- Follow a marketing procedure; don't merely sell your timber.
- Become knowledgeable about your forest products, market conditions, measurement units, and prices.
- Get professional help arranging a timber sale.
- Know how much of each timber product you have and where it is located.
- "Bank on the stump" until market conditions and prices are satisfactory.
- Bargain for the best price by getting as many competitive bids as possible.
- Improve the condition of your timberland with each harvest.
- Maintain good records of timber sale volumes, incomes, and costs.
- Coordinate the efforts of a forester and an attorney in drafting a timber sale agreement or contract.
- Check your tax situation with an accountant before you make a timber sale.
