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Six Top Luxury Ranches For Sale

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Is this the time to indulge your hankering' and buy yourself a not-so-modest spread in Wyoming, Montana, or Colorado? After all, just three months ago, Texas billionaire Kelcy Warren picked up the Boot Jack Ranch in southwest Colorado for a mere $46.5 million; the ranch was originally listed two years before at $88 million. At the time, it was the highest price residential sale in the country for 2010 -- a short-lived record surpassed by a Bel-Air home a few weeks later.

But if a guy like Warren can get half off the price of a ranch with of 3,000 pristine wilderness acres, 6 lakes and 7 miles of world-class fly fishing on the West Fork of the San Juan River -- not to mention the 14,000-square-foot home -- might now not be the time for the rest of us to get in touch with our inner cowboy?

Lest you think Warren got the only real deal out there: A Bozeman-area ranch, once listed at $39 million, just closed escrow at $11.5 million. Another ranch in southwest Montana, which at its peak listed for $60 million, just sold for below $30 million. In southern Colorado, a ranch that once sported a price tag of $100 million, has a new owner who paid about $46 million for it.

But before you jump in the saddle, you might want to hold your horses, literally. There's more than meets the eye about what constitutes value in ranch land and it's not just acreage alone.

(First, let's eliminate those ranches that Luxist readers likely wouldn't consider: The ones that are in the middle of nowhere, have no pretty views, and their value is based on things like the dependability of the precipitation, the strength of the grass and the quality of livestock water. i think we can safely eliminate most of Western Nebraska and Eastern Montana, maybe even Eastern Colorado.)

What features drive up the price of a luxury ranch? Oddly enough, it's privacy.

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Escape Ranch, Estate of the Day

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Orrin Ingram, the CEO of Ingram Industries and Ingram Book Company is the owner of today's property, the massive Escape Ranch in Kenansville, Florida. This property is around 13,952 acres fronting U.S. Highway 441 about 40 miles southeast of Orlando. This expansive estate is considered to be one of the finest quail plantations in the southeast. It has been managed for wild quail for many years with no expense spared to maximize populations of wild birds. Across the property well maintained dirt and grass roads provide complete access to the quail courses. The property also offers hunting for trophy quality deer as well as turkey and waterfowl. There are also two ponds on the property.

The six-bedroom lodge is designed with spacious suites and comfortable public areas and currently decorated with all manner of animal trophies. There is also a two-bedroom guest house and staff quarters. The ranch has the capacity to run up to 2000 cows that help to maintain the quail habitat and absorb some of the expenses. The property is being offered turnkey including furnishings, equipment, dogs, livestock, and vehicles for $35 million through Hall and Hall.

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