Own Cheap Land? Here Are 7 Businesses You Can Launch Now

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00:00This is a low-risk business that could make you thousands of dollars a month all from a piece of

00:04land. Have you ever wanted your own little slice of land? Like a place you can escape to when the

00:08world gets a bit too chaotic but earn from when you're not there? Then this video is for you.

00:14Like me, you're probably assuming that to own a bunch of land you'd need to spend hundreds of

00:19thousands or even millions of dollars. But what if that's not true? What if for just a few thousand

00:25dollars and some creative financing, you could buy some land, earn a significant amount of cash,

00:30and even get others to help pay for it? Well, that's exactly what we're going to figure out

00:34if it's possible today. And it turns out my friend Kate did it. So this is Kate. Kate bought a piece

00:40of land for campers to visit near Joshua Tree for $10,000, which I thought was wildly cheap.

00:45And then with platforms like Hip Camp, she turned it into a very low-maintenance business, at least

00:49to start. In her first 90 days, she was already making $1,500 a month but was about to earn

00:55a lot more. I was inspired by Kate, so I thought, hmm, let me copy it. And I bought a piece of land

01:00in Oklahoma. You actually would probably love my other video I did with Kate, but the thing is,

01:04in 2024, the market is just different than when Kate started her business. So the way she did it

01:10then isn't going to work now. So today, I'm going to break down the seven best ways to cash flow on

01:15land. And if you want to make some money while owning a little bit of dirt, this video is for you.

01:20Make sure you subscribe because we're going to have way more like this coming your way.

01:24I think a whole lot more people are capable of doing this than they realize. Maybe you're one

01:28of those people. You've got your land, your plans, and maybe a little bit of a vision. I was like you,

01:33and I'm about to tell you all about exactly how I'm doing it. But maybe you're thinking of the

01:38thousand other reasons why now might not be the right time for land. The good news is there's

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01:58few minutes and as low as $10 to start. But here's the thing. The Fundrise Flagship Fund caters to

02:04everyone from the accredited finance pros to the beginners as well. With today's economy and all the

02:09uncertainty, diversifying your exposure is a really important strategy to protect and build your wealth

02:13for the next generation. So if you're interested in investing in this space, the Fundrise Flagship

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02:22you can get a whole lot more information. So why should you consider investing in farmland? Well,

02:27first, low volatility compared to a lot of other asset classes. U.S. farmland returns have averaged

02:33like 11.5% annually since 1990 with consistently lower volatility and basically no correlation to stocks,

02:41which is good. If your stocks go up and down, this doesn't matter. Why now is the time to do

02:45this? $24 trillion in farming assets, barns, equipment is going to transfer hands over the

02:50next 20 years. The average age of the American farmer is 60. They're tired, retiring, can't run

02:55their businesses anymore. Sure, some of them are going to pass it on to their children in a trust,

02:59but not all of them have kids or their kids don't want to inherit the farmlands. I know quite a few

03:04like that. And it's a lot better in the future for you and me and everyday people to buy this farmland

03:09as opposed to big corporations and private equity and foreign entities. So you might be able to get

03:14a great deal because some of these farmlands have debt. They're just trying to figure out a way to

03:19ride out the rest of their lives and move on. So if you've ever wanted land, I don't know,

03:24now might be the time. I bought a piece of land, 60 acres for $292,000. I put down 10% for that land

03:31and have a mortgage of about $1,900 a month. It's called a land loan. Now, the interesting part is I

03:37think more people can do this same thing. And why would you want to invest in farmland? You got tax

03:42deductions. For example, in Texas, if you have six cows, you can have an agricultural tax credit.

03:48I think many of the smartest people in the world are investing in land. Bill Gates, your boy,

03:52owns a ton of it. 242,000 acres of farmland, 27,000 acres of other land. And so from the cheapest

04:01but smallest return to the biggest investment but bigger return, there's options. The question,

04:07though, is if we're not all as rich as Bill Gates, how can we own land and make it cash flow for us?

