Posted by Northvale PA on August 21, 2020 at 04:09:40 from (24.112.141.217):
In Reply to: Anyone board horses? posted by Morgan in ar on August 20, 2020 at 17:19:56:
Interesting comments. So, here is my story and opinion: my parents bought a place set up for horses about 40 years ago and boarded them for about 25 years. We did all the physical maintenance of mowing, fence building and repairs, tree cutting, etc. very similar to any rental property. The place had a small apartment so they had an arrangement where a person could live in the apartment and keep one horse as compensation for feeding and watering the other 10. Over the years I would call it break even as the income paid for all repairs and improvements. But if you own a farm with buildings you will have that. Eventually the cost of insurance and the ‘Commercial Stable’ regulations tipped the scales along with my parents getting past retirement age and their ‘helper’ kids becoming adults and moving on. Now for my opinions: like all farm work, the more you do directly, the more money you keep. It is not easy money. I would do it again however the place we bought is not set up for horses and that initial expense is too much. I only saw a few bad things over the years and would say nothing beyond normal associated with animals or people. The negatives would be constant work or repairs, insurance company makes the easiest money of all and with barns and people, junk tends to accumulate. My opinion is go for it mostly because you can try it out with very little initial expense. That tips the scales for you.
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