This farm breeds alpacas. In this video they talk about approaching alpacas as an investment. “Beats watching the market tank.” Take a look.

Our family has been raising alpacas as lifestyle and an investment for the past ten years. Our farm, Fairhope Alpacas, specializes in helping new alpaca breeders get started. Contact me at alpacas (at) [...]

April 30th, 2009 | Tags: 4 legs, 401K, alpaca lifestyle, Alpacas, Fairhope Alpacas, helping new breeders, investment, Lifestyle | Category: Alpacas, Farm Business, Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (1)

Let’s say you love alpacas. (Who doesn’t?) You keep thinking about buying some, but you haven’t been able to pull the proverbial trigger and DO IT. Here are 7 Reasons why 2009 should be the year you take the plunge.

It’s a Buyer’s Market. Buyers call the shots. Prices on everything are down. This includes alpacas. [...]

April 17th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca compounding, Alpacas, breeding stock, Buy low & sell high, Buyer's Market, deduction, insure, investment, love alpacas, MSNBC, Section 179, Wall Street Journal | Category: Alpacas, Business Matters | Comments (11)

NBC News29 in Virginia reports that with a volatile stock market many are investing in alpacas. Alpaca farmer, Amanda Schwab says the animals are popular because, unlike a shaky stock market, alpacas hold their value. “The animals don’t disappear. You don’t lose your money; you don’t suddenly have no money. They’re all still here on [...]

January 14th, 2009 | Tags: Alpacas, farm, investment, NBC News 29, stock market, value, Virginia | Category: Alpacas, Farm Business | Comments (2)

Alpacas are certainly a hot trend in investing right now. Since Christmas, we have entertained no fewer than 7 groups of farm visitors interested in investing in alpaca breeding stock.  So yes, the market for alpacas is still great and the number of alpaca farms is growing!
Traditional farmers are finally coming around to the benefits [...]

January 8th, 2009 | Tags: Alpacas, animal husbandry, Fairhope Alpacas, investment, John Underwood, Old MacDonald, tax advantages, Taxes, Urbanization, Washington Post | Category: Alpacas, Farm Business | Comments (2)

On a recent search through my favorite new medium, Twitter, I found that several people were asking this question. They had seen the commercials and couldn’t understand why this would be an appealing choice for anyone.
I thought I’d take a stab at answering their question here. People buy alpacas for many different reasons. If you [...]

December 10th, 2008 | Tags: Alpacas, compounding, cute, easy keepers, fiber, insurable, investment, Lifestyle, livestock, luxury fiber, no slaughter, Twitter | Category: Alpacas, Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (4)