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ISU 2020 Land Value Report | What It Means
Iowa Farmland Values in 2020 The 2020 ISU Land Value Survey was presented last week. This is a report we watch closely each year. Iowa State does a great job each year putting this together, and it offers a big picture view of farmland prices across the state. Seeing...
Selling Farm Equipment With NO Reserve | Why Its NOT Scary
Selling Without a Reserve is More Effective One of the biggest struggles a farm equipment auctioneer will ever tackle is helping clients understand that selling farm equipment unreserved is more effective. Everybody wants to keep as much control as possible, so they...
Safely Sell Farmland | Lessons Learned Through The Years
A Safe Option For Land Sellers We've had several auctions over the past couple months where the sellers have mentioned that the results "changed their lives", that they were "moved to tears", or that they were "overjoyed" with the prices they achieved for their land....
How The Election Could Affect the Land Market
The Land Market and The Election Election day. While we may not know the official results for a few more days, today is the day the nation casts their vote. This day may also cause come uncertainties and raise questions surrounding the agriculture market, land...
Iowa’s September Farmland Sales Summary
Founder, Auctioneer, Broker, and Agent at DreamDirt, Jason Smith is a lead farm real estate professional in the Midwest. He has achieved the pinnacle of auction education earning the CAI designation and is one of only 11 CAI auctioneers in Iowa. Jason graduated from...
How To Cope With Selling Your Family Farm
Selling Your Family Farm Is An Emotional Time This could be the most difficult subject anybody could try to tackle in a blog post. Just putting it bluntly, it is a horrible experience to sell the family farm. Over the years we have handled so many sales of family...
The Perfect Farmland Auction In 5 Steps
Everything A Seller Wants - An Easy, Safe, And Effective Land Auction! Picture this: You send me a message about selling your farm and want to get it sold as soon as possible. We agree to an online land auction with bidding open for 30 days. The morning of the auction...
Farmland Auction Frequently Asked Questions
Questions About Selling Farmland Myself, along with all of our agents and staff, get a number of questions every day from interested sellers. Over the past decade, we have noticed the same questions pop up from nearly every seller we work with! We took to Facebook...
Online Auction Software To Grow Your Auction & Real Estate Business
If You Have Something To Sell, We Have A Solution To Sell It DreamDirt is an auction, real estate, and marketing company. We were an early adopter of online auction technologies, and now we are a developer of online auction software and online auction best practices....