It is semi desert and while it does cool off late afternoon or evening, many are surprised at the temps they will have to endure. 

Background: We (me, 25F, and husband, 28M) are semi-low earners for the FIRE community and the urban area we live in and have hit a point where it's hard to reduce expenses much more.

For geography, the property is ~20 miles NW of San Antonio, TX in a neighboring county. The recently-built dollar store lost the battle with then neighboring dollar store and the small grocery/hardware store. I hear t...

This was the only semi-legitimate load bearing post on this entire 225ish square foot structure.

They are now called "semi-detached," and there is virtually no negative perception about them around here.

When recovery hits, I should be semi-retired.

That said, if you can find any investment with 80%+ annual returns in a semi-controlled environment (which mitigates most risk) other than flipping RE, I am all ears (and I doubt anyone can)

[clever idea: find somebody that's semi-retired / still with current contacts and spare time]  Leverage his connections and experience. 

I look at them as semi-permanent open space. 

But no life moves on sales are made you make the best decisions you can at the time.in hind sight I was semi retired in 06 ish I should have cashed in.. and called it a day.. but now I grew and grew right into the great GFC and proceeded to get my @@@ handed to me and am back at work.. lost a decade or more of work in that little melt down.. so at the end of the day what they can't take is your knowledge and I knew if I could do it before I can do it again.. and life is back on a more even keep now.. its actually a good time for most.