Going OFF GRID with NO Money 

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I'm medically retired from the Navy and have a decent passive income (about $4k a month). I've only recently regained my ability to do hard, manual labor and have wanted to homestead during my 10+ year recovery. I feel as though I'm in a better place than most to try. I grew up in a farming community raising all sorts of animals and helping neighbors with their harvest. Your videos have given me a lot of confidence that this is possible for me. The initial steps seem to be the most daunting, but I'll be ordering some of your books and seeing where hard work will get me. Thanks for putting all the effort into making things easier for those in my position.

Needed this gentle reminder today to not give up and stay steady towards my goals. You're nailing it.

If there’s a will there’s a way. It may not come over night & you may have to work hard & sacrifice some things, but persever, never give up John,you give so much encouragement & knowledge to all of us… even if we can’t do it we can live thru you ‼️👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

Just want to say that I've been following your channel for a while and haven't commented yet, but it's one of my favorite sources of homesteading/off-grid inspiration. I'm going a really gradual route to going off-grid myself, and it feels like an impossible idea sometimes. But it's hugely helpful to see someone else doing it solo, since that seems hard to find examples of, and it just gives me back the confidence that it is possible. So thank you! (And your greenhouse is looking great with the plants growing in! I've dug a lot of holes by hand, so I know how much work that is, but it's usually been in a team, so I'm still impressed with that whole build.)

Yes, a real and viable income is ALWAYS the problem that has kept me from making this a reality as an almost 60-year-old female.! Still, you provide great insight. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for inspiring us! We’re hoping to start a homestead soon, and you’re one of the channels that we’ve learned so much from😊

Great video John, I bought land and an RV and came out here with a small retirement. I find I can cover everything but building materials. Food, water and shelter is covered. Solar and propane keeps me alive but most days I have nothing to use to build with. I see your progress and feel like I'm not getting much done. Last time I bought wood was months ago. I want to build everyday but I don't have left over cash. I'm trying to figure this all out. I miss scrap yards and garage sales lol

Riding my bike while listeim to this and the dog fighting/growl scared the crap out of me.

Age is my factor but, I still dream!

First off. This is the first time ive gotten a youtube notification that i actually want to watch… and btw Great Video!!! KEEP GOING!!

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR VIDEOS JOHN

I would simply swap the order of priorities from to WATER, shelter, food. Installing a well can be extremely expensive even in relatively easy places, like here in FL, and building a water catchment system takes a bit of time and money, albeit often less than a well. Once you have water, you can put out an fires, start growing some veg and even purify it to drink, if need be. Cheers from N. FL.!

Wealth and security built frugally! Great info share John! #KeepMovingForward ☺️🌵🏡

I always thought I’d find “my people” and start an off grid community together. Unfortunately, that’s unrealistic and hasn’t happened. I’m practicing homesteading from my apartment and preparing to live without utilities right here. It’s hard and it helps to watch videos like this to encourage me. Thanks man!

You forgot to mention off-grid near a lake, river, large stream, pond, or whatever near water. One could obtain a fishing license wherever they wish and catch a limit of fish often enough to fill a freezer with fish meat. You have great content and you deserve a much larger following. Thanks bro.

I enjoy your videos so much. You have such a calm, logical and happy approach to life. Thank you.

Hell yes John!

Also remember your land is a long term INVESTMENT that will almost always be worth more several years down the line than it is today, often quite a bit more. It's amazing how once you're on the other side of the equation, increasing property values aren't always so bad, aside from the taxes, of course.

Man this is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your wisdom🙏

If there’s a will there is a way. 💚🌱

Great content and I enjoyed watching it. Keep up the great work and keep sharing.

Thankyou for sharing!

you mentioned happiness.... I think you should spend more time chatting about the mental benefits of your lifestyle.... no boss, no clocking in, no worrying about sick days or getting a day off work... the relaxed life has to be abundant with piece of mind that most of do not experience on a daily basis...

You impress me so much! And u are teaching me a lot as well! Im taking notes bc i want to do it so bad!!! Thank u for giving this old girl hope!!❤

The kind of off grid living that I want is to be COMPLETELY independent without EVER needing to rely on currency for anything. How can I do this? I need to know because I'm sick and I am tired of living in an economy. I want to do everything myself. Build my own shelter, grow my own food, get my own water, everything without needing to pay for nothing.

Good story! So good for me. Thnx!

Hi y'all

God bless you

Folks should also look into Owner Financing options. Many people are actually looking for "good people" to sell their land to. Not everyone is trying to sell out to developers and many will take quite a bit less money, for the promise of being a good steward of the land.

A job in a camping site to help out for free lot rent, money and have a place to wash clothes and take a shower. Live your life your way. When buying land, make sure that there are NO Restrictions and water close.

Thx for this great info. Two questions, home /land insurance and internet costs please 😎☮️

had to pay $32 K for a septic....

ANSWER GO ONLINE TO A RURAL LAND SALER WITH FINANCING ....100-1000 DOWN 100 A MONTH FOR A 5000 ACRE ....LIVE IN WHATEVER YOU GOT !....YEAH IT TAKES A LIL BUT ALMOST NOTHING TO START!

My uncle staked a mining claim for $65.00 and paid a assay fee of $75.00. Hes been living there for 61 years :)

Yep’ have none. 😂 on ssi no transportation

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only thing free (zero money) would be to hike into a remote corner of the world and start from scratch like in the Amazon, Congo, Siberia, Canadas Boreal Forest. If you do so in city limits even in most rural areas you will be subject to zoning laws and most of the land is privately owned so you would be squatting.

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Hello are you in N/e Arizona?

Do you have any kind of property insurance?

Chat GPT can do your editing just pop it in there and ask it to correct grammer

were would you go if there was a tornado

It's insane to me that you can't camp on your own land lol

Camping in a tent isn’t homesteading lmao

Robot challenge on website on endless loop... Not able to get eBook

10 years or $20k until I have my land paid off. So far away but at least I'm started and have a plan didn't have a plan a year ago. Can't trust my wife to help me retire there told her me getting a job wouldn't change anything and it didn't. We were broke before when I made $18 an hour, we were broke when she brought in 48k a year on her own the 2 years I was unemployed and now that I make $30k a year to add to that we are still broke and have saved $100 in over 8 weeks and have made 0 progress on any debt so I just gotta leave.

Can you legally start building without a septic installed ?

Here from Michigan

Or you can do what I did 😊 I stopped accounting put my furniture in storage and became a trucker, lived in that truck for 8 months saved every dime, paid cash for my land, then saved and got my home moved onto my property , home, 2 car garage, 10x28 leanto for meat chicks, chicken coup and 10x20 run then got a man cave for hubby and a sheshed for me, paid off everything within 16 years once all paid off I stopped traveling all Lower 48 to enjoy my home . I am not off grid so if you chose to get a shed conversion and work on it as you come home you would be debt free sooner than I did, I just added 150.00 more each month and yeah took me 16 years but had I not been handing $ over to grown kids and not been blowing and going on the $ I was making I would have been debt free in 3 years not 16. It’s all on what you choose and want to do.

Love your no-nonsense, honest advice on getting by with little money. Its a breath of fresh air to hear people talking about how to live with less, and what we really "need" these days.

Keep up the grind, it’s already paid off John

What county, are you in?

Thank you! I'm a single mom and I can afford a home, but always looking for cheap ideas for infrastructure on the homestead part, ❤. I will not be going off grid which helps in some ways.