A step-by-step walkthrough of selling mineral rights directly to a buyer of record, from records pull to closing, without a broker's marketing layer in between.
Documents You Need to Sell
The documents needed to sell mineral rights directly, from deeds to division orders to probate records, and how to get copies if yours are missing.
How We Underwrite by Net Royalty Acre
How our Fort Worth acquisition desk derives net royalty acres for each tract, shows the math to the owner, and explains what moves the per-NRA figure.
The Net Royalty Acre Schedule in a Written Offer
What the tract-by-tract net royalty acre schedule in a written mineral offer shows, how to check each line against your records, and what a missing one means.
How to Spot a Lowball Offer
Warning signs in mineral rights purchase offers, including assignment-shop language, and how to read a PSA signature page before you sell.
What Are Mineral Rights Worth?
How mineral rights value is estimated from royalty history, decline curves, and lease activity, and why a direct offer can price closer to that number.
How Minerals Are Appraised
The main methods used to appraise mineral rights, from income-based decline analysis to comps, and how each applies to producing versus unleased tracts.
Reading Your Royalty Statements
How to read a royalty statement line by line, spot deductions, and use your own check history as the best comp when evaluating an offer to sell.
Division Orders Explained
What a division order is, how decimal interest gets calculated, and how it changes when you sell mineral rights direct in a clean-close transaction.
Mineral Deeds & Title Transfer
How a mineral deed transfers ownership, what makes title clean or clouded, and how a direct sale handles recording and closing without delay.
Taxes When You Sell Mineral Rights
How selling mineral rights is typically taxed, capital gains basics, inherited interests, and why to check specifics with your own CPA before closing.
Lease vs. Sell: Which Is Right?
The tradeoffs between leasing and selling mineral rights, including risk, cash timing, and heir considerations, to help you weigh which fits your situation.
