Yes, right after. Beans came off in early October and we seeded that weekend which was a bit late for around here (mid Sept would have been ideal) but it worked great. The disruption of the beans actually “held” the seed great. First year wasn’t KY turf but we were careful with it and it was amazing year 2. Would never know it had been beans.
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Ah. In that case, you might consider what will make the property most marketable for when you sell.
For us in MN, the perimeter fencing was a big driver of several offers.
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If you are moving, I think your best bet would be a perimeter fence with interior electric fencing on t-posts or step-in posts. Minimal modifications to the barn to keep it multipurpose. Overhangs off the barn for shelter; don’t waste money on additional sheds. Throw down stall mats where you need flooring. Corral panels, temporary stalls, or something easy to tear down. Ride on the grass; if that’s “impossible,” stick with something dirt cheap, like a few loads of sand and rail road ties. Or only improving footing in a large corral panel round pen to have an all weather place to ride, but doing most of your riding outside it.
Most horse-specific improvements add zero dollars to resale value but cost a lot to implement.
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There are some nice farms down that way. I’m from Nevada, and we still own farm land up there.
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I’ve lived places where accommodating wind and resulting snow drifts ect was a big deal. Not sure if that applies here and I hope for your sake it does not!
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Yes, converted close to 10 acres - Once Harvested we used a landscape rake on our tractor to rake up the beans waste. Then threw seed down on the ground, then went over the seeded pasture with that rake again to cover seed. Pasture filled in nicely.
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I’ve got a rake already, as I have an arena rascal. Perfect.
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Me too! It’s got a great wind break to the west, but the north leaves the house exposed. I’ll be planting something in the spring but it won’t fill in for several years.
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So the seller is leaving us a running Deere 455. I can do a lot with that baby tractor, I’m pretty excited!
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Why delay half a year when fall planting is often superior to spring planting?
Also, doubling down on the seeding pasture the moment those beans are off. There is about no reason to leave it fallow for a year! “Hay” and cereals are good after beans.
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My horses did not get this memo.
Not even close.
I have one who uses her stall as a litter box.
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Mine didn’t get it either. Bedding is the BEST place to pee, it ranks right up there with hay.
And after 30 some years of allowing herds free access to stalls without major issue, I had a mare try to kill her longtime herd mates… twice. I was stupid enough to believe the first time was a freak event and didn’t remove her immediately. Two very large vet bills, two different horses who almost didn’t make it because of a horse who had been living in similar arrangements without issue for 13 years. 
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I can’t let mine have their stalls when they are together for the same reason.
When they are in at my place it is a stall with an attached paddock (separated).
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I kept dozens upon dozens of horses that way without issue. I always said, “if the personalities are compatible and you know your horses, they should be fine…” yada yada yada. Well the offender is a homebred social butterfly who I’ve kept in so many different living arrangements— a person can’t know their horse much better than that. There was no “reason” it should have happened, but it did.
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I’d hazard a guess that OP has’t even cloesd on the property yet, and so putting in trees/shrubs is fairly low on the “to do” list.
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Because evergreens do better planted in the spring. 
I don’t plan on having stalls, outside of the ability to put some up in an emergency by having panels on hand. The best they’re going to get is a run in shed, however I decide to construct that. My Old Man is a prick about food, he does eventually settle down but to start with he may end up hobbled (he is hobble broke) until he remembers his manners.
And that, lol. Dog fencing is mission number 1.
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Also I see above you’re looking just south of Chicago. We are in that area - Happy to give any local advice.
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I have really enjoyed having the flexibility of panels.
What’s been most convenient for me is a run in space and a connected panel stall for easy separation (keeping just two). The panel stall is a corner and has 3 gates; one to shared dry lot, one to interior barn aisle / work area and the third opens to one of my grass paddocks.
I’m on my third panel configuration in 2 years. Love them.
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