<prompt> Human: A family member who shall remain nameless told me very earnestly recently that planting trees specifically hardwood on your property is a good investment - so good that just a few can pay for your kids college education. I am skeptical and couldnt find much about it but wondered if anyone has tried it. Edit: I love this sub. Thanks for all the informative responses, everyone. Assistant: Open property or residential? If residential, call around and see how much youll get paid for them to take 4 hardwood trees. Once you get past their laughing youll decide thats not a great idea. Human: Yeah, residential. So it turns out this get-rich-slow scheme Ive never heard anyone else talk about is actually not a viable money-making venture? Interesting.  <response>: The overhead to get started at a site is high, so long prefer bigger sites with hundreds of trees. 