<prompt> Human: No, this isnt like Indecent Proposal, the movie.I grew up on a ranch which has been in the family for 100 years. For my mother, aged 72 and me, aged 49, it has also been our place of work. My only other sibling is 46 and lives off the ranch.We have an opportunity to sell about 80 percent of the place, keeping about 1200 acres around the homestead. To avoid the large capital gains we are looking into a 1031 exchange for a NNN property, yielding over 6-7 percent. Think national chain leases, like Walgreens. This would beat the current grass income yield by 3 times. Plus, no worries about drought or cattle market fluctuations, which are substantial every 6 to 8 years.The other wrinkle is that there is an opportunity here that may not be around in another few years. Ag producers are highly liquid due to recent commodity prices, but that tide could change, dragging land prices with it.This would be a huge change for all of us. Weve already done a 1031 exchange with the farmland which was a distant landlord thing for us...not very emotional. Selling the home place, in addition to the previous tranaction would provide a comfortable passive income stream for all 3 of us. At moms passing my brother and I would split around 40,000month.Ive never done anything else, career-wise. I do have some rentals which I would easily be able to pay off. That would add about 4000month to my income.Any advice about separating emotion from the equation would be helpful.TLDR; Sell ranch and retire, or keep going and live with the risks.Assistant: Do you have kids interested in following you? If not, then the options is sell now vs sell later in life. Human: RE: kidsAgain, this is an emotional topic. The cash flow from the ranch is simply too low and erratic to enable me to continue ranching into my golden years AND having to pay my brother rent andor buy out his share. The only reason my folks were able to live here for the past 50 years is because it was free and clear.  <response>: Well then sounds like you have your decision. Too little return and too much risk. High potential to cause family strife if economic downfalls cause an inability to pay rentbuyout fees. Sell. 