I moved 10 years ago to live more of a self sufficient life and I’m still not fully set up but getting closer. I’ve never had 5-6 digits of money to put into things. Been chipping away a few hundred dollars at a time.
We were a day late but not dollar short on buying a fixer upper house on two occasions so we ended up buying a hunk of woods and started cutting trees for a driveway and spot to build a little house. Had phone installed just as house/cabin was done. Couple of years later, I had the easement cut and supplies gathered up to get a pole and meter installed and run electric service from it to the buildings which I did myself. No permits or having to hire contractors here.
We have four full time neighbors/families, with three being related to each other. Everyone else around us, including either side of us, lives somewhere else and uses their places here as a weekend retreat and hunting season spot.
Twenty miles from three different small towns but we do have a Dollar General going in a few miles away. There’s one in each of those three towns too plus grocery stores, convenient stores, auto parts stores, banks and two have walmarts. If this new one sells beer they may make it. Will probably carry a lot of groceries, some produce and meat which a lot of them are doing now.
Nice work and grit, hats off!