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Timberland investing: Risk and reward in the woods

November 3, 2009 3 Comments

The consensus opinion of those attending the 6th Timberland Investment World Summit in New York last week was that consensus about the future of timberland returns.

How does rural property pay for itself?

October 13, 2009 1 Comment

What does it mean when you hear someone say, “It was a good deal—the property paid for itself.”? Well, it could mean one of several things.

Bogus cruises: How they work, Part II

July 28, 2009 0 Comments

The seller of a timberland tract may be tempted to overstate the extent and value of his stumpage.

Investing in timberland: Good move if it’s priced right

July 7, 2009 6 Comments

Several individuals have contacted me in the last few weeks because they are interested in buying timberland. That’s new. Are these signals of a turnaround?

Rural America is ready to stimulate

January 29, 2009 0 Comments

Those of us who live and work in what the New Yorker might consider the muddle of the American nowhere may have once believed that life at the fat end of the Nation’s political…