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100% Off The Grid Cabin: Self Contained Self Sufficient & Portable

Off The Grid Cabin

Imagine a completely self sufficient cabin, pre-built with everything you need to go off grid including water, power, food, and shelter. I’d like to create a ready to go “Off The Grid” cabin made from a shipping container that would include everything one needs to go off the grid in ONE package ready to ship [...]

Off The Grid UPDATE: Lost Almost Everything Starting Over

Jeep

Well, since my last post about going off the grid a lot of things have transpired. Suffice it to say we’ve lost almost everything we own due to the economy, some family issues, and slow business. Paid $700 for a 1991 Jeep Cherokee Laredo, packed our remaining valuables in it and drove away from the stress, [...]

Open Home Project: Sponsors

Off The Grid

You and me, and a whole bunch of our friends are going to get together to build an open sourced, off the grid, sustainable-living system for under $100k to provide affordable natural built and energy efficient housing for people needing affordable housing. We’re all giving 33 cents a day. (we all spend more than this [...]

Looking For Land!

Land

I’m willing to pay up to $150,000 for LAND! My family and I are sick and tired of renting apartments in the city and want a positive change in lifestyle and a place to raise the kids. We’re going “Off The Grid“, and we want a property that is the right price and terms. We’ve spent [...]

Northern Arizona?

Water

In my search for off the grid homestead locations I’ve spent hundreds of hours researching properties and vacant land for a spot to build our home. I want a parcel of land that will provide everything we need (within reason) and be reasonably located. Now, many people swear by Arizona, and I’ve spent a lot [...]

Off The Grid Trends: Top 10 States For “Off The Grid”

Off The Grid graph

Here’s a list of the top 10 US states for “off the grid” trending based search. According to Google Trends and search results, the trend is UP over the past 5 years, with dramatic increases in people within certain larger cities searching for information using the keyword phrase “off the grid“. Here’s a screenshot from [...]

Off The Grid: NOW!

grid

OK so here’s the deal. I’m going to try the “off-the-grid” lifestyle. No really. I’ve decided to DO IT! I’ve had it with renting, and never owning anything of real value. I’m tired of paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent and never actually having anything of value. THAT SUCKS! I’ve been renting [...]