Retro_unlimited

I do half of these and my neighbors do several of these too. What do you want? Want me to explain every dollar I make? Thats too personal.

There’s many ways, I have multiple income streams from several places.

Here are a few examples of income ideas:

Sell online

YouTube or twitch, only fans?

Do odd jobs for neighbors and the community

Sell at local swap meets, fairs, art shows

Air BNB

Sell eggs, meat, animals

Sell homestead tutorials, courses, online or in person

Remote teaching

Remote work, telemarketing

There’s tons of ways to make money from a homestead in the middle of nowhere.

It truly is a ton of work every day.

There are a few counties around the US that have zoning laws that let you live in an RV or build alternative houses such as adobe, earth bags, shipping container homes, earth ships, or even shed to homes.

I did tons of research and picked a county. Then I drove around and talked with realtors until I found the right one that understood what I plan To do. this guy was awesome and directly took my to my dream land. It was 6 times more land than I expected to buy, and the price was amazing. We bought it immediately.

After buying the land, I bought a $3,000 RV (needed a ton of work) but it’s home until I build my adobe home. Spent the last year collecting supplies for the house, even found 5 new windows for just over $100. Always looking for deals. Also found solar panels super cheap $45 each for 250W panels. Bought a ton of those for the house later.

It takes a lot of determination to push yourself to go outside and work for yourself, but also a way to have an income in the middle of nowhere. We do ok. But I know things will only get better as we settle more here.

Yes there is a land tax, but it’s quite low.

I have never paid rent or utilities or electricity.

Currently live off grid on land I own using solar power. We have all electric appliances. Generator uses propane but only use it 1-2 times a year so it’s rare to refill the tank.

The dump is only a few dollar when we take our trash (under $10) every few months.

Self host on a NAS, have home assistant that helps a ton with power monitoring and control.

My goal in a few years is to provide almost all my needs from my own land. Food, water, shelter, power, etc.