Ranch Investor Podcast

2021 was a record year for ranch real estate...

Actually, it was THE RECORD YEAR. No other time in history had seen the amount of sales volume, rapidly appreciating and inflating land values, size of transactions, number of transactions, and average value or sales price.

Like the 2021 ranch real estate market, we’re back stronger and bigger than ever!

Your hosts kick off this Season III opener with a year-end summary of “WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED IN 2021?!?) No sponsor this year, so the gloves have come off. We cannot be shut-down or canceled!

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 Treasury. During that time, he was responsible for conducting examinations of community and mid-sized banks ($10-$50 billion) including capital markets reviews to ensure compliance with the roll-out of the Dodd-Frank Act. Upon leaving the Treasury he became the Chief Investment Officer for a Boutique High-Net-Worth investment firm in Scottsdale, AZ. As the CIO Sean was responsible for the development and execution of customized Investment Strategies for High and Ultra High-Net-Worth Families. Sean started NextGen as a B2B company to deliver tailored Wealth Management solutions and Investment Strategies to Registered Investment Advisors primarily serving sophisticated investors and families. Sean holds the CFA® and CAIA® charters and graduated with honors from the University of Montana, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Finance major. He currently resides in Compound’s Headquarter city of Helena, Montana with his wife Morgan and two daughters, Carter and Emmalina. Learn more on his website at nextgenpw.com

Are you seeing a different attitude towards conservation among new buyers from traditional owners? In this episode, Catherine Semcer who is a Research Fellow from PERC discussed the change in land ownership and its implications for the conservation of both wildlife and water.

Semcer is a subject matter expert with 20 years of success in demanding political environments and excels at providing innovative solutions to challenges in Research and reporting; project, program, and organizational management; influence building; and, government relations.

What does political and financial independence look like? In this episode we sit down with Gary Buchanan, life-long political and financial independent, who has decades of experience as a financial advisor and public service in Montana. In addition to managing financial portfolios, he is running as an Independent for the US House of Representatives. We also have some unexpected guests drop in, who update us on the real estate market down in Texas.

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 experience buying, selling, owning, and managing livestock ranches and mineral rights.