Preppers PING!
What needs to be considered first and foremost is what are you preparing for? Then you need to prioritize your preparations and $$$$ towards that. It will do you very little good to prepare for an asteroid strike (low probability) if you live in a flood zone and are not ready for the higher likelyhood of having to bug out due to flooding (more likely disaster).
Monolithic dome water purifer from cheaper than dirt. sun global oven. nonhybrid seeds from mypatriot supply. canned eggs and instant milk from beprepared.com. rain barrel diversion kits from amazon. look up global buckets for gardening. also look up zero pots for refrigeration.
look up fire brick press for energy. go to lds cannery for wheat oats. Pick up 5 gallon food grade buckets from bakeries. Learn how to to dehydrate. This is my beginning.