Living Offgrid Affordably: Getting Started- Buying land

Reader Contribution by Jeff Chaney
Published on August 15, 2011
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 If you are still with us after all of the caveats and warnings in our previous article, Before Getting Started, we are ready to begin the homesteading odyssey.

Our journey began in 1997 with a leisurely drive through the countryside. We happened to be in an area where our ancestors had owned land over one hundred years earlier, although this story could unfold anywhere. I looked up and saw a real estate sign on land indicating it was on the market. Not knowing where the property lay exactly, I contacted the broker. The listing price was $39,900. This price seemed incredibly high, so I did not investigate further, forgot all about it, and continued down the busy road of life.

 Approximately one year later, I was in the same area and spotted another real estate sign in a slightly different location. Curious if this was the same property, I inquired as to the details. Sure enough, it was the same parcel, but now priced at $15,000. These developments warranted a closer look.

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