If I had to do it all over again, I would have bought more tracts of raw land. Land appreciates at about the same rate as the market and you have a physical asset. Taxes are low on timber land. And you can stand on it and say in your best Obamao accent, “I don’t own this.”
There is a lot of timberland for sale in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. But you have to do a lot of research to see if it will pan out.