It is like investing in real estate just as much as drinking high-fructose corn syrup “real” soda.

We have a friend (who just sold their restored farmhouse on 30 acres) who had to dig out & install a retaining (fiber-cloth covered) trench for $4500 that has absolutely no function except it's NOW code for all septics systems.The sale triggered the town insisting on the upgrade.

Great idea Matt, only I am leaning towards Robert De Niro or Joe Pesci playing me with a final seen in either the corn fields or the desert with a hole about 6 feet deep.

The super liberal judge has been unbelievable with the process and everyone is pushing me to pay them large money to just leave, which goes against every fiber of my being and is plain extortion.

Trees, water, area to dam, electric access, fiber optics, phone reception, road access, distance to schools, roads on two sides or more, etc3.  

Cotton or micro-fiber? 

I would love to go the fiber glass route I just don't know the exert of how good or poor of a job it will do.

My understanding is that rent income is higher on farmland (particularly corn) than on pasture land for grazing cattle.

Unfinished alpaca fiber (it's hair you shear off) goes for about $2-$5 per ounce, and once it is finished (cleaning, spinning, etc.) it can easily cost $10 or more per oz.Alpacas generally don't need much land or fencing requirements and seem to be fairly easy to care for.Here is a good website about general info: http://www.alpacainfo.com/mediacenter/faq.htmlhttp://www.ilovealpacas.com/investment.shtmlThere is a lot of more in-depth financial info on Google (type in "alpaca" or "alpaca farm").Hope that helped some!!

One of my biggest problems is some of my properties still don't have fiber or high speed internet and our only option is satellite.