#129: Succession Proof Your Family with James Hamilton, Succession Facilitator of Cultivate Advisory

You know what makes a good farm. But would you know what makes a good investment property two hundred kilometres away? Building wealth off-farm takes more than finding a house in a good suburb. A property can look the part, fit the budget and still come with compromises you’ll pay for years later. In Episode 136 of The AgriCoach Wealth & Wisdom Podcast, Ben Law sits down with Scott McGeever, buyer’s agent and property valuer at Property Searchers. With around four decades in property and ...

You’ve seen the accountant. Spoken to the lawyer. Sorted some paperwork. Finally, succession feels like it’s moving. That relief feels bloody good. But what if it’s letting you off the hook too early? In this short, sharp Mini Episode, Ben Law tackles a trap he sees farming families fall into: taking some action on farm succession planning, then assuming the hard work is handled. Using a rusty truck chassis as his starting point, Ben challenges you to look beneath the tidy f...

Family conflict doesn’t stay at the kitchen table. It follows you into the boardroom, the paddock and every important decision the business needs to make. A farming family may look productive from the outside while resentment, avoidance or unresolved tension quietly slows decisions and limits what the business could become. The cost is not always a failed deal or a lost property. Often, it is years of lost momentum that never appears on the balance sheet. In Episode 135 of the AgriCoach Wealt...

Most farming families have thought about wills, powers of attorney and succession. Far fewer have answered the more uncomfortable question: If you carked it tomorrow, would your family actually know what to do? Not just who gets what. Who do they call? What did you want to happen? What happens with the business? Did you want the farm kept together? And what are the hundreds of smaller decisions your family will suddenly be forced to make at one of the worst possible times? In Episode 134 of t...

Sometimes the dads doing the most for their family are the ones who feel they’re getting it most wrong. In this Father’s Day Mini Episode, Ben gets personal about a moment with his daughter that landed harder than he expected — and the uncomfortable contradiction a lot of driven dads know well. You work flat out to provide for the people you love. You carry the responsibility. You try to give your kids every opportunity you can. Then some days you walk through the front door wit...