I know it would be a lot of work and I’d probably end up hating it but - I would love to own a used bookstore. I’d want an old house on a commercial street that I could just fill up with bookshelves. And then have a hobbyist sort of annex with gaming supplies or model kits and things too.
It’s the sort of thing I could see being a good retirement deal. There’s a place just like that back home. They’re off the beaten track quite a long way, actually, but they also ship used books on the internet, and they’re one of the few shows in town.
It’s just a big rambling farm house with books *everywhere*. And they live in one portion of the house. It means being “stuck” at home part of the time, but...if books are your thing, and you’re able to sit and read whenever you don’t have customers...not a bad way to go! I doubt they make a ton of money on it, though.
shoot... there are enough college students and dis-affected twixters in yer area that you'd make a mint...