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Jim Ed Brown is a Forest Technician, Real Estate Broker, Registered Appraiser, and has been involved with the Arkansas forest industry since 1967. In addition, Mr. Brown has lead financial teams which orchestrated some of the largest bank mergers and acquisitions in the United States during the 1980s. He now offers a timberland buying service from his office in Wilmar, Arkansas.
After graduating from Forest Ranger School in 1967 Mr. Brown, the owner and founder of our company, went to work for International Paper Company. He was involved in every aspect of forest management, including acquisitions. While working for I.P.Co. he observed them buying land and timber for less than the value of the timber.
In 1973 Mr. Brown was hired by Georgia-Pacific Corporation and became Area Forester in charge of Private Land Management. Georgia-Pacific leased timberland from private landowners and paid them rent for the dollar value of timber growth. Georgia-Pacific would calculate the dollar value of timber growth, and pay the landowner significantly less.
These two jobs made Mr. Brown aware that large forest companies have an unfair advantage over small private landowners. The large companies have foresters with knowledge and expertise to accurately determine the growth and value of timber. Most landowners do not.
Brown Land & Timber Company began business in 1974. The mission of this company was to provide non-industry landowners with timber growth and value information. This information is necessary for a small landowner to be treated fairly when dealing with a large timber company.
During Mr. Brown's 40-year forestry career he has been responsible for writing extensive management plans that focused on maximizing the economic return from timberland holdings. His Forest Management Plans have included:
- Drawing Forest Maps with descriptions of timber age, species and product class
- Timber Value Reports with detailed descriptions of timber volume and value
- Land Value Reports based on recent comparable sales
- Timber Growth & Harvest Projections (Cutting Budgets)
- Designating timber to be sold by Timber Marking
- Timber Stand Improvement
- Logging Supervision
- Schedules for Timber Sales by product
- Mineral Sales and Leasing
- Schedules of Silvicultural Treatments (site preparation, planting, control, etc.)
- Schedules for Land Line Maintenance
- Procedures for Fire Protection
- Insect & Disease Control
- Salvage Procedures
Mr. Brown left the land & timber business in 1981 to pursue a career in Investment Banking. During that time he worked for several different Investment Banking Companies. While working for large Investment Banking Firms he learned it was standard to add front-end fees to the cost of their offerings that range from 15% to 40% of the offered price. These front-end fees pay for the cost of underwriting and selling public and private securities backed by a myriad of assets, including timberland.
In 1988 Mr. Brown returned to the land & timber industry where he could be of service to buyers and sellers who need additional knowledge in order to compete with large Investment Banking, Forestry and Insurance Companies for available timberland.
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