I have a nice good size tree in my yard, my friend said that I can sell it to business park developers for their landscaping--is this true? If so how do I figure out how to sell it?
[{"id": "g07b2nj", "text": "There are plenty of businesses that sell trees to developers, I doubt they need yours.\n\nYour tree would need to be very special for anyone to consider buying it.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g07dv1n", "text": "Nothing to lose... what do you think its worth ? Identify it accurately and advertise it everywhere with good photos and measurements and soil type and a description of access etc, biggest cross streets nearby.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g07gup0", "text": "The developer doesn't buy trees, they hire a landscaping company to build what the landscape architect drew on the plans, the landscaping company gets the trees.  Also, you can't really move trees that are too big, it's possible, but it gets expensive. So when you hear a tree cost $10k it's because it cost $9k to move it and maybe $1k to buy the tree, (I'm making up numbers to make a point, I really don't know what they cost). \n\n&amp;#x200B;\n\nThe only time I saw anything like this we were building a swank golf-course community and had to move some big pine trees around. It was expensive and some ended up dying anyway.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g07irbo", "text": "Developers use vendors (I.e. wouldn\u2019t be directly involved with the landscape purchasing). Probably a better idea to call a local nursery maybe?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g07m2z6", "text": "donation", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g099k66", "text": "I'll hook you up with a developer but I need 3% of the deal.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g09mbov", "text": "I have 11 acres of good sized trees in my forested property, and am my self a landscaper. Why haven\u2019t I made my fortune selling trees to myself!!??  See ya folks, I\u2019m off to retirement after I close my tree deal.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]