PROCEDURE: The property will be offered in FIVE (5) individual tracts, any combination of tracts and as a total 90.8+/- acre unit. There will be open bidding on all tracts and combinations during the auction as determined by the Auctioneer. Bids on tracts, tract combinations and the total property may compete. The property will be bid in a manner resulting in the highest total sale price.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% down payment at close of the auction for individual tracts or combinations of tracts. The down payment may be made in the form of cashier's check, personal check, or corporate check. YOUR BIDDING IS NOT CONDITIONAL UPON FINANCING, so be sure you have arranged financing, if needed, and are capable of paying cash at closing.

ACCEPTANCE OF BID PRICES: All successful bidders will be required to enter into Purchase Agreements at the auction site immediately following the close of the auction. All final bid prices are subject to the Sellers' acceptance or rejection. The terms of this agreement and any addendum are non-negotiable.

EVIDENCE OF TITLE: Seller shall provide an owner's title insurance policy in the amount of the purchase price.

DEED: Seller shall provide Warranty Deed(s).

CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM CONTRACT: The property is enrolled in a Conservation Reserve Program ("CRP") through 9-30-32. The annual contract payment is $6,864, which consists of 45.30 acres. It is the Buyer(s) responsibility to maintain Contract #11216 through the Noble County Farm Service Agency, 100 East Park Drive, Albion, IN 46701-1437. The Buyer(s) will receive the 2024 CRP payment(s). The Buyer(s) will pay all penalties should any or all this property be taken out of the CRP program prior to its expiration.

DEED RESTRICTIONS: The following deed restrictions shall apply if the property sells in multiple tracts: All homes must be built to the Indiana 1 & 2 Family Dwelling Code. (This would exclude all mobile homes and typical doublewide modular homes).

PERIMETER DRAIN TILE EASEMENT: Easement access will be provided over tracts in this property for perimeter drain tile outlets if perimeter drain tile outlets beyond each individual tract are required by the Noble County Health Department.

CLOSING: The balance of the real estate purchase price is due at closing, which is targeted to take place on or before February 29, 2024.

POSSESSION: Buyer(s) shall receive possession at closing on Tracts #2, #3, #4 and #5, which all contain "land only". Buyer(s) shall receive possession on July 15, 2024, or any agreeable alternate date on Tract #1, which contains the house and barn. The seller will pay all utility bills and maintain hazard insurance on the house and barn "only", during the possession period.

REAL ESTATE TAXES: Real estate taxes will be pro-rated to the date of closing.

DITCH ASSESSMENTS: Buyer shall pay all ditch assessments due after closing.

PROPERTY INSPECTION: Each potential Bidder is responsible for conducting, at their own risk, their own independent inspections, investigations, inquiries, and due diligence concerning the property. Inspection dates have been scheduled and will be staffed with auction personnel. Further, Seller disclaims any and all responsibility for Bidder's safety during any physical inspection of the property. No party shall be deemed an invitee of the property by virtue of the offering of the property for sale.

TRACT MAP(S) AND ACREAGE: All tract map(s), tract acreage, dimensions and proposed boundaries are approximate and have been estimated based on current legal descriptions and/or aerial photos. They are not provided as survey products and are not intended to depict or establish authoritative boundaries or locations.

SURVEY: The Seller shall provide a new survey where there is no existing legal description or where new boundaries are created by the tract divisions in this auction. Any need for a new survey shall be determined solely by the Seller. Seller and successful bidder shall each pay half (50:50) of the cost of the survey. The type of survey performed shall be at the Seller's option and sufficient for providing title insurance. Combination purchases will receive a perimeter survey only.

SWING TRACT REQUIREMENT: Per Noble County Plan Commission @ (260) 636-7217, located at 109 N. York Street, Albion, IN 46701. If an adjoining landowner is the successful bidder on Tract 2 "Swing Tract", the adjoining landowner MUST survey their existing land parcel and include ALL of Tract 2 "Swing Tract" in with their existing land parcel, thus, creating a NEW legal description prior to closing. All costs associated with this requirement, including any additional survey work, shall be a 100% responsibility of adjoining landowner.

EASEMENTS: All real estate is being sold subject to any existing recorded easements.

AGENCY: Schrader Real Estate and Auction of Fort Wayne, LLC and its representatives are exclusive agents of the Seller.

DISCLAIMER AND ABSENCE OF WARRANTIES: All information contained in this brochure and all related materials are subject to the terms and conditions outlined in the Purchase Agreement. The property is being sold on an "AS IS, WHERE IS" basis, and no warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, concerning the property is made by the Seller or the Auction Company. All sketches and dimensions in the brochure are approximate. Each potential bidder is responsible for conducting his or her own independent inspections, investigations, inquiries, and due diligence concerning the property. The information contained in this brochure is subject to verification by all parties relying on it. No liability for its accuracy, errors, or omissions is assumed by the Seller or the Auction Company. Conduct of the auction and increments of bidding are at the direction and discretion of the Auctioneer. The Seller and Selling Agents reserve the right to preclude any person from bidding if there is any question as to the person's credentials, fitness, etc. All decisions of the Auctioneer are final.

ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE THE DAY OF THE SALE TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER PRINTED MATERIAL OR ANY OTHER ORAL STATEMENTS MADE.

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