At Beacon Mountain Farm & Ranch, we strive to provide our clients with professional representation by utilizing state of the art technology, our extensive network, years of experience, market expertise and a great deal of hard work. Our livelihood and the long term success of our company is based on your ultimate satisfaction. When we find the property you and your family members have dreamed of, clearly it’s a rewarding day for each of us.

To successfully complete an assignment, we often spend hundreds of hours with each client finding the right property, researching and analyzing it, touring it and of course negotiating many of the business terms in the contract. We take great pride in our work and endeavor to bring a level of service to our client’s that exceeds their expectations.  Unlike most consultants and business professionals, we are not paid on an hourly or project basis. We receive our compensation at the end of the transaction when the sale closes. Due to the fact that we commit a great deal of our time and resources to represent you as a Buyer, we require that each client signs an Exclusive Right to Buy Listing Contract with us prior to our engagement.

We wish to stress the fact that we do much, much more than just locate properties on the market. With the growing functionality of the internet, many available Ranches are on public websites. You may find some of them on your own. To provide added value to our exclusive clients, we will provide you with a continually updated list of over 100 “Farm & Ranch” websites you can independently peruse to help us find your ideal property.  Recently, one of our clients selected a hunting property off of a website we provided him. We too had looked at the property but felt it didn’t meet his expectations. Our client however knew it was just what he wanted and after several visits and much due diligence, we negotiated favorable terms for our Buyer, went under contract and closed the transaction.

You are hiring us to be your Real Estate professional. We will research comparable sales, personally visit the property, meticulously analyze it if it makes your short list, help direct critical due diligence and carefully negotiate the contract so that you end up with a strong market purchase. Our expertise translates into professionalism, effective time management and value to you.

Your loyalty is greatly appreciated. If you put yourselves in our shoes, I’m sure you can understand that we simply can’t spend hundreds of hours working on a transaction for free without the Buyers assurance they will work with us pursuant to an Exclusive Right to Buy Listing Contract.

We specialize in  Land and Ranch Real Estate.   We are fortunate to be able to help our clients negotiate and close a wide range of Colorado Ranches for Sale.   Our assignments range from Cattle Ranches to Off Grid Properties, Hunting Properties to Fishing Properties and Horse Property to Hay Ranches.   We look forward to hearing from you.

At BMFR we’ve noticed an interesting trend occurring in our Real Estate practice. Over the course of the last year we’ve received an increased level of interest from buyers regarding off the grid properties. This trend is apparent at all price ranges from $300,000 to $5,000,000+ properties.

In these assignments, our clients ask for properties that are somewhat secluded and out of the line of sight from their neighbors rooftops. We frequently hear these investments would serve as a place to take families for outdoor recreation and also as a place to retire to in case thing get “a bit crazy” in the city. Alternative energy is often a key component on an off grid buyers checklist. Energy generated from a wind turbine, solar panel, diesel generator or gas generator is desirable. Many of these properties have buried propane tanks, independent water supply such as a well and if possible a lake to fish and areas to hunt wild game. Ideally, the retreat is a public land in – holding or at a minimum, adjacent to the BLM, State Land or National Forest.

We’re not sure why this concept has taken off recently but we find it to be a compelling buying trend. Now that we’re actively looking for this type of product, we’re surprised at the number of terrific properties we’ve found that meet the criteria our self sufficient, survivalist buyers are looking for. The purchase of Rural real estate has even been mentioned as a growing market by the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ has coined the term “Ruralpolitan” to describe the individual seeking rural land.

Whether it’s a 40 acre in-holding or a 400 acre sanctuary adjacent to National Forest with exceptional hunting and fishing, we can find it for you. Looking for off the grid property is a real adventure. At Beacon Mountain Farm & Ranch, it would be a pleasure to find your Colorado Ranch for sale that also provides you and your family with the peace of mind and security inherent in an off grid property.

Please  contact us for further information regarding this rapidly expanding market segment.

Buying a Fishing Property

When looking for a ranch, most recreation oriented individuals want a property that has both fishing and hunting opportunities on it.   And while just about any mountain property of 35 acres or more will have some type of hunting, finding a property with fishing potential is a little more difficult, and usually more expensive.

While Colorado is home to 35 species of fish, both warm water and cold water, most recreational properties in the mountains with fishing will have trout.

The only native trout to Colorado is the Cutthroat.  There are three subspecies of the Cutthroat, found mostly in remote, high country streams.  Other species such as the Brown and Rainbow have found a home in Colorado and have become the predominate fish in most of the rivers, streams and lakes..

There are abundant fishing opportunities in the state with over 6,000 miles of streams. 168 miles of Gold Medal Water and over 2,000 lakes.

So how do you decide what is best for your personal requirements?

The first criteria will be money.  If you want private access to the “Big Water” such as the Colorado, Taylor, Arkansas, or North Platte rivers, you should expect to pay a significant premium for this property.  The demand is very high for these properties, and while they provide some incredible fishing, there are plenty of secondary stream and rivers that provide excellent fishing as well.

These secondary rivers and stream such as the Huerfano, Troublesome, and Muddy to name a few, when managed properly, hold some very large fish. The private properties that border these streams and rivers are much more reasonably priced.

These secondary waterways can provide excellent fishing, but the quality can vary significantly from property to property. Over the years, mining and livestock grazing have, in some cases altered the structure and flow is such a manner that they no longer provide the quality fishery that it once was. It is important to know how to identify the best properties with respect to the quality of the fishery.

This is where a skilled and knowledgeable ranch broker can really help you.

 We at Beacon Mountain Farm & Ranch know where these hidden gems are located and which ones are on the market and we have years of experience fishing many of these waters, Secondly, we can assist you in getting a professional assessment of the fishery.  Finally, if there is a need for a restoration project we have a network of affiliates that can provide that as well.