Montana Land Source

Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2022

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

Montana Land Source is excited to announce the opening of a new office and headquarters in the heart of downtown Billings, in the newly remodeled Montana National Bank building which is now Rock31. Ro...

Posted: Thursday, September 8, 2022

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

Andy Rahn is proud to announce that the Montana Land Source office will be moving into the new Rock31: Business Incubator, Accelerator, and Co-working Space in downtown Billings. Located in the newly ...

Posted: September 15, 2021

Jim Toth of Western Ranch Brokers joins us to share how his team of only 3 have completed some of the biggest deals in Montana these past two years, how they are leading sales, and expanding to other ...

Posted: August 4, 2021

The 11th episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "Practice What You Preach." Putting it all together: Over the past year and a half we have discuss...

Posted: July 14, 2021

Andy had the pleasure of being interviewed on Voices of Montana, with Tom Schultz. The value of land across Montana has surged in price over the past year, but what does this mean for local producers?...

Posted: July 14, 2021

The 10th episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "Insider Knowledge." “When we started, we were hoping to do $15,000,000 per year in ranch sa...

Posted: June 30, 2021

The 9th episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "Off To School." Is the best ranch investment you can make the time and expense of educating yourse...

Posted: June 13, 2021

The 8th episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "Carbon Markets." Carbon markets are currently one of the hottest, most talked about topics in ranc...

Posted: May 29, 2021

The 7th episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "Tokenized Ranch Investing." Blockchain, NFTs, Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts, Tokenized Investi...

Posted: May 14, 2021

The 6th episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "Drill Baby Drill." Within your “bundle of rights” for ranch, ownership could be minerals. One of M...

Posted: May 4, 2021

The 5th episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "Change is the only constant." How do we navigate the gentrification of western lands and communiti...

Posted: April 16, 2021

The 4th episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "Do I really need a professional ranch manager?" With over 30 years of experience as a Farm and Ran...

Posted: April 2, 2021

The 3rd episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "Is There More Money In Conservation than Livestock Now?" Are “environmental markets” t...

Posted: March 20, 2021

The 2nd episode of Season 2 of the Ranch Investor podcast has been released, and is titled "The “Airbnb for hunting access”? That’ll never work..." Everyone thinks it&rsquo...

Posted: March 10, 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...

Posted: March 10, 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...

Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Due to COVID-19, the 2nd Annual Winter Real Estate Roundup for 2021 has been cancelled. The three-day education and networking event combines the annual Presentation on Montana Land Market Values, Sta...

Posted: January 20, 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 ...

Posted: January 6, 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 go...

Posted: January 5, 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 ma...

Posted: December 23, 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 righ...

Posted: December 9, 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 Silve...

Posted: December 2, 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 l...

Posted: November 23, 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 broker...

Posted: November 11, 2020

Episode #10 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "When to lawyer up?" How do you prepare your ranch for the worst while planning for the best? Property rights, wat...

Posted: Friday, November 6, 2020

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Friday, November 6, 2020

Andy Rahn from Montana Land Source will present at the monthly meeting of the Billings Chamber Agriculture Committee. Andy will discuss Montana land values, a review of 2020 in the Montana land market...

Posted: October 28, 2020

Episode #9 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "Where Ranching Ends and Farming Begins" Are there benefits to using cover crops in a livestock operation? How abou...

Posted: October 21, 2020

New property search functionality has been added to Montana Land Source. Montana Land Source is the most complete and comprehensive source available for large-acreage land listings and sales for Monta...

Posted: October 14, 2020

Episode #8 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "Why are ranches SO DAMN Expensive?" Why are ranches priced so high? Or are they? In this episode, the hosts Andy R...

Posted: September 30, 2020

Episode #7 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "Ranch ownership; You're doing it wrong" Want to know how to do it right? We hear from Shaelyn Bauer and her ne...

Posted: September 16, 2020

Episode #6 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "What are you going to do with all that money?" This episode features Max Hansen, Managing Director of Accruit LLC....

Posted: September 1, 2020

Episode #5 of the Ranch Investors podcast has been released, and is titled "How did you come up with that value?" This episode features Montana Certified General Appraiser Jim French. Some o...

Posted: May 5, 2020

Videos of the 2019 Montana Land Values Presentation are now available. The 21th Annual Montana Land Values Presentation and luncheon was held on January 28, 2020 with a panel of three Accredited Rural...

Posted: March 10, 2020

In 2019, www.MTLandSource.com saw a tremendous increase in visitor traffic, as the site transitioned from a pay-only site for industry professionals to a public website. Montana Land Source has become...

Posted: February 17, 2020

Andy Rahn from Montana Land Source will be a presenter at the 2020 Winter Thaw Conference in Billings, Montana on February 22, 2020 at the Northern Hotel. Andy's presentation will be part of the T...

Posted: January 31, 2020

The 1st Annual Winter Real Estate Roundup was a first-time collaboration between Montana rural land appraisers and land brokers to provide a high-quality off-season education and networking seminar fo...

Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Once a year, a panel of Montana Accredited Rural Appraisers (ARAs) and valuation experts give a presentation summarizing the prior year's rural land market and discussing emerging trends. The pane...

Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

COME EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS AND NETWORK WITH AREA REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS The 1st Annual Winter Real Estate Roundup is a three-day education and networking event held in Bozeman. For the ...

Posted: January 8, 2020

Every Wednesday, Montana Land Source puts out an email that lists all the new land listings, pendings, sales and price changes across all of Montana as well as news and events relevant to the Montana ...

Posted: November 7, 2019

The November 2019 Billings Farm & Ranch Brokers meeting was well attended, with Andy Rahn from Montana Land Source giving a presentation on Montana land market values and trends, focusing on eastern M...

Posted: Thursday, November 7, 2019

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Thursday, November 7, 2019

Once monthly, usually the first Thursday of each month, the Billings Farm & Ranch Brokers meet at 8:30 am at the Billings Association of Realtors office at 2021 Overland Avenue in Billings. At the mee...

Posted: October 2, 2019

We often get requests at Montana Land Source for land market statistics and analysis. We have a page on our website dedicated to land value trends and statistics - /montana-land-values-trends. This pa...

Posted: September 14, 2019

Andy Rahn from Montana Land Source will be giving a presentation on the Montana land market at a private event at the Horsethief Basin Ranch, southeast of Lewistown, Montana. Western Ranch Brokers is ...

Posted: June 19, 2019

Increasingly, many of our land broker clients have expressed their frustration with the online advertising venues currently available for Montana land listings. With many existing services, costs have...

Posted: June 11, 2019

Montana Land Source has relocated to a new office in the Western Security Building in Billings, Montana. Located due west of the historic Northern Hotel, Andy Rahn and Andy Bottman are thrilled to be ...

Posted: May 21, 2019

The ranch brokerage firm Mirr Ranch Group out of Colorado has posted a blog post titled Land for Sale in Montana: The Top 5 Things You Need To Know. The broker and post author Daniel Carter relied ext...

Posted: April 9, 2019

We are pleased to announce new advertising opportunities through Montana Land Source. Montana Land Source is the top source for the rural Montana land market, and as such is an effective venue for adv...

Posted: March 13, 2019

Montana Land Source is pleased to announce the release of a free and public version of our online Map Application. Previously, the map app was only available to Montana Land Source subscribers. Now th...