Over the next 5 years we'll tap into USDA and state wildlife programs to completely rehab the grasses, shrubs, deciduous and conifer trees with no less than 4 dozen different plant species seeded or planted.

A great book mentions, "a longing fufilled is a tree of life" Plans lead to action.

There’s a large row of cedar trees surrounding the main part of the property where I already have 6 parking spots and this was a transit van.

I used to fish the Smith a lot you talk about incredible river and the redwood groves one has to see those in their lifetime there is simply nothing like a Redwood Tree that is 30 foot at the butt and 250 ft tall and the canopy occupies 1/2 acre.

A few times a year I binge on food that I've grown myself - I have several apple trees, a peach tree that puts out 300-400 peaches a year, blueberry bushes and my garden - so that is healthier than eating other stuff.

Equity REITs (not mortgage REITS) are truly great though and have returned 1.5-2.0% more than SP500 over last 20/25/50 years in multiple retrospective studies, and are a great value purchase right now due to being beaten down by fast FED rate rise last 2 yrs, however to get best tax benefits, buy them only within a tax advantaged account like 401k/IRA etc as the big dividends are taxed very high at earned income rates.Good luck, wishing you and wife all the best on your investing journey :)               ps don't ever keep cash at a bank, park in your brokerage account and buy USFR, a wisdom tree ETF, pays 5.39% interest, holds only 8 week US treasury floating rate notes, so you don't need to worry about FDIC or SPIC insurance as only way US govt doesn't pay is if we get nuked, then you won't much care about cash yields, just non-radioactive water. 

A large maple tree has caused aproblem with the line from the house to the septic tank and thebathroom has been removed.

Car totaled by falling tree that was dead

They should help you analyze dealshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea...

Not my cup of tea (at least right now) but some are pretty decent.The Subaru Solterra for $239 a month.