planning a way forward for an estabished garden and my own education

So here's the thing: I love continuing education.  Not the bookish kind but rather the hands on, experimental, and mentored kind.  I'm new to the permies group but I've been building my own permaculture lifestyle bit by bit over the years.  I've built a small business with my gardening knowledge/experience and I've been building and editing my own food forest/nursery at my current property.  

My dilema? I really want to join up with the opportunities out at Wheaten Labs and get in on the action but, I've worked really hard on rehabbing this house and property to a more sustainable/healthy/natural standard; (and I'm not done yet) but if I sell to get outta Dodge, it will be no more. I have learned from experience, having flipped houses in the area, that buyers will destroy all the work I've put in.  Is there a listing service or rental service anyone has seen that caters to our kind?  If I ever get this rocket mass heater built it would make it difficult to trust an average renter and getting the insurance would be an issue too.  It's going to take some time to downsize my life beyond just the house but it has begun!  I have 2 estates worth of stuff to offload that my parents collected (hoarded) over the years.  I'm happy about the hoarding of tools but the not so useful stuff? Come ON!!!

I have no particular attachment to the area or the house but I DO care about my gardens.  This has not lent itself to the real estate market but it has really leaned in to providing food over the years.  I'm wondering if anyone has experience with say, renting their existing permaculture spaces to others or even "normies" as an opportunity to continue their exposure/learning of a better way?  Like, how plausible do you think it would be?  I could potentially re-home the garden occupants to my landscaping clients but it would be a lot.  This video is just half of the back yard gardens in the late summer.  



Any feedback would be much appreciated.  I'm always learning and scanning for ideas.
Jen

That's a really cool idea, a rental website, or a section on permies, for permaculture-minded folks to rent out their spaces to others of the same bent!  I love that idea, maybe we can make it happen?  Maybe you could also post in the "landshare" section?  The homesteading section too?  And the regional section for your area?  I can't think of any other way to ensure that permies rent the house, or buy the house, than to post it here.  Wheaton Labs does look fun doesn't it?  Someday I want to bring my husband and MIL there for a week long sepper vacation

Jen,

The whole Permies SKiP initiative seems tailored to what you're looking for. (Look at me, acting like a virtual assistant!)

https://permies.com/wiki/skip-pep-bb?t=ioko

@Riona - Exactly! A way to help ease our minds for the work we've accomplished knowing that the new occupant (renter or buyer) would be of a mindset to appreciate and improve/continue the progress.  Also, they have an understanding of the garden being a very viable, healthy food source.  I go all over the place, and the first thing I observe is the land and what people are choosing to grow there.  I admit, I have judged property to rehab and flip, not by the condition of the house, but by the land it sits on and the soil.  I recognize I'm a little odd but that's the point!  

In Permies there is a gathering of the somewhat "odd" and we support each other.  We could have a way to "flip" or rent green properties so that we can still have them for/as income but insure the work put in to make them green is not then reversed by the next occupant.  Maybe more of us could commit the time to the coursework offered at the labs and elsewhere, if we could somewhat believe, the work was in good hands?  Maybe we could generate more interest and commitment to doing group outreach/travel workshops for people and places that can't afford it or don't yet know a better way to build is out there?  Maybe there are people who have done some workshops or have sincere interest but don't want to start from scratch and they just want someone else to have taken care of setting it up for them?  There are gradients of desire/commitment when it comes to greening the world.  For those who can't just jump out of the race, maybe they could take advantage of someone having done the work for them?  

Okay, I may be rambling a bit off topic, but think of the possibilities.  If we could help alleviate the pressure of how to not throw away your work but rather to pass it in safe keeping (not as inheritance) and still retain the income from it, we could free up the time commitment issues that slow many down from pursuing more.  The SKiP program seems like a wonderful thing for people who are all in and want property but I'm one who isn't ready to give away my life's work.  I'm only 51.  I already have a property.

Jen