I used to believe and still do believe that THIS (the type of housing illustrated above) is the truly ideal and very best solution-for-all-your-needs type of deal that there is readily available out there, on the more-than-volatile market... Many will go for a triplex instead - but this duplex model is best in my luminous book! You can reside in one half - and carefully select your nextdoor tenant! Either an up-and-comer who is career-oriented but not quite ready to buy his own piece of real estate yet... Or a family member you can trust - and live nextdoor to, granted...! And you've got it made! The rent collected for half of a duplex like this will cover all your property taxation costs - and some of the other costs that come with ownership too! You are yourself with a roof over your head - minimal income is needed for basics such as nourishment and heating bills, and that can easily come from interest money generated by just a few wise investments, therefore not touching the capital one iota... Et voilà, really...
All one needs to do afterwards, is kick back the slippers and enjoy oneself on a PERMANENT VACATION - who needs work anyways, huh?
It would have been so simple.
But it is not for me.
For I am a bohemian, a nomad at heart - a rebel with a luminous cause.
$how me the money...!!! $$$ Ye$$$ $ir! $$$$$$$$
Money does not bring happiness, though - raising a fortune won't equate bliss, EVER!
No, folks, cash does not bring joie de vivre... But it does make everything more comfortable!
However, you must know this:
Money isn't real; it's man's invention!
Pain is real - pain and other 4-letter words...
Born in the Age of Aquarius, destined to seek out truths in many an art form, trained as a historian and a journalist but truly a prose-lover... Luciano is out to dispel any clichés and reinvent them all both to the tune of a little something called the truth as also to his own image - and being old-fashioned, he does not mind that distinction one infinitesimal tiny bit at all...! "There are two ways to spread the light; be the candle... or the mirror that reflects It." I have chosen to be the latter... okay? ~*~
"To be not only a seeker of light... but a dream weaver of light" ~*~ For as surely as the moon reflects the light from the sun, you and I can reflect the Light from Above - and be, indeed, the light of this world! ~*~*~*~ NOTE: THERE ARE COOKIES ~ from at least three parties~ ON ALL OF MY BLOGS! ~*~ accept it!