Blacktail Ranch, the New Farm Channel

I just spent $1.6 million on a farm… Well, a bank spent 1.6 million on a farm and I have promised to pay them back over time. But either way, I am pretty excited. I am also excited that I finally launched my new youtube channel that is specifically around the farm content, Blacktail Ranch.

There’s a decent little house that was probably built with the finest lead paint and asbestos money could buy. It’s got two buildings that vaguely resemble barns, a big, beautiful arena I will likely never use, and even a bit of river frontage.

But my favorite part of the whole property, is this spot right here. This is where my shop is going to be built. The plan is for it to be 140 feet long by 70 feet wide, which comes out to almost 10,000 square feet.

As a side note to this venture, having your dog ride alongside you in your tractor is a whole new level of happiness I didn’t think was possible.

Honestly, I’d put this kind of therapy up against any milligram dosage of Prozac—if it’s available to you.

Our first stop is this dilapidated barn. I think this building might be a tear-down. Honestly, the money you’d spend trying to salvage it…

… but the good news: The mold has probably already killed any animal that might try to attack me.

I am sure it just needs a solid coat of paint and a soft-close toilet, and it’d be good to go. So yeah, it should be fine.

The primary residence is a not-so-modern farmhouse that isn’t old enough to be super cool, but also not new enough to be very nice. It’s about 2,900 ft², has four bedrooms and three bathrooms, was built in 1970, and, according to the inspection, has around 500 mice and rats as permanent residents.

My original plan was to combine these tours and show you everything at once, but there’s so much to this house tour that I decided to make it a separate video…. which is out now if you want to check it out; feel free to do so here.

That video includes a lot more stuff like this… like a beautifully constructed raccoon storage locker, not the highlight of the home, but a nice feature nonetheless.

Of course, there is the stable, which is actually in good shape. When I first toured this, the people told me it was nice, but they were also trying to sell it to me. So, I don’t know.

One thing I do know, is that this stable has a mother-in-law suite – so that’s a bonus.

And by the way, the previous owners took literally everything except for the garbage. They even took the last shred of toilet paper. That doesn’t happen by accident—you don’t just time your departure from the house to the very last shred. Someone had to come back and specifically take that; undoubtedly a strategic exit.

Of course, at the stable, and all things regarding Blacktail Ranch - it’s always safety first... Yes, I am aware we’re dangerously underinsured.

Along with the stable, the arena is in good shape… a great spot for the annual Blacktail employee rodeo.

… and adjacent to the arena, there is a loafing shed, which is another one of those “yeehaw terms” I just learned.

However, one of my favorite things about this property is that it’s completely out of the 100-year floodplain, but it still does have river frontage. I actually have water rights, which means I get free water from the river—I just don’t know how to get it, but I’m pretty sure it has something to do with this thing, though.

As you can imagine, with these additional responsibilities, some people have asked me if I have any buyer’s remorse.

Not at all. I’m freaking pumped.

That being said, I’m absolutely hemorrhaging money on this property with no end in sight, and no real plan to recoup any of it.

But somehow, someway, I know, deep down in my heart, that this is the best possible thing for my business—and I’ll figure it out eventually.

For now, if you want to read more content like this, one way you can help is by watching the full video below, and of course hitting that subscribe button on the new channel. Thank you so much.