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LEGAL SUPPORT SERVICES When Benchmark Agribusiness started in 1988, most of our appraisal requests came from bankers. That's not true anymore. We now do just as many appraisals for attorneys as bankers. It's not hard to figure out why when you consider all of the different reasons the legal professi...

What is your specialty? Real estate valuation is the foundation of all of the real estate support services provided by Benchmark Agribusiness. Nearly 90% of the appraisals are of agricultural and rural properties. All three of the appraisers for the firm were raised on farms and have agricultural de...

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December, 2010 - There are at least two anecdotal items that will signal the business cycle is back on the road to long term recovery. 1) When the length of a mortgage goes back to being only slightly longer than the length of the companion warranty deed. 2) There will be a time again when a person'...