A couple years. But not really lay roots. We are here for 5yrs or maybe a little more then hopefully on yhe road to repeat what we do here.
We partnered up with a friend from Canada to develop an education center and permaculture nursery on 16ac of raw land he owns. Infrastructure will also be used for his time in the US but that is limited to under 6mo a year, so we hope to make him cash positive on the property during the times he isn't using it.
Then rinse and repeat after it is rolling.
We currently have 2 small cabins a few sheds and systems built. We are getting started on our housing that will double as an caretaker housing when we develop the next spot. Hopefully we get to rotate to them all with the weather.
Or we end up liking it here a lot and just stick to running this location.