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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homestead survival plan
  • Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 11:33:56 -0700


There are any number of reasons to start over so what would be a good strategy to set oneself up for a self sufficient retirement even with limited income and physical resources?

Buy a small, old farmhouse with a few acres in an area of long growing season. Farm consolidation has left lots of little spots with an old orchard, trees, old house, old well, electric service and modest outbuildings that still have enough value to not burn down to create more crop land. Many of these spots are far enough from population centers to be low in price. They are potentially good homestead places, with the myriad caveats I write about in my book and which are too numerous to list here.

The primary required budget item is housing. Unless you ensnare yourself in the insurance trap, the next is transportation. Next is food, and that is where homesteaders shine. So, a cheap house with a few acres, a modest pickup or car and trailer, low taxes, and you have a good head start to making do with little as you age.

Gene GeRue
Author: How To Find Your Ideal Country Home
http://www.ruralize.com






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