In 2015, the U.S. consumed about 50 billion board feet of lumber. Softwood lumber used to build homes and made from species such as pine, fir and...
Buying Land
Are you new to buying land or investing in land? Maybe you already own land as an investment. Learn about Self Directed IRAs, 1031 Exchanges, taxes, negotiating, making offers, contracts, financing, farmland, timberland investing and more. Get land smart!
Buying your first piece of rural land can be very exciting. First time land buyers often tell me, “I want to buy a piece of land, but I don’t really...
At the end of the day, U.S. housing markets drive earnings for U.S. timber firms.
If you’ve spent any time in the West, I’m sure you’ve seen them—hillsides that were once home to large swaths of lush, green forests transformed into...
If you are looking to buy rural property in colder areas of the country and want to play in the snow, this is the time of year where your thoughts...
The timber REIT sector tumbled in 2015. The Forisk Timber REIT (FTR) Index fell 9.3% for the year, while the S&P 500 essentially flatlined at -0.7%...
“When do you think farmland prices are going to correct?” is a question posed to me recently. My answer was, “I do not know a single farmer who is...
The November 2015 announced merger of Plum Creek (PCL) and Weyerhaeuser (WY), the two largest public timberland-owning real estate investment trusts...
Aunt Fanny called the other day at 4:14 a.m. to tell me about her growing timberland portfolio and to remind me that, “Nephew, you earn more if you...
Benchmarking provides a useful, and often necessary, tool for evaluating the performance of alternative investments (such as private timberlands)...