I live in this exact area, so I have experience with the local market. There is a lot of competition and demand in this area. Lots of people east of the Twin Cities own large-lot semi-rural properties and are buying tractors for yard chores. Even more people now own hunting properties and are looking for food plotting tractors. High demand and there has been for years.
Tractors in the small utility category are VERY difficult to find in this area in good condition and prices are high. To get a good condition tractor at a reasonable price, you have to move FAST and be willing to drive.
IMO it's going to be tough sledding if the list is too short and just going after a single brand and 1 or 2 models in that brand. Problem is that is this area you could wait years for a good example to come up and at a reasonable price and then it will be sold within a day.
The best thing you can do in this area IMO, Dave, is assemble a long list of brands and models that are worth looking at. As soon as a tractor on the "long list" comes up and if it's in the price range he can pay, you have to jump on it that day. You have to get out there and look because if it IS any good, it will be gone.
One more thing. It may be a good idea if your friend has the storage space to essentially "overbuy". Stepping up into the full-size space can get you way more tractor for even less money total than the small tractors are going for. If a loader is on the list of wants, this would be an even better idea because many of the small tractors don't have the weight or size to really use a loader effectively.
I ended up driving out into rural MN and buying a full-size tractor rather than what I originally wanted which was a compact. It was just crazy the prices compacts were bringing.
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