[AT] Dealing with landlords when needing rented land

Sun May 15 05:43:36 PDT 2022

The development here will not stop until there is a big depression, 
recession or reset or whatever they want to call it. My problem with 
these people is they don't have the courtesy to call the renter and say 
they are going to do something to change the area I am renting.  I never 
got the point across yesterday to the daughter that her horses just cost 
me $500 to $750.  Either I grow it or I have to buy it to feed.  The 
other thing that really pissed me off was she was mowing the good forage 
so her courses would have a place to graze.  The grass was about 10 
inches tall and was the new crop....    I have wanted to live on the 
farm I started on over 60 years ago.  When I got married a friend had 
moved onto the place and my new wife did not want to share the well 
etc.  When we  retired and my Dad died, that was the best time to have 
moved.  Again, someone had moved onto the place.  I ended up severing a 
55 year friendship when I evicted the squatter I had to dissolve the 
handshake rental agreement.

I have always rented land on a verbal and handshake agreement. The 
experience I have had with people here caused me to have a written 
rental agreement and they still violate it.  Since they are neighbors 
and I need the land to feed my cattle, I have no choice but to bend over 
and take it.....    Common courtesy is very uncommon.
Cecil

On 5/15/2022 6:54 AM, Mark Johnson wrote:
>
> One o' these days, development folks are going to realize that it 
> doesn't matter if you have a nice house and a nearby strip mall if you 
> don't have anything to eat.
>
> Mark J
>
> (shared owner of 2 Indiana farms, mostly planted in trees but with 
> about 100 acres of croppable land)
>
> On 5/14/2022 10:27 PM, Mike M wrote:
>> In Michigan, you can elect  to have your long term farm in to a 
>> "Centennial Farm" it can never be developed  and must always be be 
>> farmed. You would receive a huge property tax break, but could never 
>> be developed .
>>
>> Mike M
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/14/2022 4:35 PM, ustonThomas Mehrkam wrote:
>>> Yep. I am on my grandfather's farm in Waller. Retired moved house on 
>>> the place. Built a 48x75 shop. Well septic power.
>>>
>>> Running cattle and producing Hay. Now the land around me is being 
>>> sold and developed. 1200 acres here 2400 acres there both 
>>> residential and commercial. All roads under construction.
>>>
>>> 😫
>>>
>>> Houston is moving to Waller. 😠
>>>
>>> Should have Retired 200 miles out instead of only 60. Land is 
>>> selling for $7500 per acre.
>>>
>>> Probably Californians 👿
>>>
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>>>     On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 1:55 PM, Cecil Bearden
>>>     <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>>>     This just a rant, but I gotta spill it..
>>>     > I just found my landlords daughter mowing the best area on the
>>>     lease I
>>>     > have so she can run her horses on it.  This 6 acre spot last year
>>>     > produced 60 bales.   I had fertilized it heavily for the last 3
>>>     > years.  It is on the 110 acres I have leased under written
>>>     contract
>>>     > which specifies that any changes have to be made in writing 30
>>>     days in
>>>     > advance.  I am supposed to roll over because she is losing her
>>>     place
>>>     > for her horses after she moved here from texas. She thinks she is
>>>     > going to make enough giving riding lessons to pay for the
>>>     upkeep of
>>>     > these 3 horses.   I have to lease hay ground to have enough
>>>     hay for my
>>>     > cattle.  Due to the drought here, I have sold a bunch and need
>>>     to sell
>>>     > 1/2 of what is left. Now, I lose another 5 acres or more,
>>>     fencing has
>>>     > not been put up yet.  For some worthless horses. The loss of
>>>     the area
>>>     > is going to cost the equivalent of 30 bales of hay.  Last year
>>>     hay was
>>>     > $50/bale.  It will probably be $75 this year.
>>>
>>>     I have another 30 acres rented that adjoins my farm to the
>>>     south.   The
>>>     landowner decided to dump 2 truckloads of dirt on one of the better
>>>     producing areas so his kids could have something to shoot 22 rifles
>>>     into.   Not concerned that my cattle were only 300 ft from the
>>>     fence
>>>     line in the line of fire.  I don't think they ever used the
>>>     pile, but it
>>>     became a source of weeds for 300 ft north of that pile.
>>>
>>>     I lost a 160 acre field 3 years ago when a big farmer decided he
>>>     wanted
>>>     it and accused me of not taking care of the place.   It turned
>>>     out that
>>>     the heir I was dealing with was accepting payment and not
>>>     sharing with
>>>     the other heirs.   I lost the field and picked up the one that
>>>     was being
>>>     mowed today.   The loss of the 160 was the very reason I wanted a
>>>     written contract on any future rentals.  Now I was informed that
>>>     since
>>>     this 110 acres is owned by 2 brothers they are surveying it next
>>>     week to
>>>     split it up between their heirs.  Land here is going for over
>>>     $5000/acre
>>>     in large parcels.  The heirs won't be able to list it for sale
>>>     fast enough.
>>>
>>>     Unless I move 70 miles to the south on the farm that has been
>>>     rented out
>>>     for over 20 years, my farming and cattle raising days are
>>>     over.    By
>>>     the time I could get things sold to move  this boom will be gone....
>>>
>>>     We have so many people moving in here from the crazy states I
>>>     don't even
>>>     recognize my state any more....
>>>
>>>     Cecil in OK
>>>
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