1. Three cheap ways for land sellers to improve their marketing
2. What’s an easement? Part I
3. What’s an easement? Part II
4. Want to make money in country property? Buy education
5. Sizing up and pricing down a nice little place in the country
6. Seller-supplied timber values: Trust (a little) and verify (a lot)
7. Purchase-offer contracts need to define the seller and what the seller owns
8. What is the property that is being sold, and how do you know?
9. Earnest Money: More may be less, and vice versa
10. What price should you offer?
11. How should sellers find the values of their properties and set asking prices?
12. How does a seller set an asking price?
13. Asking price: To set or not to set
14. What price should a buyer offer?
15. Offering price strategies: High offer or low?
16. If not a General Warranty Deed, then what?
16. A buyer needs more than a deed to own property
17. Rethinking contingencies: Disclosure, warranty and make-good
18. Country contingencies can differ from those in the suburbs and cities
19. Negotiating with contingencies
20. Seller contingencies? What’s that about?
21. Warranties to survive closing?
22. Boilerplate releases deserve some thought
23. Sellers are expected to know more than they think
24. Time is of the essence, except when it shouldn’t be
25. Examine prorations carefully
26. Heads up! when it comes to Permission to disclose
27. The “Entire Agreement” may not mean the entire agreement
28. What’s fair for a buyer to expect of a seller’s agent?
29. What does a buyer want his real-estate lawyer to do?
30. How does a buyer find a real-estate lawyer in an unfamiliar county?
31. How does a buyer scope a real-estate lawyer?
32. What does a real-estate lawyer do for a seller?
33. Make sure the seller is the legal entity authorized to sell
34. Exceptions to title can be cause for concern
35. Exceptions to title can be cause for concern 6/6/09
36. Does a buyer need a survey for country property? 6/12/09
37. Buyers may need to include a lawyer-review contingency 6/20/09
38. Once more into the unavoidable void 6/29/09
39. Investing in timberland: Good move if it's priced right 7/3/09
40. What's the difference between market value and net intrinsic worth? 7/10/09
41. Bogus cruises: How they work, Part I 7/17/09
42. Bogus cruises: How they work, Part II 7/24/09
43. Bogus cruises: How they work, Part III 7/31/09
44. Bogus cruises: How they work, Part IV 8/7/09
45. Bogus cruises: How do buyers protect themselves? Part V 8/14/09
46. Bogus cruises: How do buyers protect themselves? Part VI 8/21/09
47. Bogus cruises: How do buyers protect themselves? Part VII 8/29/09
48. What is a right of first refusal, and how does it work? 9/4/09
49. Buyers: Don't let the heat of the chase burn you 9/11/09
50. When should you ignore the advice of advisors you've hired? 9/18/09
51. Here are some ideas for getting out of a jam 9/22/09
52. When should I sell my property? 9/29/09
53. How does divsion produce addition? 10/6/09
54. Baby Boomer come-heres and been-heres form rural communities 10/9/09
55. How does rural property pay for itself? 10/13/09
56. Crystal balls are never very clear: What's the future of timberland investing? 10/20/09
57. Should you buy property without legal access? 10/27/09
58. Timberland investing: Risk and reward in the woods 11/3/09
59. Grass-fed beef is an old story with a new tale 11/5/09
60. Get-in price is key to making money in land when the future is uncertain 11/10/09
61. Wheeling and dealing goes country 11/12/09
62. Timberland investing: Different ways to make a future buck 11/17/09
63. Thanks should be given for November's noise 11/19/09
64. Broker acting badly: What explains screwing the seller? 11/24/09
65. When is a conservation easement too much? 12/1/09
66. Mortgage money is no simple matter 12/8/09
67. Land heals the stress of giving 12/10/09