Ouch!

There is 100 acres for sale right behind my house, just on the other side of a small strip of gameland. It has a nice creek running through the middle of it, an apple orchard and several cleared fields. Last I heard they had come down to $750k, original asking price was $1 mil.

It's been for sale for 10-12 years though. Either they're asking way too much or I'm missing something.

I did some online searches and some realtor searches, but nothing beats driving though the area when it comes to finding deals.

I would love to stay here. But you never know. I have a few years to decide. I can retire fairly young.

Unless I hit the lottery, I'll probably never retire. I have to work til 65 just to have 25 years in here.

And I doubt seriously that I'll stay here 25 years. I tend to get pretty restless after 5-6 years, and I'm coming up on that pretty quick.

I enjoy my job here, so it may keep me here. Or at least in this line of work, should I move elsewhere.

I can retire at 50 with 25 years here. But I will probably do a few more years because the runt will only be 15 when I am elgible. Plus thats too young to stop working and I can't live on my retirement here.

Had I stayed with the state, I could have retired at 49 with 30 years. Hindsight is 20/20

I will probably do 30 years here. That will put me at 33 years in the same type of work. Thats enough.

I'll be happy if I can work til I'm 65. Some days I doubt that I'll make it that long. Getting old sucks.