What Others Are Saying

"Timber investors are barking up the right tree"
The Economist

" . . . research indicates that real prices for timber have steadily risen for more than 100 years - better performance than any other commodity . . ."
Smart Money Magazine

"Indeed, as an asset class, timber - a renewable resource with constant product demand stands out as a remarkably stable investment."
Bloomberg Wealth Manager

"A growing number of individuals, endowments and pension funds are including timber as a 'hard asset' in their portfolios."
The Economist

The following information will assist you in better understanding the financial and ownership details of holding trees within our program. If you are interested in purchasing and holding trees, we can send you our more detailed information packet that spells out all the details in far greater detail. Please email us and request a tree purchase packet.

The Offer
The ILLC offers individuals, families and groups the opportunity to purchase hardwood trees to be planted, grown, harvested, and milled as part of a wealth building strategy. Once purchased the trees are owned by the buyer and cared for by the company selling the trees. The offer is for trees only and does not include the property they are planted on.

Realizing the difficulty for many people to come up with large single payments, we offer a number of purchasing plans to meet almost anyone's budget. Our goal is to create an opportunity almost anyone can take advantage of. We believe we are the only group offering such a program.

Trees can be purchased in allotments of 25, 50, 100 or more trees at a time. We offer two methods of purchasing trees, 1) a one time payment or 2) a monthly payment program over a 24 month period. Purchase price is based on the size of the allotment and terms.

Getting Started
Ordering trees is fairly easy. Just contact us at our email address and request a buyers packet. This packet will include all the information you need to have and an order form. Once an order is received we will contact you about the order and return a signed contract from the farm. If you are paying monthly all of your trees will be planted at the same time at the next planting opportunity.

During the tree's life cycle period the owner has the right to visit their trees at the plantation. They will also receive periodic newsletters and prior to each harvest will receive notification of what actions the plantation will be taking with their trees. Owners have the right to harvest their own trees or have another company do so if they wish.

The Life Cycle
The life cycle of the trees begins with the planting of the seed in the nursery and allowing the seedling to grow to where it is able to be transplanted at about 1 year. We then select the highest quality seedlings for planting in the plantation. We space the seedlings so as to create the best possible growth characteristics with the least amount of thinning possible.

Once the seedlings have been planted we care for them over the next 12 years working to assure the best growth patterns possible are achieved. During this period we will give all the care, attention and nurture that we give our own trees on the plantation.

The Harvest Cycle
About year 12 we will begin the harvesting cycle for your trees. This harvesting cycle will last through year 25. During this time we will select trees to harvest based on the need to thin areas for greater growth of the other trees and their quality. Early on, we will work to thin the trees that have the least desirable qualities and keep those that in the long term will deliver the greatest possible return when harvested.

About 90 days prior to harvesting we will contact the owners to let them know the harvesting plan and attain their directions for their trees. When the trees are harvest by the plantation we will cut the trees, mill them into marketable lumber, kiln dry them, and then sell the lumber on the international market at the highest possible price.

The Financial Payment
Once the lumber is sold the plantation will send the entire proceeds of the sale to the owner minus a small harvesting and processing fee of not more than 15%. As there are always tax considerations to be aware of, we have the opportunity to harvest yearly during the final years of the harvest so as to minimize your tax bill. Many operations only offer harvest in blocks usually 3 to 4 years apart resulting in large chunks of income in some years followed by nothing the next 2 to 3 years.