I doubt I would take that approach, but the learned advice is appreciated. I don't aspire to have a plane, just want to have some control over how I work. My background is pretty unique among IT workers, and I'm not sure I can find many other folks that could fill the role I am envisioning.
The other advice I would make is there is more money to be made in smaller (but not tiny) communties than in cities.
Your company total take is miniscule compared to large companies, but larger personally.
To compare, my 2 roommate at MIT were both chem engineers. One is a top guy at DOW. Makes low-mid six figures, good stuff.
The other went to work for DOW, bailed after a couple of years, and bought into a dinky plastics companys that makes abotu 1% of what DOW makes. He owns the thing. Makes mid 7 figures, and may hire our buddy from DOW to run it while he goes drinks beer in Costa Rica.