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Honoring Heritage Farms | Selling the Family Farm with Sensitivity & Success
How do we gracefully manage the sale of a living family heirloom?
At Kirkpatrick & Co., we’ve been thoughtfully selling horse farms, land, and historic homes since 1984. When the time comes to entrust a new steward with a family’s horse farm, land, or historic home, Kirkpatrick & Co. provides sensitive [...]
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May 16, 2025
Why we’re a steadfastly independent real estate brokerage
We’ve been approached time and time again by out-of-state real-estate chains to affiliate Kirkpatrick & Co. with their big box “brand names.” Allow us to explain why we’ve remained steadfastly independent since 1984.
Our brokerage invests in our community, not an HQ far away
We’re Kentuckians first. Each of our associates calls [...]
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May 16, 2025
Cheat Sheet | Interviewing A Farm Broker
In his Investing in Thoroughbreds tome, founder Arnold Kirkpatrick discusses the importance of choosing one’s advisors carefully. Here, he is talking equine advisors like bloodstock agents & trainers, but the principles are the same for real estate:
“Many highly successful business people have taken a terrible beating in the horse business because they were either [...]
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December 2, 2024
Can you tear down a home on the National Register? Should you?
We’re historic home experts, and we often encounter a great deal of misinformation and even apprehension regarding preservation. Our brokerage helps clients navigate the process of buying or selling heritage properties with sensitivity. It is our aim to provide clarity and encouragement through keen expertise. Here, we’d like to share [...]
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August 28, 2023
Why don’t we use stock photography?
Our Bluegrass is easy to love and thousands of images exist displaying her splendor. Many of these images are widely-available as stock photos across the web. And yet- we avoid stock photography on our website. Each farm or home pictured here has been sold by a Kirkpatrick & Co. Associate.
Here’s [...]
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August 23, 2023
Q&A with broker Zach Davis
We visited with broker Zach Davis for a spring Q & A. Read on to discover the best meal in Lexington, the Kentucky books he’s been reading lately, and the career he almost had.
What have you read recently?
I am late to reading Cornbread Mafia but can’t stop thinking about it. [...]
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May 6, 2023
The First Three Commandments of Farm Real Estate
Let graciousness guide you–and more–
We’ve been busier than ever and the proliferation of rapid-fire sales leaves us ever-mindful of our values & principles.What’s at the heart of a successful farm transaction? What’s the essence of an exceptional broker? We’ve been pondering these ideas since 1984.Without any further ado, we’d like to [...]
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May 6, 2023
How does a nearly forty-year-old brand still relevant in today’s world?
Broker Zach Davis says “the Kirkpatrick & Co. brand has always been associated with fine properties and expertise. We’ve taken that heritage and ran with it.”
Along with that expertise, the brokerage is committed to what they call “white-glove service.” The majority of Kirkpatrick & Co. clients are immersed in their [...]
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May 6, 2023
We’re Not for Everyone
Kirkpatrick & Co. isn’t for everyone – here’s why.
Fit is everything, from riding boots to company culture. Maybe you’ve bandied the idea of “fit” around the interviewing table a time or two, trying to parse if a candidate will meld with your team. You know just how hard it can be to determine.The [...]
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May 6, 2023
On Private Listings
Welcome to the world of bespoke brokerage
“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.” William O. Douglas, Public Utilities Commission v. Pollak, 343 U.S. 451, 467 (1952) (dissenting)
You might be surprised to learn that many closed listings in our market are private offerings. Private or “pocket” listings [...]
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May 6, 2023
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