hinfarm - 8/12/2026 08:27




You bring up an excellent point and I agree with you on it, however the real world seems to have a different opinion.

Farmland seems to be about the only investment property where all the maintenance falls on the operator and not the owner or even the previous tenant.

If you rented an apartment that college kids had a kegger in just before they moved out the LL would be expected to clean it up before the new people moved in.

Farm ground the last guy leaves poor fertility, rocks, ruts, compaction and whenever else and nobody seems to care. If I hire dirtwork done I’m probably looking at $175/hr but the farmer is expected to do that for free, it’s ridiculous.

I have some landlords who are excellent caretakers and they are compensated accordingly, I have others who are not, even when they have the time and equipment to do it, they are not compensated as well.

I’ve also had a handful of incidents where I’ve done major fence line trimming only to find out where the property line really is, lose the land the next year or my personal favorite got permission from the wife (who I always dealt with) to cut only to have the husband kick me off the property and the wife claim she never did give me permission, so yeah it’s a real fun fest at times.