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My boyfriend lives off-grid & wants me to move in with him. I have lived off-grid before so have some experience. I consider myself to be a resourceful person, regardless of where I am. This morning he reprimanded me for heating my overnight oats on the gas stove. He claims it was wasteful & wants me to eat them cold from now on. I googled how much propane is required to cook something on the stove using low heat for 5 min & it said it’s a negligible amount. Am I the one being a brat here or is he just trying to start a fight for no good reason? Help!

So I recently purchased 40 acres of land with a small 20x16 camp that was built in the 80s, I’m looking to add a 12x16 bedroom and bathroom off the back problem is I was going to use sonotubes piers for the foundation but the original camp is on blocks. Should I worry about the different foundations shifting differently or just put the addition on blocks as well?

Looking for an alternative satellite system for lite to moderate internet (video calls and low key wifi) usage in an offgrid cabin set up with unreliable cell service at altitude with wide open skies in SoCal. Yes I know Starstink is a great product, but having trouble rationalizing giving their fascist owner a single dollar. Welcome any thoughts on reliable options. Thanks.

Hey all,

We are in the northeast and are planning on stick building a 12x24 temporary dwelling to live in while we get our house built. It will be me, my husband, and our son who will be 5 and most likely 6 years old.

Anyone have any recommendations for doing this with a child and and recommendations on heating and plumbing with no electricity or septic yet? We don’t have to move in until next March and will most likely start building in a month or so when we can get some money together to start.

We need to move in before the septic/electricity so we are able to save for it without our 2.5k a month rent eating up our income.

Any/all advice and thoughts are welcome and appreciated 😊

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Has anyone here actually bought land through legit owner financing?

I’m deep in the search phase right now for a small future homestead and keep running into owner-financed properties. Some of them honestly seem almost too easy, so I’d really love to hear from people who have done it and what your experience was.

What did you do to make sure it was safe before handing over money?

Like:

•	how did you verify the seller actually owned it

•	did you check for liens or back taxes

•	how did you make sure there was legal access

•	did you use title companies or attorneys

•	any scams or red flags I should watch for

•	anything you wish you knew before signing

Bonus points if you have land for sale is in the Ozarks (Missouri or Arkansas), Kentucky, or Tennessee, since those are the main places I’m looking please share with me.

My must-haves:

•	3+ acres

•	off-grid living allowed

•	minimal regulations / few restrictions

•	camper allowed while building

•	enough room for a garden and maybe small livestock later

Would really love to hear the good, bad, and ugly before I go too far down this path.

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30 days transformation and I don’t know who I am anymore

I started 8 March I made a public commitment to get offer or feel pain. 8 April I don't care about pain, want both outcomes, offer is inevitable, and hiring my team while job searching.

But now I just don't know who I am anymore, I cannot stop, I cannot unsee what I saw, cannot unknow. Every day now every action I do leads to success, anything, lose, win leads to success.

I don't care about money anymore, because I know that I will win, I don't care much about an offer 6k+, because I know that I already won, and it's inevitable that I'll get it, the only variable is time and the systems I created make it impossible to lose.

5 April I started building team, I'm hiring 3 assistants for every task at 19 and I cannot stop. I understand if money ends I will grow even faster, that state is the most important thing. The more I spend the more I get.

I want rejection from the world as much as success like I'm now anti-fragile, curiosity driven instead of fear-driven, and I lost 90% of my fear, emotions (only excitement and happiness remained), decisions now take minutes instead of days and time continues compressing.

I learned how to compress time to compress a year into a day. I'm 100% certain that I will achieve everything I planned, that it's better for me to die than not to live this life the way I want.

30-31 March when I was losing emotions I reached out to my father and it was the last moment I shared them, the last moment I fucking was so emotional after that 6 April I reached out to mother, but there was already no warmth, nothing left from the person who started this deadline.

The moment you pass a threshold, start trusting the process is the moment of no return. Even so I think there was not only one moment of no return. Now when I see people I see everything, loops, fears, where it would go, how their lives go, I can predict it. And I cannot stop, I continue passing thresholds - hiring, fighting the last fears (mother).

I already won, and the more I do the more I achieve, every failure leads to even more success, my brain tries to sabotage me which leads to even more success.

What I can say now, how did I do it, I removed everything - dependencies, porn, social networks, bad food, started to work out every day, thinking in english language, walking, left last job, and I fought 90%+ of fears.

Also physically changed from 8 March to 8 April, you can see there was irritation on my face during the deadline, uncertain eye contact, now it's a different guy.

Now I'm building something no one did before, something that will change everyone. I would want to get up and be normal but I cannot anymore. So I want to just say I can make you free, out of fears, out of everything and the key is state. It will change everything. I will get 1M+ subscribers, I will get everything and it's inevitable.

And fuck, I cannot stop it, it's already automatic, how many times my brain tried to sabotage me, but nothing matters anymore.

So as the title states, someone tried to burglarize my property today. We have a camera that caught them on video but they noticed it and took it with them. We immediately called the police then drove up there. as we were driving to the land we had to keep the live feed up so we weren’t able to download the video with them on it, however we were able to screenshot the live feed and get identifiable information. We found them, the police got the camera back but the culprit took the SD card out and it is likely destroyed. The cops for some reason didn’t think it would be enough to arrest them on any meaningful charges, even though I can think of theft and damage of property(camera), attempted burglary (which we can’t prove without the sd cards) and trespassing(which is the most obvious because he had to trespass to be able to steal the camera). Anyways. After this incident we want more cameras. We will likely put up more 360 degree live feed cellular cameras and also install them inside our shipping containers. But we also want trail cameras that aren’t as obvious and will be able to identify a license plate from 40 feet. Ideally these cameras could have good enough picture resolution to identify faces, markings, and license plates. I know there are some that have live feed and some that just have sd cards. I’ll take recommendations on both as well as any other security measures we could install while we are not currently living on the land. Thanks!

On Monday, April 13, 2026 from 6:30–7:30 PM PST, William De Guevara (u/solexpower) — a Red Seal Electrician specializing in off-grid solar — is here answering your questions.

If you’re dealing with the realities of Canadian or Northern climates, this is a great chance to get advice that actually applies. Off-grid systems here face very different challenges compared to milder regions, especially when it comes to winter performance, system sizing, and meeting electrical code.

What you may want to ask about:

System Sizing How to properly size your system for reliable, year-round use.

Winter Performance Battery behavior in cold temperatures, storage strategies, and keeping systems running through winter.

Hardware Choices Inverters, charge controllers, and components that hold up in harsh conditions.

Code & Compliance Canadian electrical codes, safety, and inspection requirements.

DIY vs. Hiring a Pro What you can safely take on yourself—and when it’s better to call in an expert.

Drop your questions below, whether you’ve got a full plan, a rough idea, or you’re just getting started, William's here to help.

I'm wanting to keep a small watering hole(20'x20') with some water in it. I want to build a 30'-50' well and supply it with water. I would like to do it off-grid. I really don't care if it only pumps about 1/10th of a gallon per minute, as long as it pumps enough to keep some water in the watering hole. I haven't found any pump setup that is meant for this kind of thing. I'm fine with setting up the solar myself but I need a really low power submersible to finish the job. Any suggestions?

Hi everyone,

I’m a doctoral researcher studying how people think about and experience homesteading today. I’m looking to hear from folks with any connection to homesteading (and other forms of land based living) whether you’re actively doing it, planning to, or just interested.

If you’re willing, I’d appreciate you taking a short survey (about 10-15 minutes).

The survey focuses on how people define homesteading and what it looks like in their lives. It’s completely voluntary, and responses are confidential.

Thanks so much for considering!