I know of two separate sellers, each of whom is marketing a tract of more than 5,000 acres. Each is priced at about $1,500/A. I think fair value for...
Curtis Seltzer
No one likes getting kicked in the teeth. Particularly, repeatedly. That’s how Americans feel this week as the sinking economy flails about, dragging...
I’m trying to figure something out: With rural property showing for-sale signs rusting in place, why haven’t sellers lowered asking prices and...
It's a rainy, miserable Saturday afternoon. I've just spent several hours looking through some 1,200 timberland listings on www.landflip.com. I've...
I looked at a small wooded tract a couple of weeks ago. Before visiting, I asked the seller if he had a deed that he could send me so that I could...
I was lying in bed at 3:30 a.m. a couple of weeks ago recounting dumb things I’ve done and making a to-do list when a new thought slipped into line...
It’s always fun to watch clever people make a profit out of a mess. Take global warming. Today’s consensus opinion -- whether you believe it or not...
Conservation easements (CEs) provide a break for their donors on local, state, federal and estate taxes. What has been the experience of LANDTHINK...
The hills are alive with the sound of…chainsaws. Americans in the tens of thousands are out cutting firewood to keep warm this winter. We burn wood...
A good deal is often defined as buying something for less than the seller’s asking price. Sometimes that’s true. Sometimes, it isn’t.