Thanks for the welcome @Rachel Pervis this is definitely a melting pot of information.

I bet over 80% who send out first batch and fail never do another ... as for us Californians its like those that got rich in the gold mining days.. they were the one's selling the pots and pans  :)  best of luck 

All I'm looking to do is stir the pot really.

Is it the legal pot? 

(I made the last part up, but an OZ only sweetens the pot. 

In the basement, there was an old rusted metal sink cabinet, with stacks of old cast iron pots and pans in/under/around it.

That's a great friend, he definately gave you a pot of gold.   

Create some corner framed posts wide enough for some pots with flower accents, draping sweep pea vines are always great.

they came up in the morning back in Napa valley in time for cocktails. and the deal was done.. we had 10 days to close .Yep, agreed ... different game, different rules, different number of zeros on purchase prices (for sure), overhead (perhaps), and profits (hopefully) ... and I'm not at all trying to "dis" that game (which I think you understand), it is just not one that I prefer to play, at least not at this time ... pluses and minuses to everything and there are more than one way for each of us to make it to our own personal Valhalla ... great discussion and I love your perspective Jay, which is why I always try to "stir the pot" with your comments a bit and thanks for allowing me to do that, but getting off topic at this point so I'll probably leave it at that for now ... 

I go to Home De Pot and Blowe’s for putting out flyers and my son likes making things with PVC pipe for fun.