Well, I've done it

[Larry]

If anyone actually gives a shit what I say or do.. after all, I support Trump, so ..."bad.."

A couple of years ago I considered selling everything and just quitting. I think I even mentioned it at the time. I had real estate people, several developers, investors, etc come up with a plan. Then after I had everything ready to go, I changed my mind.

Well.... not this time. I have a beautiful wife I want to spend more time with. I'm 69. So it's time to quit. Everything that needs to be done to do it has been done. All that was left to do was for me to decide.

I no longer have any faith in America. I hate saying that, but its just the truth. I have no faith in our government, and am rapidly losing faith in the citizenry. Whining, self centered "victims" pissing and moaning, stupid college kids being taught by even more stupid professors to hate everything we used to stand for, crowds of morons looting and burning , etc... while mobs of people living in countries that suffer under the very system the Left in this country want to impose on us march through their streets waving American flags...

Starting after January 1, I'm selling off everything. I've already got a few investment property guys ready to buy rental properties and mortgages that I own. The farm will be broken up into several smaller farms, some of the land will be sold to developers wanting to build subdivisions. I can't leave as long as my mother is alive, which I hope is a long time... But I want everything liquid except for the house I live in and my house in the Philippines.

I'm done. I want to get situated where I can pack a bag and leave , and if I decide to never come back, what's left to sell will be manageable.

I hear that Chile is nice....

[Copper]

Sounds good

Set yourself free.

At your age you should feel good about turning it all into cash

[George K]

At our age, there’s no reason to be shackled by all of these things. Liquidity is great.

[jon-nyc]

Congratulations, Larry.

My wife has been pushing hard to move out of the country. Not just a bit, but really in a sustained way. My transplant complicate things though.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Well, I've done it:

Congratulations, Larry.

My wife has been pushing hard to move out of the country. Not just a bit, but really in a sustained way. My transplant complicate things though.

What is her motivation?

[jon-nyc]

Doesn't like where the country is headed.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Well, I've done it:

Doesn't like where the country is headed.

How so?

[xenon]

Agreed - nice spot to be in.

My only point of reference is Canada. I know a handful of folks who've moved to Canada from the U.S. for... political reasons (for lack of a better term).

I haven't lived in the country for 7 years, But it felt like politics looms less large in peoples' lives there (it could have changed recently).

I think part of this is that there's no grand narrative wrapped up in the national identity. Canadians know they're a small part of the world community. They have strengths, but as a resource economy they're also subject to forces beyond their control. (And in truth every country and everyone is)

There's less of an "aura" around the powers of the people in charge.

Another point though is - all countries have their bullshit, I don't think you'll find a practically better one than the U.S.. But I guess I have to tell myself that to justify my own decisions.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Well, I've done it:

Doesn't like where the country is headed.

Related to this election, or the one before it, or more generally?

[Doctor Phibes]

Congratulations, Larry. You should definitely be enjoying life at your advanced age.

[jon-nyc]

George, Klaus - for some time now. At least six months. Not tied to this election.

She has the same concerns I do, probably weight a bit differently.

[Larry]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Well, I've done it:

Congratulations, Larry. You should definitely be enjoying life at your advanced age.

You're only as old as the one you feel......

So... I'm 38.....

[Larry]

I have a cousin Susan whose husband died around 2 years or so ago. They rent a house from me that sits on 20 acres. When Frank was alive they had no trouble paying their rent. After he died though, Suzie has struggled a little, and I told her not to worry about it, if she had it fine, if she didn't have it, that's fine too.

Yesterday I had the deed transferred to her with a selling price of one dollar. I'm going to discreetly give her the deed on Thanksgiving. We're all getting together at her house for dinner..

I hope she has a dollar on her........

[George K]

@Larry said in Well, I've done it:

I have a cousin Susan whose husband died around 2 years or so ago. They rent a house from me that sits on 20 acres. When Frank was alive they had no trouble paying their rent. After he died though, Suzie has struggled a little, and I told her not to worry about it, if she had it fine, if she didn't have it, that's fine too.

Yesterday I had the deed transferred to her with a selling price of one dollar. I'm going to discreetly give her the deed on Thanksgiving. We're all getting together at her house for dinner..

I hope she has a dollar on her........

House.

Dollar.

Rent.

Larry,

The only thing missing from your post is "trees."

[Larry]

Trees?

[Larry]

Ah.. you're talking about that old woman who was selling the trees on my land.. Lol she wasn't a relative..

[Larry]

@Larry said in Well, I've done it:

Ah.. you're talking about that old woman who was selling the trees on my land.. Lol she wasn't a relative..

Ive always charged a dollar when i do something like that because (at least i think) there has to be some sort of monetary exchange.

[Copper]

Get the dollar

[taiwan_girl]

@larry. Good for you.

I always have hope that I will be able to “slow travel”. To go somewhere for a few months, get settled so it does not feel like I am a tourist. Stay longer if I want or try somewhere new.

Maybe do that with a “home base” to come back to.

[xenon]

What will you "do", Larry?

You're young in terms of retirees.

And I don't mean in terms of something grandiose. I think I'd be fully happy cooking meals and sharing them with family / friends.