04:11I got seven ideas that I'm going to actually start from the cheapest and also they make the least money

04:16to the biggest and it makes the most money. Let's do this. Number one, using land for hunting. This is

04:23a deer track through city full, okay? Pretty passive. Lease rates, according to Oklahoma, one of the

04:29places we own land, for a shooter's forum, the going rate a few years ago was around $10 an acre. But more

04:35recently, lease brokers have been asking $300 an acre. Here's how you might calculate this. Let's

04:41assume you have 100 acres of huntable land. At 10 bucks an acre, 100 acres x 10 equals 1,000 per

04:47year. There's lots of different lease types you can do. Hunting leases we're talking about,

04:51which basically means, by the way, a hunting lease is where you allow people to go on private land

04:56and hunt ducks, hunt deer, coyotes. There's all different things you can allow them to do. For deer

05:01and duck hunting, that means you could have hunters there for two different seasons. So

05:041,000, 2,500 times two, let's say. These year-long leases are common in Oklahoma and can give you a

05:10little bit of income without really much management. You can also do day leases as an option. You make

05:15way more money, but you got to manage it more. All right, how would you change the price on this?

05:20Location. So if you have a place that's known for big deer, you're going to be able to charge way more.

05:25If you have deer plus turkey plus quail plus waterfowl, aka ducks, you're going to be able

05:31to ask for more. If you have amenities and places they can stay, more. Also, for instance, on mine,

05:37we have a water supply there, so I want to do hunting, fishing, camping to increase the value.

05:42If I can also build a lodging or amenities, then I can charge more overall. Here's a real example.

05:47320 acres in Woodward County, Oklahoma brings in 4,200 per year for hunter maximum. Now that's not going

05:54to be enough to allow you to buy the property, but that's just one stream. Let's start layering.

06:00All right, number two, egg farming. Egg prices, have you noticed, they are up. So I think you

06:05could take advantage of this trend, especially if you live by your property. Egg prices increased 86%

06:11at the beginning of 2024, reaching $3 per dozen. So your operation, if you were going to have 500 hens,

06:17probably $15,000. Chicken coop for a medium-sized operation, $5,000. Every chicken costs you $5 to $15

06:24to breed and age, and then you're going to be charging yourself $500 to $1,000 per month to feed

06:30500 hens. You also got a bunch of equipment, feeders, waters, nexting boxes, somewhere around

06:36$20,000 for the first month. Assuming each hen lays 200 to 300 eggs per year, and you have 500 hens,

06:43that means you could produce 125,000 eggs per year, which means at a price of, let's say,

06:49$2 per dozen, you could be making $20,000 per year. Now this is a big operation, and I probably

06:54wouldn't go that crazy, but I probably would have a small chicken operation on top of it,

06:59next to my hunting lease, next to a few other things that I'm going to show you, and I'd sell

07:02them at a farmer's market for a higher price. Plus, chickens are f***ing rad.

07:08I'd also think about allowing somebody else to do it. So maybe I'm going to check out and see if

07:12somebody wants to outsource my land for chicken operating. I'll report back. Let me know in the

07:17comments if you want to see that. Equipment rental and storage. Unused land can turn into profitable

07:26storage facilities, so you can rent out space for the storage of agricultural machinery or other

07:31things. So if you think about this, farmers need seasonal storage, and having a local affordable

07:36option, way more attractive. Let's break this down. You could potentially charge 50 to 200 bucks per

07:42month per piece of equipment, depending on size and demand. This is checking in the local

07:46area. Let's assume you have 5,000 square feet of storage space available, which really just means

07:51it's flat. You could charge an average of 100 per month per equipment piece, and you can store 50

07:56pieces of equipment, 100 square feet per piece, roughly. That means with 50x100, that's 5,000 bucks

08:03a month, equaling $60,000 a year in revenue, just 5,000 times 12. Little asterisk, if you wanted to get

08:09crazy with it, one of my richest friends I knew growing back up, his name was Robert, and he ran an

08:13equipment rental leasing company. And so basically, he leased out the equipment as opposed to just

08:18storing it, he let people borrow it. Well, that means that you could charge 500 to 200 bucks per

