# The Financial Model The Genesis Farm & Retreat will eventually be able to house **10 people** in **Western North Carolina.** At any given time, some number of these members will be present as **weekly retreatants**, who can come and practice from 1 to 4 weeks at a time. Others will be staying for months at a time, as **monthly residents**, living a more integrated work-life schedule on the farm. Those that stay for a full year, can sign on as **yearly residents**, who live on the farm for an extended period at a time and take on more core roles within the farm's [holacratic practice of self-governance](https://meta.buddhistgeeks.org/about/holacracy). | Name | Length of Stay | Cost of Living | | ----------------- | -------------- | -------------- | | Weekly Retreatant | 1-4 Weeks | $1,000/wk | | Monthly Resident | 1-12 Months | $2,000/mo | | Yearly Resident | 1+ Year(s) | $1,000/mo | For those staying week-to-week & month-to-month, it will be comparable in cost to other long-term, affordable retreat centers in the US. Living costs cover all basic living expenses–minus personal debt–and become cheaper as one commits to longer stays. This incentivizes stability within the community as well as a smaller ecological footprint, with less coming & going. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://farm.buddhistgeeks.org/genesis/the-basic-model.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.