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“Losing Ground” Time to wake up!
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<blockquote data-quote="CattleMan1920" data-source="post: 1565406" data-attributes="member: 37967"><p>I feel the same. I've been offered cash deals for our operation, cattle and the whole kit and kaboodle, but I know how much it takes to live comfortably in the city. Even a place like Lexington Kentucky is anything but inexpensive. San Francisco, that's sheer insanity, unless you just cashed out of a tech company. </p><p></p><p>Even cashing out with $2 million doesn't make for much of a retirement. Try moving to South Florida with two million, it wouldn't take long to spend that and then what? Those areas have a huge amount of competition for jobs, yet wages are stagnant.</p><p></p><p>The best businesses to be in are those with very high barriers to entry. </p><p></p><p>I've thought about setting up a manufacturing facility on cheap land in KY that employs 3D metal printers, or buying a fleet of Tesla electric semi trucks. There are still great businesses waiting to be opened, it's just that the capital expenditure to do it is enormous. That and I am pretty addicted to the cattle right now.</p><p></p><p>From what I can tell, a tech business, completely web based with as few employees as possible is the highest margin, highest return investment you can have. </p><p></p><p>If most cattle producers would take a bet on seed funding investment in Silicon Valley and it hit big time; then they could farm at a loss with no worries. Their investment would take care of them and their families for multiple generations. Something that is becoming much harder to do with farming alone. </p><p></p><p>It's all pretty bleak in the big picture for farms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleMan1920, post: 1565406, member: 37967"] I feel the same. I’ve been offered cash deals for our operation, cattle and the whole kit and kaboodle, but I know how much it takes to live comfortably in the city. Even a place like Lexington Kentucky is anything but inexpensive. San Francisco, that’s sheer insanity, unless you just cashed out of a tech company. Even cashing out with $2 million doesn’t make for much of a retirement. Try moving to South Florida with two million, it wouldn’t take long to spend that and then what? Those areas have a huge amount of competition for jobs, yet wages are stagnant. The best businesses to be in are those with very high barriers to entry. I’ve thought about setting up a manufacturing facility on cheap land in KY that employs 3D metal printers, or buying a fleet of Tesla electric semi trucks. There are still great businesses waiting to be opened, it’s just that the capital expenditure to do it is enormous. That and I am pretty addicted to the cattle right now. From what I can tell, a tech business, completely web based with as few employees as possible is the highest margin, highest return investment you can have. If most cattle producers would take a bet on seed funding investment in Silicon Valley and it hit big time; then they could farm at a loss with no worries. Their investment would take care of them and their families for multiple generations. Something that is becoming much harder to do with farming alone. It’s all pretty bleak in the big picture for farms. [/QUOTE]
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