I volunteered on a kibbutz. It was quite rich, they had a medical device (plastic) factory, orchards and apple processing factory. So we had a swimming pool, cinema, sports hall and a free bar. Not sure if this is really relevant. Some people worked really hard, others didn’t. I loved the life for about 6 months but then it felt quite claustrophobic.

Not sure it’s relevant to what you are looking at. I think it would be hard. Once you had all sold up and invested it would be hard to go back. If someone wanted to leave, could you buy them out? With what? If you couldn’t pay them back you might be trapped together. I think you need some kind of cash cow, like the plastic factory, maybe not on that scale but something that brought in a good amount of cash maybe crop farming I don’t know your situation? So you could at least buy people out if they wanted to leave? Maybe I got it all wrong? What are your thoughts?

I asked this same question recently, so I will refer you to this post.