The back yard hosts 2 apple trees, one pear tree, a small cherry tree, a small hawthorn tree, three large pine trees, a large spruce tree, 2 large (beautiful) maple trees and a smaller maple tree, a large walnut tree, a large horse chestnut tree, and a fairly big lilac bush.

Every time I get on here all I ever see is what can a tenant do about having to pay higher rent.. or why should they or why cant they bring their miniature horse into their 1 bedroom apartment in the middle of a city.. 

I want to give Craig a special thanks for indirectly motivating me and helping me see this opportunity to escape the rat race!

Just a thought, I don't invest in this market so I have no horse in this race. 

We're looking at places with land and barns and horse stables.

I know nothing about horses or strip malls but I'm open to learning.

Land to hike, ride horses, a nice venue if you want to do events, stay somewhere with a view.

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It still take time to manage and run.Most of the talk about this seems to be from newbie's as John points out since they don't actually have the money to invest/manage and the idea of "get rich quick" is too appealing to shake but the adage "slow and steady wins the race" still makes sense.

Low-income landlording in C/D-class SFR and small multifamily wasn't the lever I would have pulled to get to financial freedom, given a choice.The things I did have were the beginnings of a good hands-on renovation background acquired while I was teaching overseas, an understanding of the basic outlines of the business inherited from my family, a willingness to work hard with my hands, a strong research background to learn a lot of things by myself, a deep disdain for the rat race, and a wife who believed in me.