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Purchase-offer contracts need to define the seller and what the seller owns

November 19, 2008 2 Comments

Buying country property raises a number of issues for buyers that differ from those commonly faced when pursuing a house in or near a city. These issues take on legal importance when they are threaded into the language of a purchase-offer contract.

Seller-supplied timber values: Trust (a little) and verify (a lot)

November 11, 2008 8 Comments

Timberland buyers need to figure out what a tract’s timber is worth before they submit a purchase offer.

Sizing up and pricing down a nice little place in the country

November 10, 2008 2 Comments

I looked at an older farmhouse on 40 acres last week that has…issues. It was built around 1890 in the boxy three-over-three style common in its area.

Is timberland overpriced? If so, what to do?

October 1, 2008 0 Comments

It’s a rainy, miserable Saturday afternoon. I’ve just spent several hours looking through some 1,200 timberland listings on www.landflip.com. I’ve also scanned other Internet sites.