The process of valuing rural acreage can be challenging and a direct correlation usually exists between the level of difficulty and the number of...
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!
Investments in wood bioenergy projects and timberland-owning firms follow different paths. Overall, the wood bioenergy sector continues to sift the...
While November approaches in the run up to our presidential election, another important political battle is playing out over US agricultural policy.
When you have looked at a property and asked all of the right questions, there comes a point when you have to make a decision: “Do you want it?”
When analyzing timber markets or wood baskets, paranoia regarding stumpage price data may serve you well.
If you took your family camping, one thing you’d need is a bundle of sticks to build a campfire. If you wanted to build a wealth campfire, one that...
Investments in publicly-traded timberland-owning REITs – Potlatch (PCH), Plum Creek (PCL), Rayonier (RYN) and Weyerhaeuser (WY) – have tremendous...
The good news for recreational property buyers is that sales prices in many areas appear to have bottomed out, reducing the fear that you could have...
“Country roads, take me home” isn’t just the popular lyrics to John Denver’s hit song anymore. As more residents of big cities across America grow...
Technology is awesome. For example, the pinpoint accuracy of storm data can save a family in Kansas because they watched the radar and saw that a F-4...