I hope this is info in order. Since getting a phone call for an offer to lease my farm I have spent a number of hours researching this subject on the web. One of the first things I read was “know who you are dealing with,” with advice to do a Google search. So I did. I could find no record of the gentleman that called; the phone number he left was (via a reverse search) in the name of someone else in New Mexico. I googled the company he said he worked for (Schowald), found nothing except an address in Oklahoma City. I googled the company he said he was leasing for (Zypher in Oklahoma City), found almost nothing except an address. The gentleman that called did send me a lease form under the name of Showalt Land Inc.
I have thus become suspicious of the whole deal. I have learned that a number of farmers in the area have leased to the same folks for essentially the same terms being offered to me.
Does anyone have any information on Showalt Land or Zypher?