It is always getting harder and more expensive, but I truly believe that almost anyone who is physically capable of holding down a job could probably pull this off.
We got extremely lucky and got our land for relatively cheap at the beginning of the sale from a subdivision of a bunch of forestry land.
But it is not uncommon to find it even cheaper if you can look around in some of these tiny towns in the middle of nowhere.
We were on the other side of the country so we couldn’t really negotiate as we needed a place to land the trailer when we got here.
Other than that, we’re basically dedicating most of my salary to doing improvements every payday as we can afford it. I do make quite a good salary but nothing extravagant.
It’s much easier to not spend money when you have to drive 15 minutes to get a pop or some gas… So a lot of the total budget can go into improvements. And I am a pretty cheap bastard so a lot of it is cobbled together
But it will keep improving until eventually It feels like a real house. Or so I keep promising my wife… ;)
Why is it always ok to shit on chain wallets, long hair on a man, or any other non-political style choice?
I sponsor and attend protests - have done so since the '90s. I help out at shelters and food banks and soup kitchens. I champion the causes of all people who are oppressed or otherwise neglected by society.
But my fucking chain wallet and ponytail make me less of a person?
I have been seeing a lot of posts that call out simple things like how I dress as indicative of being some MAGAt or bigot and I was just venting that out here. Like jeans and a plaid shirt with sunglasses are now the uniform of the standard racist asshole - But I don’t think it is fair to lump everyone in those clothes together. And if someone posted the same thing about a distinctly 2000s fashion, or dyed hair, they would get corrected quickly, but since my style is ‘old’ more people feel open to judging the book by its cover.
I did not mean to offend, or call you out personally, and I will try to be better about how I express these things going forward.
For reference - I am in my mid-40s, but I need my chain wallet since I bounce around the forest/homestead on tractors or dirt bikes a lot while building or doing chores, and would certainly lose it without some tether. I don’t have any excuse for my ponytail other than i have just always had it :p I’m sure baldness will end that soon too!