My grandparents had no problem picking fruit, nuts, vegetables, etc... to make a living.

That's apples and oranges.

lol although I have to admit, I'm a little jealous I spent my hard earned investment money on more real estate rather than a shiny orange Lambo and para sailing equipment :*(  I could have been somebody!!!

If so, you need to recognize that you may be comparing apples to oranges.  

I put up orange cones too, along with the red flags, and the string line went right through all their stuff.

Been pondering the idea of buying up some land with the intention of having chickens, goats, etc while also growing some sort of fruits, and ideally the land has some timber I can sell for a few grand.

Hi, I am a landlord in Orange County, CA and at the beginning of the year I had a tenant move in and he seemed great and always pays on time.

I'm listening to the backlog of BP podcast and starting to keep an eye on the forms & blog post here at BP.My ideal situation would be to find a 2-4 unit MFP to house hack in the South Orange County, with a move in date sometime around the end of 2018.I’m also open to the idea of purchasing to rent in the IE or further (but still in CA).

On the rare occasion when I find myself in one of those blue or orange hellscapes known as "Big Box Stores" and I see some newbie trying to fix a drain with cheap imported goods made with child labor, my soul dies a little inside.  

Add in Orange County and you're close to 17 million people along the coast.