]() Posted: December 3rd 2020
AgEconMT.com, the outreach website for the Montana State University - Department of Agricultural Economics department, recently published a post summarizing and recapping USDA cash rent survey data for Montana.
The data shows steady ag land cash rents since 2000, which is in sharp contrast to land value appreciation over the same period. This highlights the ongoing decoupling of income...
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![]() Posted: December 2nd 2020
Episode #11 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "Ranch Investing. Can't lose?!"
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...
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![]() Posted: November 23rd 2020
The Billings Gazette recently ran an article on ranch sales booming in Montana due to the coronavirus. The article featured Andy Rahn from Montana Land Source, as well as seasoned Montana ranch brokers, and highlighted the reasons why buyers have been seeking out land in Montana at such a high level in 2020. These reasons include escaping the coronavirus (Montana had low COVID-19 numbers for...
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