While we are not licensed real estate professionals, we can help you by providing an exceptional information package. The actual transfer of ownership occurs between you and the buyer, using an attorney of your choice. Our knowledge and understanding of the timber industry and timberland market provide us the ability to customize a variety of informational packages and reports and get them in front of people who are actually interested in your timberland. 
 

We do a variety of marketing including mailing letters to an extensive and proprietary list of log buyers, timberland owners, and timberland investors. We also advertise your timberland in newspapers such as the Oregonian, Seattle Times, and other local or regional newspapers.

Brochure Example Link

Additionally, Atterbury Consultants, Inc. provides a variety of forms such as Request for Offers, Bid form, and Real Estate Sale Agreement. These forms have been reviewed by multiple attorneys. They are a tremendous help in streamlining the bidding process and sale of the property. The forms are given to your attorney in electronic format to allow modifications to be easily made.

Initial Mailing Package:
Our process starts with a letter of introduction, a detailed information request form and double sided brochures with specific information about your timberland such as:

• Age, Volume, Quality of Timber
• Timber and Non-timber Acres
• Topography
• Harvesting and Market Opportunities
• Environmental Hazards
• Current Inventory information
• Customized Maps with recent imagery and contours

As a follow up to the initial letter and brochure, we will put together a detailed informational packet (20-100 pages).  Due to the large number of contacts, we will only send detailed information packets to those who request it.  This saves you time and money. 
 

A CD with GIS Data, Cruise and Inventory Data, several forms in PDF format, and other pertinent information.

Detailed Information on:

• Location
• Acres
• Timber and Timber Types
• Roads
• Topography
• Hydrology
• Environmental Problems, Hazards and Risks
• Timber Volume
• Sorts and Grades
• Species Volumes
• Stand Tables
• Log Stock Tables
• Statistical Information

Maps:

• Vicinity Map
• Mill or Log Processing Locations Maps 
• Current Aerial Photograph or Satellite Image Type Map
• Contour Map
• Platt Map

Current Photographs

Current County Zoning

Title Report

Supplemental Reports 

GIS Data:
A Geographical Information System (GIS) will be used to create all of the maps for this project.  Layers of data can be created for information such as, images (aerial photographs), timber type lines and numbers, stream layers and classes, contours, and management activities; planting, spraying, fertilization, PCT, thinning, plot locations and plot numbers.  County platts will be downloaded from the County Web Site to check the ownership boundaries and acreages.  USGS, DNR, or other data will be used for topographic layer, stream, road, and PLSS layer.   
If available, old type maps will be used to help with the ownership boundaries and the timber typing.  Type numbers will be used that are the same or as close as possible to the existing inventory.  Timber type acres will be calculated with the GIS software; buffered for streams, lakes, swamps, and roads.  If applicable, the net acres in the timber types will be used to expand the per acre volume samples.
If necessary, All timber stands (types)  can be inventoried.  Past inventories can also be updated or grown to present.  This information will be checked visually for consistency and backed with samples of ages and site indexes to better calibrate the growth model.  These samples will be spread though out the type.

Call or e-mail Jon Aschenbach at 503-646-5393 for more information if you are thinking about selling your timberland.