When inflation hits people run to hard assets and farmland gets a double boost from inflation investors in the land and commodity price increases.

Those funds can be spent away or they can then be used to buy decent notes at a discount, which is where the real bucks are, I hit 24, 30 and 40+ (actually a few times in the hundreds after refinancing them) returns easily on discounted notes.

The bank is taking a bigger hit so that an investor can skim some money off of the deal.

Yes your correct about getting hit with those capital gains taxes.

This is no real trick to it or any hit to the rate for it.

At some point our government at all levels is going to have to cut back, and I don't want to be hit too hard when it happens.

Chris hits it on the head, treat them as your partner with respect and not as someone who is out to rip you off every chance they get, this will make for a better relationship and jobs go much more smoothly that way.

If I hit each address three times a year and my piece costs $.50, I'd be spending $12K on marketing for a year for this farm.

It just hit the market for $250K and will cash flow over $1000 a month with 20% down.

I am targeting the people from northern Utah and California that have decided to move to St.