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Timber REITs in 2011: Big Decisions, Key Benchmarks and Final Results

January 10, 2012 0 Comments

Early in my investing career, I bought shares of Crown Pacific Partners, a timberland-owning firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Farm Land For Sale – Opportunity Alert

January 4, 2012 3 Comments

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 crop land ownership, without the hefty price tag.

Potential Impacts on Timberland Investors from FDIC Proposals on Risk Retention and Mortgage Markets

December 14, 2011 0 Comments

Recent comments by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Sheila Blair regarding…

Which Forest Industry Firms Use the Most Wood in the United States?

December 12, 2011 0 Comments

The “80/20 rule” – also called the “Pareto principle” for Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto – posits that approximately 80% of your results or effects derive…

What about all the other land?

December 7, 2011 0 Comments

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 turns over at rate of about 3% which is now turning at half that has so much exposure and analysis.