Brood cows or grazing yearlings?  

You've mentioned training a younger brood of go getters to manage this venture once you find yourself with enough money that you can devote the rest of your life to sailing....I'm interested in further considering your JV proposition, and while I certainly can appreciate the idea that it could be a completely passive investment, I'd prefer to be more actively involved.

If I could ever figure out how to post a picture you would see grey dark brooding skies of the Willamette valley... 

And then mostly be taught about how to post such ads and recruit others into your brood of "investors".

Are you willing to live small and simple, or do you need a single-family home for your brood of eight?

NO WAY you are using 4200 sqf unless you've got a brood of 11 there.

., the farmer who is selling a gelding and the buyer thinks the horse is a brood mare), or (3) both sides have made a material mistake as to the terms or details of the contract.

In my practice, a detached family home is much more desirable, especially with a finished basement, given there is more room for the rest of the "brood".