Originally Posted by strelnik

What was set to become my retirement property included a half acre just outside of Fenton, MI. It was next to 20 acres of repossessed land from a realtor who mismanaged and lost the property to the bank before it could be developed.


I would often go out very early on the weekend and drink coffee in front of my workshop. There I would see all kinds of deer coming to graze. They "trimmed" my mulberry bushes and other vegetation but knew I would not hurt them.


They got used to seeing me, I think, over six years.


Now this is all gone. An ambitious developer has converted the acreage into plots with many many mini-mansions that he is selling for $300-500K each.


I am periodically bombarded with requests to sell my property which I will do as soon as I find another one where I can pay cash for the property, move my workshop, sell the property and my current house, then retire. This over the next 18-24 months.


I plan to move to a six-acre farm near a larger 100 acre farms, where I have the local shade and will attract some of the local fauna.


I plan to have a haven for bees, wild flowers, and older Mercedes and Citroens.