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The reasonable answer here, unfortunately, is to sell it, for reasons that others in this thread have pointed it out. The YOLO "hollywood movie"/NYT best selle
by Magi604 4y ago
The reasonable answer here, unfortunately, is to sell it, for reasons that others in this thread have pointed it out.
The YOLO "hollywood movie"/NYT best seller answer, however, is to drop everything you're doing, go to Madagascar, spend some time trying and failing (with hijinx!) to grow the crop yourself. Your neighbors at first are distant and doubtful, but slowly you gain their respect. 15 years from today, tsingy brand coffee is a household name.
- hinkley 4y agoPlus you meet your soulmate who is living monk-like because they are still devastated from the mother/father of their children passing away suddenly four years ago. Finally their kids tell them it's time to move on and you get married six months later.
- diego 4y agoI mostly agree. The way I would face this decision is like this: 1) Do I enjoy the coffee business? Would I have bought that plantation if the opportunity had arisen? If the answer is no, selling is most likely the right answer. 2) That being said, it's not like the plantation is a hot potato that needs to be sold right away. OP has some time to check it out, learn about the business and decide if this is something worth trying for a few years. How long to try for? What's the opportunity cost? They would decide to invest a limited amount of time (e.g. one year of work) and then reevaluate at the end. I would timebox this decision process too. Perhaps learn all you can in a month and decide if you want to give it a shot? Part of this process should involve getting in touch with people in the industry and seeing if you like interacting with them. In the end, most of your job will be about interacting with the different types of players in your industry.
- Alex3917 4y agoThe reality though is you could plant 100 - 200 fruit trees and make the same amount of money each year as the coffee plantation with 99% less work.
- tsingy 4y agoWhat fruits?
- dogma1138 4y agoYou can always try to pitch it as some reality show to Netflix et al, I know of someone in similar circumstances that managed to get something produced although on a regional level in Europe.
- jareklupinski 4y agopretty great idea, I'd watch "Tech To Brew" :) the money made from letting a Netflix crew follow you around would probably help through bad seasons
- Jugurtha 4y agoAmongst the neighbors is an attractive woman who hates OP's guts at first, then mellows, and finally falls in love. They both go against a major coffee brand that is abusive to locals and they manage, with the help of folksy villagers throwing spanners in the works of BIGCoffee, to overcome and overtake with jolly good ol' values.
- jfoster 4y agoIs there only two options? How about hiring someone who knows how to do it, or leasing it?