marko
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You obviously did not grow up on a farm where some well maintained 100+ year old barns still have your great grandpa's tools hanging on the walls. If it was just a "business" decision then more than likely the farm would have been gone a long long time ago. I understand the OP's burden and do not envy anyone who HAS to sell something that has been in the family for generations. Not everything is about money.
When I said "business decision" I mean looking at it objectively and trying to remove the emotion from it. Not just money but how you will be better/worse overall by going one direction or the other. Of course it IS emotional but one should strive to separate the emotions from the realities as much as possible.
No I didn't grow up on a farm but I did have to sell the family homestead just last year.
It had been in the family for 135 years, we lived there ourselves for 30 years and it was supposed to be our forever home. We had just put about $50k in upgrades the year prior coupled to $150k and a ton of love when we moved in years ago.
Yes, my grandfather's and my great grandfather's tools were in our basement and it cost us over two grand to have them removed.
It wasn't a financial decision as much as a quality of life decision where a changing neighborhood forced us to sell.
It was incredibly emotional and gut wrenching but we had to weigh what our future would be like staying there along with the property value dropping. So despite the thousands of memories, blood sweat and tears invested and years of good times we made a business decision --that is, looking at it objectively (and cried for a week). But it was the right thing to do.
FWIW I still own my great-great grandfather's house (other side of the family) where my 92 y.o. mom and disabled brother live (and where I grew up), so I do know and appreciate what it's like to have a history with a property. Still, when the time comes--we have no direct heirs--I'll be forced to make a similar, painful and difficult business decision...and cry for another week or two.
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