Since the late 1980s, rural land -- pasture, cropland and timberland -- has been a safer, less volatile and more profitable investment than stocks.
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!
Landownership means owning more than "just land"; it means owning a "bundle" of rights associated with a particular property.
The general consensus at the 7th Annual Timberland Investment Summit held in Vancouver, BC...
Bill Calton, Plum Creek’s Senior Director for Real Estate and Land Management, is cautiously optimistic about the prospects for timberland investors...
Most -- but not all -- timberland investments require little routine maintenance. But one upkeep job that I recommend is for the landowner to...
Land buyers should think about the first impression they make on sellers. It can determine whether a deal is reached and at what price. Here are two...
Brooks C. Mendell, Ph.D., is president and founder of Forisk Consulting, a Georgia-based firm that specializes in forest-industry, timber-REIT...
Buyers need to do due diligence on rural property for environmental issues. A recent story about a New York buyer who purchased a 22-acre parcel...
The number of people who are contemplating relocating to rural areas so they can live “off-grid” is increasing.
A typical pattern of land division in rural areas is for property to be divided among children following the death of their parents.