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When I meant "up north," I meant in the UP, Michigan lol. It is kind of like Northern California, but way colder! I really wanted to find property up in Northern Ca but I don't think we can afford it in the time frame we are looking at. We really want to start this homesteading soon and that is the place we both fell in love with. I might have some real estate related questions though (
don't we all when it comes to buying property?), because I have never bought property before. I'm only in my early 20s and my SO is in his late 20s. But our budget is under $50000, and there is plenty of property up there in that price range.
At the very least you will have your daughter to guide you! That is awesome. I know what you mean by the RV; we were going to do that, but the cold and snowy winters up there require we have good shelter while we build, so we are looking at mobile homes.
Good luck with building your coop! I find recycling to be the best way to build "new" things. I wish I could have found some old pallets or free building wood while we were making our coops. Can't wait to see yours and your new additions to your flock in the new coop hehe.
You're moving to Michigan by choice? That's the only place I ever lived where I cried every day because I hated it so bad. We lived in Holly for a short time when I was in junior high. Maybe it was because it was the 70s and I was used to the Bay Area and the people there were not very nice. I only made one friend there, so my second daughter is named after her.
And cold?? If I stood back just enough behind a 6ft snow drift I'd miss the school bus. It was that or stand in the road and have the driver run over me. LOL I sold tropical fish to aquarium shops and had like 30 tanks. Four days before we moved back here the power was off all night and my fish froze. Luckily I was able to save most by thawing them out. I had bugged my mom and stepdad for years about wanting to live where it snowed again, but after Michigan I only want to visit for a short time. brrrr
I'm broke now, but we used to do RE investing and I do wish I had bought some of the houses that I found there. Problem was they would have been flipped or rentals and no one made enough out there so no profit at the time. I hope you like it better than I did. I want to go slightly north from here, but that's as north as I'll go in my old age. I never want to live that cold again. I admit that it was pretty. We had lots of acreage and I did hate having to give away my Skidoo. hehe
I'd move to Washington if it didn't snow or rain so much. I've always loved it there, but only because I spent about half of every summer there growning up. Heck I'd move to Tahoe. I love to see that place with snow all over, but if I stay a week I'm ready to come home on day 4. I'm a wuss.