@Nicolas Paez Great Info - thanks!

Hi @Ryan Heywood, I was just browsing the forums and saw your intro post from a few months ago, my husband and I live in St Helena and work in the wine industry, have you taken the plunge into real estate yet?

@Gino Barbaro  one of my mentor's and business partners was president of STaufer foods and Beringer wines  ( both Nestle companies)one thing he would always tell me is you have to bring young blood up to replace you.. you cannot move up the ladder if you can't replace yourself and move up.But he was also hands on and never rose above the customer's....

The only industry I could see driving that would be the craft beer/wine and I can't see that growing to the point where it supports large quantities of middle income people in the near future.

But to pin down my year one from late 2014, when I would say was when I decided to get out of the wine business I owned, and get into full blown investor mode.

They are meeting at Three 20 Three Wine Bar at 12810 Telge Rd #101 between 6:30-8:30.

Your wine region is great!

And the wine.. and the lake and just about everything else about the Kelowna area.I did very well in your area just lending money... better than one could do with rentals in most of the US with non of the risk..

If passive cash flow is sufficient at the end of your career then spend all your time in an RV visiting grand kids and getting national park stamps or tasting wine in Tuscany.  

That part of the Hill Country pulls people from San Antonio for weekend getaways and vacation tourists can make their way out there for a wine tour or two.