Long term investment

[Buzby]

has anyone looked into timber as a investment? teak example:

15-20 Year Teak Investment

• Initial Investments - £10,000
• Maintenance - £5,000, paid either all up front, annually (£1000 per year) or quarterly (£250 per quarter) over 5 years
• Returns at year 15 and 20

• Total return at year 20 - £514,994
or bamboo:
Bamboo Investment

• Minimum Investment - £3,995
• Annual returns from year 2
• Typical investment £21,995
• Cumulative return over 15 years - £100,699


seems too good to be true.

[Fred Bloggs]

You know the general rule about things that are too good to be true?

Put the money into the M&G Global basics fund and just forget about it for 10 years, you'll do OK.