08:24day per piece of equipment. So it really depends on where your land's located, but that's another

08:28thing I might add. All right, so we got chickens, we got deer, we got equipment. What's next? The obvious

08:34one, of course, goat farming. How to start? Well, goat farms are places where farmers breed and raise

08:41domestic goats. Goats are raised primarily for their milk, sometimes their meat, sorry guys,

08:47but you can expect to spend about $100 to $800 for registering breed stock with the registered

08:52female doe to bring in top dollar. You may pay, I don't know, $1,200 for a milking goat, such as a

08:58Nubian, or for a meat producer doe. So you got to start with a couple thousand. You'll need a male

09:03buck and several does. You can also purchase pregnant goats. You'll need a barn or a shed

09:08and some goat-proof fencing. You won't need a lawnmower, though, because these things eat

09:12everything. You'll also have to feed them if you don't have a ton of grass available for them,

09:17especially during the winter seasons. So let's say also that you might have to have some milking

09:22equipment, about $1,500. Now, how could you make money for goats? Well, breed and sell the goats. We

09:27actually did a whole video on this, if you want to see, about a goat lady that did just that.

09:31You can also sell the milk. Goat milk is something that people drink, especially here in Texas. You

09:37can also rent the goats out for clearing land. You can actually have the goats sheared two times a

09:43year, wash, and eventually spin it into high-quality yarn. You could also sell products like soap,

09:48goat milk soap, shampoo, etc. All right, let's break down the numbers here in Oklahoma. If we bought 15 of

09:55these types of goats, the initial investment could be $15,000. That would cover the cost of goats,

10:00basic infrastructure, and initial feed supplies. Annual costs would be like, let's call it $900

10:05per goat times 15 goats equals $13,500. Although those babies, they figure out how to breed. They

10:10like it. They keep going. Other operational expenses, about $5,000. Annual revenue, well,

10:16milk sales, a gallon per day, x 305 days, x 15 goats equals 4,575 gallons. And you can see the math

10:24right here. Let's break this down real quickly. Plus, we've got soap and cheese sales, which might mean

10:29that we have an annual revenue of about $45,000. The profit? I don't know, probably closer to $15,000

10:34to $20,000. But we've got goats on hand. And if you want to, you can do goat yoga, because apparently

10:38that's a thing too. And we have that video as well. Next, we've got an orchard. Well, okay, we've got a

10:45lot of work to do on orchard, but I'm going to explain that next. Oklahoma is known for its peaches.

10:50Here's why I like this option. Most of the work is in the beginning. So planting, irrigating,

10:54fencing, pruning. But once the foundation is laid, you have an asset for decades. My friend Isaac

11:00actually did this live, and I have the numbers from him. Tree saplings cost $10 to $20 for each if

11:06you start with a small one. For an orchard of five acres, you might plant about 500 trees. That'll cost

11:12you anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000. Equipment, you'll need irrigation, tractors, sprayers, harvesting

11:17equipment. A basic setup might cost $20,000. This is including soil preparation, fencing, fertilizers.

11:24Budget, I don't know, $5,000 for this. Total investment, approximately $30,000. Not including, though,

11:30the human labor. So my friend Isaac did this breakdown exactly, turned a barren land into a

11:36beautiful orchard. And this orchard that he created cost him about $75,000 in a few months. He also

11:41bought older trees, which is smart because then it's established. So it looks like when we look around,

11:47apple orchards and peach orchards make about $60,000 per year once established, just selling the fruit.

11:52Now, since Oklahoma is known for peaches, you could look at this company right here as a case study.

11:57I'd probably give him a call. I'm going to and figure out how their business model works.

12:01Now, Isaac that I told you about, he got the land, similar process to me, and designed an orchard for

12:07max biodiversity, choosing every fruit the Texas climate could support, 50 different varieties

12:12and sub-varieties. January 2023, they put in 207 tiny saplings in the ground, just 18-inch sticks that

12:19didn't look like much. By the end of the first year, they tripled in size. This January 2024,

12:25they pruned a good 50% of each tree to make the trees stronger. But since then, they tripled in size

12:30again. So now they're thriving. They're structured and balanced and bearing their first fruits. And they

12:36have grapes too, which I didn't really think in Texas. These trees should produce for 20 or 50 years.

