The answer to the question in this title is pretty straightforward – not only are large acreage recreational property values lower than they have...
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Early in my investing career, I bought shares of Crown Pacific Partners, a timberland-owning firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
With the recent run-up in row-crop farmland prices, savvy investors should be looking to similar investments that offer many of the same benefits of...
Potential Impacts on Timberland Investors from FDIC Proposals on Risk Retention and Mortgage Markets
Recent comments by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Sheila Blair regarding regarding minimum down-payments of up to 20% for...
The “80/20 rule” – also called the “Pareto principle” for Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto – posits that approximately 80% of your results or...
The amount of press farmland has received in the last year could fill a few bookshelves. It is amazing that a real estate category that typically...
Economic uncertainty and turmoil around the world is leaving investors looking for a “safe” place to invest money. There are as many different...
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on the rush of investors buying into publicly-traded real estate investment trusts.
How can timber REITs leverage their available capital, given the fact that they must distribute, and cannot retain, earnings?
When tracking wood demand and timber markets, we look not only to the past and to the future for guidance, but we look to the side – peripherally –...