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I like to spend time shooting guns and reloading my own ammunition. Since I’ve retired I started shooting air rifles to go along with my powder burner guns. Whole bunch of new stuff to learn to get the air rifles shooting like I want. I collected chainsaws while I was working and have always...

My first cameras were still picture cameras. Then my Son in Law got me one that would send pics right to my phone. Thought that was good but the ones I have now will do pictures and video but I have to pull the sd cards to view the video. They have cameras now that will transfer video directly...

That’s a good looking coyote. I don’t think any on the place here are that big. They sure look better after they get their Winter coats. Not so much in the Summer time.

Since I’ve been retired I have had more time to spend on the homestead. Always fun to check the cameras to see what critters are lurking about. https://youtu.be/IyJ0_Yg1SYo https://youtu.be/Lf0htFlKllE

No real advise and just want to say when I rolled things into Vanguard, they were helpful getting it done. Hope it goes as easily for you whichever one you choose.

Unions, love or hate but when I first went to work at the factory, truck drivers with their union were making considerably more money than what the factory was paying. For quite some time our union was able to get us 100% paid insurance, 10+ percent annual raises, and 7 weeks annual paid...

A poor man’s journey: I opened my first savings account when I was nine and was working a paper route so I’ve pretty much always been a saver. When I first started saving and investing I never dreamed I would reach this milestone. A common factory laborer putting away whatever extra money...

Thanks for the responses. I was just curious about this as on another thread it seemed some were advising against a sale due to capital gains. My personal experience with owning a rental property was not a good one as it seemed to be one problem after another and I most assuredly did not want...

It’s nice to hear from folks with a liking for country living. Was just wondering if there were many on the site as there doesn’t seem to be many posts about the contended country lifestyle.

I’m a novice at investing. I invested some in Venax—Vanguard Energy Fund At and so far it has had a decent return for me. It is a bumpier ride than with the Total Stock Market fund. What are the thoughts of others on the energy stocks? I keep thinking it will do well if and when the covid...

Isn’t the housing market out of the hands of the investor also so speculative and not actionable?

I’ve seen some threads of people with property to sell in retirement. Often they are advised not to sell due to the capital gains taxes incurred. My feeling is it seems to be a sellers market and the capital gains tax will apply anyway at the time of the sale. With the tax and spend...

Although the official definition is different, I think of it loosely described as getting some income or food produced on the land. Not entirely self sufficient from working the land. Doesn’t seem to be very many country folks on the retirement site.

Just curious if there are any homesteaders in retirement. I’ve never lived in a city and find all of the angst over covid to be quite different from my experience in the country. I still enjoy the physical labor of making firewood so I have turned the hobby into a little business where I can...

We are in NW Oregon. Pics are from our property above our home. Most of the property is zoned forest land but there is some zoned residential so the potential for 4 or 5 buildable lots. The forest land is taxed at a low rate. The power company just finished redoing the road up there and they...

Retired from a factory job at 62 about 2 1/2 years ago. Used some IRA money to purchase 40+ acres of real estate adjacent to our home, guaranteeing privacy for as long as we want. Since that time our stock investments have returned over double what we paid for the property and I feel confident...

I’ve purchased four properties for cash. I had the advantage of knowing the histories of the properties going back to before I was born so I think that helped some. One of the properties we had a real estate agent involved who got money for basically directing us to the title company. For the...

We bought three parcels of land equaling 45 acres after we retired. Fortunately both parcels were cash sales so very little headache involved. Both sellers were willing to split all costs involved with the sale and a local title company was used. In one case I made an offer and the seller came...

Is there a strategy where it is better to withdraw some from IRAs before it is mandatory? We aren’t rich by any means but after two years of retirement we have yet to tap into our retirement account except for some Roth money we took out to purchase some real estate adjacent to our home. Even...

Energy stocks took quite a beating but I took a chance and invested some in the Vanguard Venax fund a while back. I may be thinking about this wrong but if and when things get straightened out people will be willing to pay whatever it takes to get back to traveling. Last month looked pretty good.

I normally don’t try to outguess the market. I got nervous when this outbreak first hit and put everything in the money market. I could get by on money market returns but always like to make some extra return. Hopefully things will settle down soon but not sure when it would be prudent to...

Got enough wood cut to pay the taxes and warm the house. Also got a Winter supply of meat. Loving retirement, country living and a simple life.

A year into retirement here. Some highlights from year one. Moved our 401k to an IRA at Vanguard. The 401K had been in Vanguard before our company changed to another some years ago and I always liked dealing with Vanguard. There was a snafu getting it transferred which turned out being a...

I’ve been looking at real estate on the Trulia site. I was familiar with this property. Contacted the owner, agreed on price, wrote up a purchase agreement, owner signed, contacted title company, and a week later it was all done. I would think a real estate company could set you up. The...

40 acres is taxed as timber land. Most of the taxes are for the 5 acres of buildable property.