This couple quit their jobs and 'sold everything we owned’ to buy a $1.6 million campground—now it's worth $6 million
In 2016, Mark Lemoine came home from work and told his wife Karla Lemoine he wanted to quit his job and buy a campground.
The Lemoines put their house on the market, withdrew all their savings and "sold everything we owned to buy the campground" for $1.6 million, Mark says. They're still $50,000 shy of their previous annual household income, but say they plan to keep running the campground for a simple reason: They're happier.
"People think a steady job, a steady paycheck and a good employer is security," Karla says. "Mark had been through a couple of downsizings in his career, and I think we just realized you can't always count on [those things]. We decided to take control of our own future, our own destiny."When the Lemoines bought the campground, it had been around for 42 yearsIt came equipped with cabins and designated zones for tents and RV parking, but nearly everything needed updating.
The strategy worked: The campground's annual revenue grew. So in 2021, they tried it again, taking out a $300,000 mortgage to add five deluxe cabins. "It's not like we just went out on a big vacation or bought a house that we can't really afford," Mark says. "We bought something that produces income, so that debt doesn't scare us as much."
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