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David Sokol has three investment rules

Mar 16, 2010 0 Comments

People write books for different reasons—money, prestige, money, self-validation, score-settling, money, ego and money. And sometimes it’s not about money.

Financial factors impact real estate positively and negatively

Mar 09, 2010 0 Comments

Spring is coiling, but not yet sprung. Spring brings buyers into the countryside. That’s how it usually works, anyway.

BCAP may help landowners; as always, it just depends

Mar 02, 2010 2 Comments

You may have heard something about BCAP (pronounced, bee-cap). BCAP stands for Biomass Crop Assistance Program.

USDA farm forecasts are mixed

Feb 23, 2010 0 Comments

USDA released its 2010 farm income forecasts last week. While net farm income is expected to be $63 billion in 2010, up almost 12 percent ($6.7 billion) from 2009…

Two thoughts about the property tax

Feb 16, 2010 0 Comments

Rural counties largely depend on the property tax to finance their activities. Taxing real estate for local government is a legacy from the days when land ownership was the principal source of individual wealth.