Land for sale

When I was a very very young adult (even younger than I am now), I got caught up in the "back to the land" idea a lot of hippies had, and did a lot of research on farming, organic gardening, and even drove around the Ozarks looking for land for sale. Fortunately, I didn't buy any. Or at least it's fortunate that I didn't tie myself down to that kind of lifestyle. It would probably be nice to have some property that's gone up in value for over thirty years. But I'm glad I'm not trying to support myself with organic gardening and farming on some dirt scrabble farm. I don't think I'm cut out for that.

On term life insurance

When you talk about term life insurance, one story to tell is that of A.O. Williams, a high school football coach whose father took out some whole life insurance on himself, then died. At the funeral, his accountant cousin told him that if his father had had term insurance, he could have been insured for a lot higher amount, leaving A O's mother in much better financial condition. Furious, AO researched the insurance industry, then launched his own company, A O Williams, which he eventually sold and the name was changed to PrimeAmerica. They sell only term, not whole life, because of A.O.'s father.