12:41So this is the long game for this one, obviously. Not something you're going to make money on up front.

12:47All right. Next, we've got Barn Dominium. Old one. We're going to fix it up.

12:51So on my land that I bought, they already had the spare parts for a Barn Dominium.

12:55And so we bought a piece of land and actually got this Barn Dominium with it. And I think this could

13:00be a business in and of itself. My friend actually found himself in exactly the same situation. This is

13:05again, Isaac. He found an old abandoned farm for sale for $1,300 an acre, all included. But hidden within

13:11was this timber frame barn. That wasn't looking so great at the time. But look what it looks

13:16like now. Now they've turned it into an amazing venue with even better cash flow. Just with the

13:21help of some friends, they transformed this into this. They named the place Morning Glory Farm

13:27after the wildflowers bank it in the long driveway. And now couples rent out the barn for weddings.

13:33And so for my land, after doing some research, it looks like wedding venues in Oklahoma typically

13:37charge between $3,000 to $8,000 or more, but let's not get crazy, per event depending on

13:42what they offer. Since this has a barn and maybe a bunch of hay bales and some cool fireplaces,

13:48it will be on the upper side of this. So let's go like this. Bridal shower rentals, potentially

13:53$150 for two hours if booked with a wedding. Then maybe you have an engagement photo shoot,

13:58other types of events during peak seasons like corporate retreats. And I also think it's reasonable

14:03that my barn and dominium can host 20 to 30 weddings per year with an average of $5,000 per

14:08event that would generate $100,000 to $150,000 in revenue. Now I don't know exactly on profits on

14:14that. The average wedding industry and company says that they make about a 30% profit margin. So we

14:19probably make 30% of $150,000. And finally, automate vacation rental properties. Isaac, my friend,

14:26does it for $2,000 a month and automates his whole business. His thing is crazy. Smart lighting,

14:32door locks, noise sensors, thermostats when building each of his seven cabins. So anytime a

14:38guest is checking in, a unique door code populates in the automated check-in instructions message.

14:43They receive only valid intros for the rest of their reservations. So they can't get in unless it's

14:48their time. So he created all these automations, which means that he doesn't have to run his seven

14:53cabin thing very much. His friend charges him $150 a week to monitor messaging and to make sure anything

14:59that goes sideways at the place she takes care of. He also has somebody that helps him with

15:03maintenance. They stop by the property a couple of times during the month and check on things,

15:07water the plants, receive deliveries, small things. Isaac pays him about $200 a week. His cleaner has

15:13access to his project management system and Isaac pays her $95 to $150 a cleaning and sends her a Venmo

15:19each week. This then covers almost everything besides website and booking, which are optimized to answer

15:26guests questions and make Isaac not have to answer all of it. So in my future state, I want to have

15:31a bunch of cabins that are just like Isaac's on my property too. So you can have your chicken coop

15:36next to your hunting license, next to your wedding venue, and then a bunch of small cabins that I would

15:43probably use from a guy like Bob, where we can break down exactly how much money it would cost you

15:47to add one of Bob's. All this adds up to maybe costing you $25k a year for management costs. And then I think

15:55the upside for this is several hundred thousand dollars a year. Now, I haven't done all of this

16:00yet besides buy the place and the barn dominium. Do you guys want me to cover all of this as I do it

16:05live? Let me know in the comments. I think in a world that's getting more complex, having a piece

16:09of land to escape to, it's maybe important. The United States has 2.4 billion acres of landscapes

16:15waiting to be explored. And I think there's a real sense of America out here. So it's not just about

16:20making money. It's about leaving a legacy behind and having something you can touch and maybe just

16:25getting a little dirt underneath your fingertips. I think this isn't just a business. It's a chance

16:30for us to create something lasting. If you guys liked this video, let me know and we can break down

16:35maybe how more of us can own our land instead of China.

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