Yes, and none. The estimate and consultation cost nothing and commit you to nothing. We are paid only if you later choose to hire us to market your timber, under a written agreement with the commission stated up front.
Don't sign anything yet. Send us the details — for free, we will tell you whether the offer is in a fair range for your timber and your county. Sometimes it is. Often it isn't. Either way, you will make the decision with real information instead of a hunch.
Modern forestry gives us a strong starting point from above: high-resolution satellite imagery, USDA Forest Service inventory data, soil productivity maps, and stand age records. That is enough for an honest preliminary range. If you decide to move toward a sale, a forester then cruises the timber on the ground for a precise tally before anything is marketed.
Especially then. Knowing what you have — and what it will be worth in five or ten years — is how you avoid selling early and cheap. We will often tell a landowner the most profitable move is to wait, and we will tell you why in plain terms.
We serve timberland owners across the Southern United States, with our deepest experience in Georgia and the Carolinas. If your property falls outside our service area, we will say so and point you toward a reputable consulting forester near you.
Never. Buyers learn about your timber only if and when you hire us to run a sale — and then only on your terms, as part of a competitive bid process designed to get you the best price.
One offer is not a market. Competitive, sealed-bid timber sales routinely bring meaningfully higher prices than single unsolicited offers. The only way to know what your timber is worth is to make qualified buyers compete for it.