You’re not a wimp (or a whimp, either.)
The costs and risks of starting and sustaining a new business in the US have never been higher. The returns on doing so (after taxes, administrative overhead, fees, etc) never lower. There no incentive to jump in, or do better. There’s much disincentive for doing so.
This is what Going Galt looks like.
Interesting.
We had a friend’s wedding on our place a few months ago. Every wedding professional involved told us we were sitting on a wedding gold mine with our location. We got really excited until we started looking into regs, insurance, etc.
Heck, this is even in Rural KY where you don’t even need a permit to build a house.
I used to be a commercial real estate agent in the early 1980’s. I was appalled at the lease agreements for shopping malls. You don’t pay rent. You open your books to the mall owners and pay them a percentage.
That is, unless you want to find a horsehead in your bed (IYGMD)