No advice from me. If you have 2-2.5 to blow on a home, and have sufficient retirement savings and enough to put all 4 of your kids through to school, you’re definitely out of my league..
You need to talk to a few folks hear which unfortunately don’t post anymore. Raptorduck was one of them, and I believe he settled in Fairbanks ranch. But I doubt he runs a chicken coup or something.
sdrealtor lives in Encinitas…You can ping him on opinions there.