I have some funds planted in an S&P 500 fund but with my horizon being early 2020 I am getting a little weary about losing principle especially with so much fluctuation in the market. 

HGTV shows are all the fun, magical parts without the time, energy, and suffering in-between.

I've personally made the decision to stay in the state as it has higher wages and my roots are already planted family-wise.

If one of us suffered some injury or debilitating illness that prevented working, we would have survived but been forced to live that life of sacrifice forever. 

I think it would make a great place to put a picnic table top or for working on plants or just sitting out have a cold drink.  

Not to beat a dead horse, because, well, PETA :) But along the lines of my previous post, just YESTERDAY I posted an add to have some trees we'd purchased planted.  

I know they are insanely expensive, but a septic system that is effectively a waste treatment plant can function in almost any soil.  

It's a cliche.However,one other fad we have seen on BP is this pull to lower priced markets (I won't mention names so as not to offend sensibilities,but you probably know them).The reality of the business is that these markets are lower priced for a reason.You may be getting an assassin's cash flow and C-O-C returns today from your units in these markets but when jobs hemorrhage in a recession,your cash flow rapidly turn negative.Big markets suffer less in a massive recession.Occupancy and vacancies mirror what the local job market is doing.The sole reason I relocated to Jacksonville from Cleveland in 2011 is to stop being an "out-of state investor".That brings me to the other point under this topic.We saw a very lucrative 16-unit listed some 18 months ago.Well,it should be lucrative,except despite listing at an attractive price,most interested buyers couldn't get the numbers to work.The numbers didn't work because the out-of-state owners were getting absolutely wiped out year-on-year by phony expenses logged by their "boots-on-the-ground" and PMs.Even in strong markets,it's crucial to buy in good parts of town.That way,when vacancies inevitably occur during the apocalypse ,your copper wiring or HVACs won't be stolen....or your property vandalized.Choose your market wisely.

Suffers a small stroke.

Saying what he said didn't cause any of his tenants or prospective tenants to suffer a loss.