Interesting idea.If my kids were considering this, I would encourage them to try to find a single family rental instead.They would have greater control over the investment and could chose when to enter, exit, invest cash or harvest cashThey would get to keep all the cash flow, without any management feesThey could pick the property and location in which they choose to buy rather than be at the whim of the crowdThey would learn more from the experience and become better investors

But, there's no way I'm growing my own banana tree and harvesting the fruit.

And you've got the opportunity to harvest some additional depreciation and other benefits. 

You would take that 10th step, plant the stuff, and then as harvest approaches look at non-farm opportunities... work on that resume, plant those seeds, line yourself up for a harvest.

I help my brother in law out for 6-7 weeks every fall in MN with the harvest.

Harvest has started ALREADY here in the Napa Valley

-I have cap losses that I harvest every year from an inheritance which means I did not lose any money, but I can get the tax advantage as if I did!

The property was once owned by a major timber company and was harvested and left to naturally fill in.

(Well, maybe not the harvest gold vent hood).

8... lets say he harvest 2 every two months.... that guy is looking at smoking a 1/2lb-1lb (very low ammount for two plants) a month. or more definatly more... but if he's got a stable job, pays his bills, and its legal he could just have a chronic (pardon the pun) pain issue :p