The AgriCoach Podcast by The Financial Bloke

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 more than 2,000 transactions behind him, Scott brings an experienced eye to what makes a property worth buying—and what should make you walk away.
This conversation is personal for Ben. He and his wife used Scott’s team themselves. Looking back, some of the most valuable advice they received was being told, “No, that’s not the property.”
Together, they discuss the pressure that leads sensible buyers to compromise, the details a good postcode can hide, and why chasing a bargain can distract you from buying well.
For farming families considering off-farm property investment, this is a practical conversation about making a significant decision with clearer criteria, better support and less emotion.
Before you spend another weekend at open homes, have a listen.
About Property Searchers
Property Searchers helps buyers find, assess and purchase homes and investment properties. Scott McGeever brings a property valuer’s background and around four decades of experience to the business, with more than 2,000 transactions behind him.
From setting a clear buying brief to researching properties, negotiating and coordinating the purchase through to settlement, the team helps buyers make informed decisions—including knowing when to walk away.
Find out more at propertysearchers.com.au.
If this podcast has ever added value to your farming business, we'd love for you to leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
https://pod.link/1598835360
Succession starts well before handing over the reins.
Give your farming family the time and space to plan ahead while the business is strong and you still have time, opportunity and choice.
Join the waitlist for our 2027 Succession Ready Roadmap Workshop on the Sunshine Coast. We’re running just one workshop in 2027, and this year’s filled almost entirely from the waitlist.
Join the waitlist at agrico
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Ben Law is a coach to some of Australia's most successful farming families. He was raised on the land — three generations of farming in his blood — and has spent almost 30 years and more than 40,000 hours alongside farming families, first as their financial adviser and now as their coach. Along the way he learned the truth nobody talks about: what makes or breaks a family legacy isn't the money — it's whether the family can communicate, get aligned, and prepare the next generation before succession arrives.
That's what this podcast is about. Each fortnight Ben sits down with farming families, trusted advisers and industry experts to unpack how to build a family that thrives across generations — strong in business, strong in relationships, and set up to hand over the farm without losing each other.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this podcast is general in nature and for education purposes only. It is not financial advice. It is not legal advice. No one should act on the information without appropriate specific advice for your particular circumstances. Ben Law is a former financial advisor but is no longer licensed and cannot and will not give you specific or personal advice in this podcast. The Financial Bloke Group Pty Ltd accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by any person acting or refraining from action as a result of reliance on the information in this podcast.

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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 finish. 
What’s actually been addressed—and what’s still quietly waiting underneath? 
A few minutes one-on-one with Ben, worth hearing before you tell yourself, “We’ve sorted that.”  
If this podcast has ever added value to your farming business, we'd love for you to leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
https://pod.link/1598835360
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Ben Law is a coach to some of Australia's most successful farming families. He was raised on the land — three generations of farming in his blood — and has spent almost 30 years and more than 40,000 hours alongside farming families, first as their financial adviser and now as their coach. Along the way he learned the truth nobody talks about: what makes or breaks a family legacy isn't the money — it's whether the family can communicate, get aligned, and prepare the next generation before succession arrives.
That's what this podcast is about. Each fortnight Ben sits down with farming families, trusted advisers and industry experts to unpack how to build a family that thrives across generations — strong in business, strong in relationships, and set up to hand over the farm without losing each other.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this podcast is general in nature and for education purposes only. It is not financial advice. It is not legal advice. No one should act on the information without appropriate specific advice for your particular circumstances. Ben Law is a former financial advisor but is no longer licensed and cannot and will not give you specific or personal advice in this podcast. The Financial Bloke Group Pty Ltd accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by any person acting or refraining from action as a result of reliance on the information in this podcast.

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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 Wealth & Wisdom Podcast, Ben speaks with family business psychotherapist Tom Skotidas, director of everpath, about the patterns that develop when family relationships, business expectations and ownership become intertwined.
Tom explains why people cannot simply compartmentalise problems at home and perform differently at work. The same patterns—anger, withdrawal, people-pleasing, overworking or avoiding difficult conversations—inevitably appear in business decisions, leadership and family business succession.
But what happens when only one or two family members believe there is a problem? Can anything genuinely change if Dad, Mum or another key person refuses to take part?
Tom offers a perspective that challenges the tendency to identify one person as “the problem.” Every family member plays some part in the pattern, even through silence or withdrawal. That also means one person changing how they respond can begin shifting the wider family system.
Ben and Tom also discuss why anger is often covering something deeper, how unresolved family patterns affect business performance, and when a trusted adviser or succession facilitator may be enough—and when a family may need more specialised help.
If your family keeps returning to the same arguments, avoiding the same subjects or struggling to separate family history from business decisions, this conversation may help you see what is really happening beneath the surface.
About: Tom Skotidas is a family business psychotherapist and the director of everpath. Working with individuals, key pairs, and groups, Tom helps business families resolve entrenched conflict patterns, repair relationships, and thrive as a system. He is also the author of the newsletter Family Business Therapy. 
If this podcast has ever added value to your farming business, we'd love for you to leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
https://pod.link/1598835360
Succession starts well before handing over the reins.
Give your farming family the time and space to plan ahead while the business is strong and you still have time, opportunity and choice.
Join the waitlist for our 2027 Succession Ready Roadmap Workshop on the Sunshine Coast. We’re running just one workshop in 2027, and this year’s filled almost entirely from the waitlist.
Join the waitlist at agrico
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Ben Law is a coach to some of Australia's most successful farming families. He was raised on the land — three generations of farming in his blood — and has spent almost 30 years and more than 40,000 hours alongside farming families, first as their financial adviser and now as their coach. Along the way he learned the truth nobody talks about: what makes or breaks a family legacy isn't the money — it's whether the family can communicate, get aligned, and prepare the next generation before succession arrives.
That's what this podcast is about. Each fortnight Ben sits down with farming families, trusted advisers and industry experts to unpack how to build a family that thrives across generations — strong in business, strong in relationships, and set up to hand over the farm without losing each other.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this podcast is general in nature and for education purposes only. It is not financial advice. It is not legal advice. No one should act on the information without appropriate specific advice for your particular circumstances. Ben Law is a former financial advisor but is no longer licensed and cannot and will not give you specific or personal advice in this podcast. The Financial Bloke Group Pty Ltd accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by any person acting or refraining from action as a result of reliance on the information in this podcast.

