Welcome to the Sealed Bid Auction Offering for the Aloha Forestlands

Mark Willhite, Broker/President
World Forest Investment, Inc., representing Obsidian Finance Group, LLC.

Below are specific instructions, more detail on the process, important contact information, and general background.
Please contact us at any time if you have questions or need more detail.

For general questions on the process or details, contact:
Mark Willhite mark@worldforestinvestment.com, 503-695-6419

For questions regarding the data room website, contact:
Web Administrator web@worldforestinvestment.com, 503-777-7365


Submitting Your Bid:

Bids are due no later than March 14, 2008 by 3:00 pm. PST

The offering is made through a sealed-bid process where final, binding offers will be tendered. Bidders will be able to bid on any of the separate tracts, or submit a bid on the entire package.

Bids are to be delivered to:
Obsidian Finance Group, LLC
10260 SW Greenburg Road
Suite 1150
Portland, Oregon 97223

Ph: 503-245-8800
Fax: 503-245-8804

Directions to the offices of Obsidian Finance Group, LLC:


Directions to Obsidian's office: From I-5 South or North, take the exit to Highway 217 North. Exit at Greenburg Road; turn right at the top of the ramp. Take the first right into the Lincoln Towers complex. Take the first right into the parking lot. Their offices are in the tallest building in the complex.

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Bids and Deposit:

Bidders must use Bid Form located on data room website.
The deposit will be submitted at time of execution of Purchase and Sale Agreement.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

Note: The following is a summary of process. For a more complete description, please review the Purchase and Sale Agreement on the data room website.

Closing is expected to be three (3) weeks after bidders are notified that their bid has been accepted.

Terms of sale are cash at closing. A Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) is provided for your review on the data room website. A successful bidder must execute the PSA within 3 days of being notified that they are a successful bidder.

If the accepted bidder fails to perform as agreed or fails to complete the closing process without legal excuse, the bidder will be in default and the deposit will be forfeited to the Seller as the sole and exclusive remedy available to the Seller for the default. The successful bidder agrees that the amount of the deposit is a reasonable estimate, under the circumstances existing on the date of bid acceptance by Seller, of the Seller's damages in the event of a default by the bidder and is in no way intended to act as a penalty to such bidder.

Seller will deliver a deed at closing and will provide for a standard coverage Owner's Title Insurance Policy showing title vested in the successful bidder's name, subject to the exceptions identified in the preliminary title report. A copy of the preliminary title report is available on the data room website.

The PSA contains a complete description of the terms and details of the sale process. Any discrepancies between these Bid Procedures and the PSA will be controlled by the PSA.

NOTE: ALL BIDDERS SHOULD READ AND UNDERSTAND THE DNR FORM QQ-42. FOLLOWING CLOSING, THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE RECORDED. A COPY IS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE.

CLOSING:
Closing will be conducted through the escrow department of Chicago Title Insurance Company at Pioneer Tower, 888 SW 5th Ave, Suite 930 Portland, Oregon. The Purchaser will be responsible for any deferred taxes that may come due and payable as a result of actions or inactions taken on the part of the Purchaser. Real property taxes will be prorated as of the date of closing. Purchaser and Seller will share escrow costs equally. Seller will pay the cost of a standard coverage Owner's Title Insurance Policy, but will not pay for extended coverage. For more a more complete description of the closing process, please review the Purchase and Sale Agreement located on the data room website.

Buyers will be required to sign the Department of Natural Resources Form QQ-42 at closing. This form is available on the website for each parcel.

RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL OFFERS:
The Seller reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to accept or reject any or all offers. Seller also reserves the right to change or modify the bidding process. Seller will have no liability to any bidder for actions taken by the Seller in the bidding and closing process.

BROKERS:
Neither the owners, nor World Forest Investment, Inc. will pay commissions to other brokers, or those parties representing investors in this process. Only principals are invited to bid on the properties.

DISCLAIMER:
All information included in these Bid Procedures and all information provided to the bidders is provided only as a courtesy and convenience to the potential bidders. No warranties or guarantees for accuracy or completeness of the information provided are implied in any way by World Forest Investment, Inc., its agents or representatives, or the owners. These properties are offered "as is" and Bidders are cautioned to make their conclusions based on their own research and due diligence. Without limiting the foregoing, the sale of the properties is without warranty of the merchantability, operability of the timber, property boundaries, site classification, age of the reproduction, or any environmental constraints that may be discovered. Bidder also acknowledges that any information provided, such as maps, surveys, inventory data, plats, or any other information whatsoever, without exception pertaining to the properties or timber thereon, is provided without any kind of warranty as to completeness or accuracy.