Or go to the land owner and buy a tree and have a portable bandsaw mill operator saw it up for you. That's how I started in the wood business. I used to find a walnut tree,buy it,saw it down and haul it to a mill on a hay wagon running gear made from a model A Ford.Probably why I have a bad back. Damn, that was hard work! Trees with problems can still have a lot of good wood and they are avoided by the big time buyers so they are cheap.