My profession is plant operations and supervision (Homer Simpson-ish).

You gotta plant in the spring if you expect a crop in the fall .

I was living in McHenry when I bought that one ( grew up in Mount Prospect :)  Actually, the down payment of it was from a townhouse profit I sold down the street from you in Vernon Hills :)    (funny how those little seeds turn into something when planted.... :) ) Everything I do is value add.

I won't plant anything though.

I did have to question the replacement of a window pane twice over the matter of three months and I haven't seen an issue since.My property here in Colorado - it's rented by a management trainee (24 year old kid right out of college) for the local meat packing plant.  

I worked as the plant accountant for a foundry for 5 years.

The best time to plant them is 15 years ago.  

If you do plan t but cash and then refi, keep in mind that many lenders have a seasoning period - meaning you might have to wait 6 months before being able to refi and getting max LTV. 

Werehouser   and Harvard and Hancock finance a bunch of it for the bigger operators.but I am talking about private holdings in the 500 to 2000 acre range.. strategically planted and harvested then replanted these are just like any other farm enough to live on that revenue alone.. unlike farming though.. you don't have to work the land.. you can pre commercial thin you can do a Little fertilizing but not necessary.. when you log you just hire a contract logger... some of the bigger mills will manage the sites if they get the wood.. but you don't get top dollar like if you hire your own loggers ..

@James JacobsToyota and mazeda just signed the contract with North Alabama land to build and share a plant to make their cars.