Land’s Best Friend: Chesapeake Bay Retriever

If you’re a field trialer and perfectionist who expects a highly tractable retriever that always handles precisely, get a Lab. But if you’re a hardcore waterfowler and a bit of a maverick who admires resourcefulness and pure, cussed determination more than absolute obedience, consider a Chessie.

During the 1800s, the Chesapeake Bay retriever earned his keep in rough, cold water, fetching as many as 200 ducks per day for market hunters. At night, he’d guard his boss’s boat and equipment shed. The rough baymen had little time for formal training. Dogs that learned quickly, on the job, got fed. The rest didn’t live to pass on their deficiencies. Those old killers are long gone, but they left behind something of themselves in these big, tough, workaday dogs. Any wonder that in addition to being the toughest retriever in the world, the Chessie is a little independent and protective?

If the Labrador is the sports car of the retriever world, the Chessie is the heavy-duty pickup. Males measure 23-26 inches at the shoulder and run 65-80 pounds; females weigh 55-70 pounds. The coat is short, dense, and oily, with a thick woolly undercoat. The Chessie has no peer when it comes to breaking ice or working for hours in the coldest water.

DO
Consider only working bloodlines.
Seek advice from experienced Chessie owners.
Watch a trained Chessie work before buying a pup.
Make your pup a member of the family.

DON’T
Resort to harsh discipline. Chessies can be temperamental.

Texas Bans Private Transfer Fees

Gov. Rick Perry signed into law legislation that bans private transfer fees to developers. With Perry’s signature, Texas joins 33 other states in banning or restricting private transfer fees.

A transfer fee is a percentage of a property’s sales price – typically 1 percent – that is remitted to a property’s original developer each time it sells.

Although not common in Texas, transfer fees are seen as a means to improve cash flow in down markets. The bill passed unanimously in the Texas Senate and 142-1 in the Texas House. Under the new legislation, new private transfer fees will not be allowed. Developers who have existing fees on properties must file a notice of the obligation in county property records by Jan. 31, 2012. Unless notice is filed and updated every three years, existing transfer fees will be voided.

Read more HERE.

The Land Report Summer 2011

The Summer 2011 issue of the Magazine of the American Landowner is hot off the press. Enjoy this opportunity to learn the stories of three amazing properties and the landowners who shaped their destinies: Vermont’s Teal Farm, Montana’s Vermillion Ranch, and Oregon’s Elk Song Ranch.

Also in the summer issue, learn how Academy Award winner Francis Ford Coppola completed his quest to resurrect the Queen of the Napa Valley, Captain Gustave Niebaum’s renowned Inglenook Winery. And be sure to check out The Land Report Top Ten, the nation’s priciest properties on the market today.

The digital version of The Land Report can be accessed via your laptop, on your iPad or iPhone, with your Blackberry, as well as on your Android.

Click HERE or just type in the following URL: http://read.dmtmag.com/issue/36944/0

 

On the Block: Northern California’s Kahn Timberlands

For the first time in two decades, the 11,292±-acre Kahn Timberlands are coming on the market. Located in Northern California, these holdings contain over 142 million board feet of mature redwood and Douglas fir. The sealed bid auction will be conducted by Realty Marketing/Northwest. Bids are due no later than five p.m. July 12.

“The Kahn Timberlands contain some of the most well-managed lands we have ever put on the market, and will be offered so that adjoining owners, mill operators, timber investment management organizations, and other investors can participate in the bidding process,” said Realty Marketing/Northwest President John Rosenthal.

These well-managed North Coast timberlands, located in Del Norte, Humboldt and Trinity Counties, have been managed to create short-term cash flow and long-term growth. The properties are strategically located with access to competitive log markets responsible for processing 50 percent of California’s entire sawmill production. The individual tracts range in size from 40± to 2,739± acres, with most containing approved Timber Harvest Plans. Eureka-based Able Forestry has managed these properties for 25 years.

The Auction Catalog #1105, with Terms and Conditions of Sale, is available by contacting Realty Marketing/Northwest’s office at 800-845-3524 or online at www.rmnw-auctions.com.

For additional information contact:

John Rosenthal, President
Realty Marketing/Northwest
john@rmnw-auctions.com

On the Block: Oklahoma’s Bird Creek Ranch

UPDATE: Bird Creek Ranch sold as one parcel for $1.995 million ($1,304/acre) at public auction in Tulsa on May 23. The 1,530-acre holding was offered in 11 tracts ranging from 20 to 320 acres. More than 70 individuals attended the auction with 36 registering as bidders.

“The local real estate community seemed to be impressed with the outcome of the auction and many registered bidders expected the land to sell for under $1,000 per acre,” said Scott Shuman. “As a result of the auction we have now been asked to look at several other parcels of land for potential auctions. It was a great way to introduce the auction division of Hall and Hall.”

ORIGINAL POST: Hall and Hall Auctions will open the bidding on Bird Creek Ranch Monday afternoon, May 23, at one p.m (CST). The ranch’s 1,530± acres, which are located just minutes from downtown Tulsa, will be offered in 11 tracts ranging from 20 to 320 acres. All tracts have extensive frontage on paved Tulsa County roads. The southeast side of the property borders Bird Creek.

“Bird Creek is ideal for the investor seeking to increase his or her portfolio, or a local farm operator expanding an operation,” says Scott Shuman, who heads up Hall and Hall Auctions. “For the hunter or outdoor enthusiast, this property offers a tremendous opportunity.”

The multi-parcel method of sale will be used to allow ranchers, farmers, investors, hunters, and outdoor enthusiasts to bid on individual tracts or the combination of tracts that best suits their needs.

Scott Shuman
Hall and Hall
(800) 829-8747