Re:Ask HN: Negotiating sale of property to a datacenter company
by bell-cot on Monday June 02, 2025 @04:28PM
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What was his family farm worth, the day before he got the DC letter - as a farm, or potential suburb, or for oil wells, or whatever?
(IIR, the assessed value of farms in Colorado, for purposes of property taxes, bears no resemblance to their market value. That's a "tax scam" for the benefit of the farmer.)
Is there anything really special about his family farm, that would discourage the DC folks from buying up some other farm - say, 5 or 10 miles away - if he didn't take their offer?
How popular is a DC likely to be in the area, and how much does your friend value his reputation and relationships there?
(IIR, the assessed value of farms in Colorado, for purposes of property taxes, bears no resemblance to their market value. That's a "tax scam" for the benefit of the farmer.)
Is there anything really special about his family farm, that would discourage the DC folks from buying up some other farm - say, 5 or 10 miles away - if he didn't take their offer?
How popular is a DC likely to be in the area, and how much does your friend value his reputation and relationships there?