Originally posted by parkerbink
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Nice! I dropped out of college as a graphic designer because I could go haul bricks for more money in less time (which kinda worked out since computers and the internet were taking off, no one would have been looking for pencil/paper/film artists in 2000 lol). Funny to think I was making $18/hr in 1998 and masons now make the same 20yrs latter, yet inflation has cut the dollar in half since. Took me 9mos to become a journeyman, within a year I had incorporated and started my own crew as construction was booming in West FL at the time.
Originally posted by marshallnoise
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Good move with your mum! This is the first time in 9yr my family will be living among ourselves, we had my mother in law pass in our house, her twin sister live with us for 2yr, then sister in law had a baby out of wedlock (dad took off), so we shared our home with her. Crazy to think the wife only has a couple family members left, yet my Irish-Catholic background, I have tons of family. My grandmother is still kicking, there's a very good chance she will see 5 generations in her time. She is almost exactly 40yr older than me and birthed 8 children. I have 14 aunts/uncles and my youngest uncle is only 7yr older than me (most are survived to boot). Strange thing is there are very few families outside ours that have the same last name.
No matter where you move, there will be "acts of god", just have to be smart about choices. We plan on GA mountainous scenery when we do move. Not only is the land high, the weather is cooler (my shop is often over 100° in the summer), but the property is about 1/2-2/3 of what it is here. For what I pay for the shop/house per month here will get me several acres, 3.5k SF home with a mother-in-law suite and 3k sf outbuilding to house my shop (current shop is 2.5k SF, home is 2k). Every year I get a statement from the shop lease that shows how much money I gave them since day one, and throw up in my mouth a little. 2k SF homes here are approaching .5mil, shop rent is about to approach $14/SF/yr with my 8th lease next Feb.
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