Purchasing Our 7 Acre Future Farmstead

The world was going to end. The zombies were about to march onto capital hill and life as we know it would soon be over! Remember that show Revolution? This is what we thought it was going to be like...

Revolution

September 2015 | The Blood Moons

Yep, we were getting prepared for an actual date. On September 28, 2015 there was going to be a solar eclipse that would make the moon turn blood red! Plus there was a super moon, plus it was going to be a lunar tetrad. We even found biblical scriptures that lined up our faith with the stars.

Holy cow! As I am writing this I am realizing how INSANE WE WERE! Or were we?

So we began preparing for the worst, and hoping for the best.

• food
• water
• medical supplies
• go bags
• a tent? (yes, we thought we needed a tent. We are not that smart.)

We NEEDED Land ???

Yes. We thought that the best way of "surviving" was to own raw land. With no water. No structures (oh wait, we have a tent!). 😂

Nothing. Absolutely nothing on the property expect for some mesquite beans and wild dewberries.

Landsofamerica.com and primarily LandsofTexas.com is where I was spending a lot of my free time. And we found it our future farmstead!!!

It was July of 2015 and we were heading from Houston to Dallas for a family reunion. I was on Lands of Texas and I found this small town in the middle of our drive. I asked my bride what she thought about taking a very short detour to check it out, which she surprisingly said...

YES!

Ok so that was just too easy. You see during this summer, my wife and I were 50% on the same page and 50% on completely different books! I was acting out of fear, and she was following in faith. I love my wife!

Finding A Good Realtor

We went to see the property and the listing agent immediately connected with us. There are many realtors that... well they are older blue haired ladies wearing heels that say they can help you find property but they will never go deep into the woods to show you. You need to find someone like you.

So when I saw this photo I immediately knew that he was our guy!

He showed us the original property. Now we didn't have the best vision of what raw land could become, but this first piece of land didn't feel right. ALSO YOU SHOULD NEVER BUY REAL ESTATE WITH EMOTIONS. I have learned my lesson.

But our realtor said that he knew of a second listing that we should check out and it might be more of what we were looking for.

And it was!

Immediately this 7.5 acre piece of land felt different. The flow of the plot made sense. We could immediately see where our house would be. How to expand the pond. Where we would have our garden and livestock. Where our boys would build their tree house!!! We wanted it.

The Purchase

After deliberating for 2 days, we decided to put in an offer and some earnest money. That gave us some time to get a permaculture designer out there and see if this was a good site to grow food the way we wanted.

We hired Pete VanDyck from DroughtProofTx.com for the initial site consultation. Pete is not only a designer, but a heavy equipment operator and his swales are pure works of art! If you are looking to purchase land...PLEASE, hire a consultation before you buy!!! A knowledgable Permaculture Designer can save you tens of thousands of dollars.

Pete gave us the A-OK 👍🏻 and we made the purchase!!!

Were We Dumb?

Oh yea. Nothing happened in September. At least not here in the US.

Now I am not saying that someone that prepares for the absolute worst is dumb. I AM NOT SAYING THAT! But what I am saying is that for our family, we were wrong in our assessment of the current state of our country and what the possibility would be.

Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast made me realize that it is not the catastrophic event that we should be preparing for. It is the everyday events that can hit us all:

• job loss
• cancer
• house burning down
• child or loved one having to be rushed to the hospital and you live there for 3 weeks

And when we prepare for these events, we get ourselves 80-90% prepared for the zombies to come.

Also I need to add...that my new view is not that there will be an economic collapse of the dollar or anything like that. We no longer prepare out of fear, but it was that initial push that opened our eyes. It was our red pill. With out this, we never would have known what we know now. And we never would have purchased land.

I do see there being a slow elimination of the middle class through inflation and automation. If you don't choose a plan for your future, someone is going to plan a future for you. GET OFF YOUR TAIL & DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

And in terms of purchasing property, I am not saying that we made a terrible decision. But I would say that we lucked out. Our property has already increased in value by 40%. So if we chose to sell it, we would make a nice profit. Which puts my wife and I back on the same page. 😊

But a better choice would be that we look at many many pieces of property. Not make a decision after only the second one to see in person. But I did look for 2 years. Does that make up for it?

Conclusion

I am thinking of making this a series. A series of our Texas Homestead Build adventure. Upvote and let me know in the comments if you'd be interested. Also let me know what you would have done differently in buying land. I'd love to hear your feedback!

Loving the Steemit Community!!! Thank you for allowing me to hang with you.

-Beau

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