I certainly don't need to be there watching over their shoulders but occasionally it's a good thing.

So I guess that's one benefit, that the shoulder season is a little shorter there as most ski areas are dead Mid-April through May.Like others have said though, the numbers have to work and those don't look great. 

You have a huge chip on your shoulder.

Sure there  are vibrant  communities but you have to look over your shoulder when you walk down the street.  

@Steve Dove  interesting POV: using the peak months to cover costs and shoulder months for profit.

No more double checking and looking over my shoulder.

:) Hi Lucas,  I appreciated you share the reason why I got a lot of cold shoulders right away. :) It all make sense.

So, similar to Marcus, one of the happiest days of my life was when I hired out my bookkeeping - total weight lifted off my shoulders!

You've got a good head on your shoulders and will make the right decision.

But this is easier said that done, you dont get to rub shoulders with the whales just like that.Whales can deploy 0.05% of their total buying power and make the stock price move up a couple of dollars , similarly they can sell the same and make the stock drop a couple of dollars and wipe out millions of average joe investors cash , they invest small amount but represent the largest subset of the retail investors .Whales can do this because their order size is so big,trade speed is ultra fast and robotic it is chump change to them .They can deploy this strategy while sippin on bacardi on a beach-Read This is very different to the path average joe is currently on and possibly not possible to embark upon because it is a select club ,and joe is not invited!