What does Southeast Forestlands, LLC do?

Southeast Forestlands, LLC provides independent forestry consulting and timber sale representation for landowners in Mississippi and Alabama. Services include timber valuation, timber sale planning, competitive buyer exposure, harvest oversight, and long-term forest management guidance.

Who is Eric Entrekin?

Eric Entrekin is the consulting forester behind Southeast Forestlands, LLC. He works with private landowners who need practical guidance on timber sales, forest management decisions, and protecting the long-term value of their property.

Does Southeast Forestlands, LLC buy timber?

No. Southeast Forestlands, LLC provides independent representation for landowners and does not buy timber. The goal is to help landowners make better decisions, improve leverage, and protect value during the sale and management process.

Is Southeast Forestlands a timber company or a forestry consultant?

We're a forestry consulting firm — we work for the landowner. We don't own mills, we don't buy timber for resale, and we don't take a position on either side of the transaction. Our income is the consulting fee paid by the landowner, which is the structural reason we can run a sealed-bid sale and let the market set the price.

What's the difference between a timber buyer and a consulting forester?

A timber buyer's job is to acquire timber at the lowest defensible price for their employer (a mill, a logger, or a procurement company). A consulting forester's job is the opposite — represent the landowner and use competition to push the price up. Both are legitimate roles; they're just not the same role.

Which Mississippi timber companies bid on your sealed-bid sales?

Most major and mid-sized timber buyers and procurement companies across Mississippi and the adjacent Alabama, Louisiana, and Tennessee corridors bid on tracts we market — we keep an active, vetted list and refresh it as mills open, close, and change procurement areas. The point of the process is that the buyer list is broad, not narrow.

Do you sell timber directly to mills?

Not as a procurement broker. On every sale, the landowner contracts directly with the winning buyer — we structure the contract, oversee the harvest, and collect performance bonds, but the timber transaction itself is landowner-to-buyer. That's what keeps the representation clean.

How do I know I'm getting a fair price from the timber market?

The honest answer: a single offer never tells you. The only way to know is to run a competitive sealed-bid process so multiple qualified buyers price the same cruise on the same day. The spread between the high bid and the low bid on most properly marketed sales is the answer to whether the market was actually tested.

Mississippi Timber Company — Independent Forestry Services

Eric Entrekin is the creator and owner of Southeast Forestlands. He is a professional forester and has significant experience managing forestland properties. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Mississippi State University. Eric resides in Meridian, MS, and is licensed to serve clients in Mississippi and Alabama.

Eric's team proudly serves clients by overseeing forest management and helping forest landowners achieve their goals! They work to implement forest inventory systems and technology tools across the company, significantly expanding the services they offer. You can reach the team at (601) 527-5349 or email eeforestry.com.

MS/AL RF #2175 Registered Forester In Mississippi & Alabama

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Rob McCraw is a registered forester from South Mississippi and a rural land broker licensed in Mississippi and Alabama. For over 30 years, he's assisted clients with their land and timber management. Rob helps clients purchase investment timberland, sell properties that no longer suit their needs, and guides them through all aspects of land management. Rob's experience and professionalism help clients reach a wide variety of land goals!

MS RF # 1963 Registered Forester, Mississippi

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Call us to speak about your forestland -- even if it’s just to ask a question. We are here for you and happy to help.

Our business is all about collecting and providing information. We share this information with you so that you can make prudent decisions about your land. We employ cutting-edge tools, such as Drones, to gather recent aerial images of physical locations for mapping. Our state-of-the-art inventory program allows a birds-eye view of your forest today and predicts where it will be.

With your goals in mind, we can help you create or update your forest management plan. Forests are valuable assets, and responsible future planning is necessary. You may be interested in wildlife habitat, reforestation, or recreation. A well-thought-out plan, along with our expertise, will help you achieve those goals and interests.

We have the experience and the know-how to help sell your timber – and protect you from dishonest timber buyers. Today’s favorable capital gains tax rates and recovering timber prices have created an excellent time to sell timber.

About Southeast Forestlands

Call us to speak about your forestland -- even if it’s just to ask a question. We are here for you and happy to help.

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