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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 the AgriCoach Wealth & Wisdom Podcast, Ben sits down with Lisa Herbert, journalist, author and death literacy advocate behind The Bottom Drawer Book.
Lisa has spent years finding a practical way to make a subject most of us would rather avoid a little easier to talk about.
And that matters for farming families.
We spend plenty of time thinking about farm succession planning, estate structures, wills, trusts and protecting assets. But as Ben and Lisa discuss, those documents don't necessarily tell your family what you wanted — or remove the emotional load of having to guess.
This conversation goes beyond funeral planning.
It gets into why we've become so uncomfortable talking about death, why avoiding the conversation can leave families carrying unnecessary pressure, and how seemingly small unanswered questions can become surprisingly difficult when grief and family dynamics collide.
Ben also reflects on his own family's very different reactions to the subject — from a mum keen to get her wishes down on paper to a dad who would rather not discuss it at all. And, if he's honest, Ben isn't particularly comfortable with it either.
There's also another side to legacy that rarely makes it into the legal documents: the stories, memories, humour and family history that disappear surprisingly quickly once someone is gone.
If you're thinking about succession, ageing parents, business continuity or simply making life a little easier for the people you leave behind, this is a conversation worth having.
Preferably while everyone is still around to have it.
Find out more about Lisa and The Bottom Drawer Book, or order a copy at:
https://thebottomdrawerbook.com.au/ 
If this podcast has ever added value to your farming business, we'd love for you to leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
https://pod.link/1598835360
Succession starts well before handing over the reins.
Give your farming family the time and space to plan ahead while the business is strong and you still have time, opportunity and choice.
Join the waitlist for our 2027 Succession Ready Roadmap Workshop on the Sunshine Coast. We’re running just one workshop in 2027, and this year’s filled almost entirely from the waitlist.
Join the waitlist at agrico
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Ben Law is a coach to some of Australia's most successful farming families. He was raised on the land — three generations of farming in his blood — and has spent almost 30 years and more than 40,000 hours alongside farming families, first as their financial adviser and now as their coach. Along the way he learned the truth nobody talks about: what makes or breaks a family legacy isn't the money — it's whether the family can communicate, get aligned, and prepare the next generation before succession arrives.
That's what this podcast is about. Each fortnight Ben sits down with farming families, trusted advisers and industry experts to unpack how to build a family that thrives across generations — strong in business, strong in relationships, and set up to hand over the farm without losing each other.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this podcast is general in nature and for education purposes only. It is not financial advice. It is not legal advice. No one should act on the information without appropriate specific advice for your particular circumstances. Ben Law is a former financial advisor but is no longer licensed and cannot and will not give you specific or personal advice in this podcast. The Financial Bloke Group Pty Ltd accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by any person acting or refraining from action as a result of reliance on the information in this podcast.

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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 with almost nothing left to give the actual people you’re doing it all for.  
This is a short, honest one-on-one with Ben for the farming dads who carry plenty, say little and occasionally wonder whether they’re getting the important stuff right.  
A few minutes. One very real story. And something worth hearing this Father’s Day. 
If this podcast has ever added value to your farming business, we'd love for you to leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
https://pod.link/1598835360
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Ben Law is a coach to some of Australia's most successful farming families. He was raised on the land — three generations of farming in his blood — and has spent almost 30 years and more than 40,000 hours alongside farming families, first as their financial adviser and now as their coach. Along the way he learned the truth nobody talks about: what makes or breaks a family legacy isn't the money — it's whether the family can communicate, get aligned, and prepare the next generation before succession arrives.
That's what this podcast is about. Each fortnight Ben sits down with farming families, trusted advisers and industry experts to unpack how to build a family that thrives across generations — strong in business, strong in relationships, and set up to hand over the farm without losing each other.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this podcast is general in nature and for education purposes only. It is not financial advice. It is not legal advice. No one should act on the information without appropriate specific advice for your particular circumstances. Ben Law is a former financial advisor but is no longer licensed and cannot and will not give you specific or personal advice in this podcast. The Financial Bloke Group Pty Ltd accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by any person acting or refraining from action as a result of reliance on the information in this podcast.

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