It’s a familiar story if you sell recreational property: Potential buyers often call you with a specific idea of the tract they want, down to the...
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!
Every fisherman has a heartbreaking story about “the one that got away“. That is not the type of story you want to have about a piece of land that...
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 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...