In the world of real estate, late November is when land sales begin to slow down and we see property interest fade until we usher in the New Year...
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!
The late philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn introduced the term ‘paradigm shift’ in his 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. While Kuhn...
Since 2012, Forisk has conducted biennial surveys of common forest management practices by private timberland owners and managers in the U.S. South...
If you live in the Deep South, the beautiful, towering pine trees with their straight, sturdy trunks and huge pine cones, are as much a part of your...
To a rural land buyer, a land survey may seem costly, tedious and unnecessary. While there are times when a buyer doesn’t need a survey...
Pulpwood, the smaller trees typically chipped for making wood pulp, oriented strand board (OSB) or wood pellets, provides balance and diversification...
When I first began my career in the rural and recreational land market in the mid-1980s, most of the tracts of land I dealt with were “one...
In the last few years, buying rural land and building a house on it has become more popular than ever. Since the pandemic, people are looking for...
Often, there is a “better” way to do things. It doesn’t really matter if you put your pants on with the leg left first or the right, but it is easier...
According to The Economist (“Private equity may be headed for a fall,” July 7th, 2022), “Private equity benefits from a fig leaf of illiquidity,”...