What appeals to me the most about seeking financial freedom is being able to stay home with my kids, someday buying a cottage to enjoy, and being able to travel without sacrificing our life savings.

Give me the opportunity to by a little " Granny " cottage and i'm all in.

They have a transient rental permitted use under their commercial zoning, and a vacation cottage rental permitted use under the residential zoning.  

I had my offer accepted on a waterfront house in Florida that was built in the 40's, and it has a smaller separate cottage in the back that still has the old slatted jalousie windows. i know that they have to be terribly inefficient from an energy standpoint, but they have a very nostalgic feel to them for a waterfront cottage.I plan to rent out the main house and will likely do vacation rentals in the cottage (so we can use it ourselves).

Older home with in-law cottage.

Anyhow - today I stumbled across the Katrina cottages.

They don't realize mold is what was growing on the block of cheese in their refrigerator; that mold is what makes bleu cheese look and taste the way it does; or, that we have antibiotics now because of bread mold.  

I also like the cottage communities by Ross Chapin My thinking is that in many areas of CA where crime is out of control, etc. restoring a sense of community, with interaction among neighbors, safe areas for kids, etc. makes sense.

Finding someone to build an 80k stick built house in this day and age is going to be very hard, even for a tiny cottage.

Then the term started to get bandied about in the main stream but was confused with "cracker" ... now those on the outside think hackers are bad and crackers go under cheese :-P