Brad Gyde said: (quoted from post at 00:54:37 04/13/10) Come on now fellas... I'm just a youngster.. and even I know you can't lose money you never had.. so that property/etc you passed up that has doubled in value didn't cost you any money.. (and if your luck is any like mine, you'd buy it and have to pay someone to take it off your hands later on anyhow)
As for LOSING money.. Farming was my biggest loser.. I didn't lose as much as most, but when you start with next to nothing, can't afford to lose much.. But I'd still give anything to be back in the fields this year..
Brad
Hey, but if you loose it all, you have lost less than a "mega-farmer" losses when they lose it all. :D
It will be 5 years tomorrow that I quit my paycheck job to give full attention to the farm. Almost worked myself silly trying to do both. Of course, I'd be better of financially had I kept working and rented the farm to someone else to support but I'm finally living a happier, less stressful life without the steady paycheck.
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