How Much Does Homesteading Cost? Complete Breakdown Of Two Types Of Costs!

[@danielmontez9062]

Glade you encouraged becoming debt free as much as possible as soon as possible. I have been debt free for years now and I can testify that debt may be your biggest threat or obstacle to achieving the goal of self reliance/homestead.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Awesome! Glad y’all got out of debt.

[@lyndabelknap8367]

Great video Eric and well done. My husband and I are still homesteading and we both turned 70. We have been here 33 years. We have minor health issues but I think this is how God wants us to live and we love it.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you Lynda. Glad y’all are doing well on your homestead. I am sure God wants you in that special place.

[@idahogardengirl942]

Thank you for the video! You have made some excellent points, and laid them out in a very easy to understand format! I especially liked when you spoke about your own difficulties and encouraged others to see beyond obstacles! I think about my own life. It has been a journey, for sure! Thanks again! Have a great day!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You’re welcome. Have a wonderful day!

[@Ealves0525]

Thank you for this. My family is starting up now and we have sort of about the same reasons and background. I can’t wait to get started and a lot of your videos will be helping me. Thank you and God bless you.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You're welcome. God bless you on your journey.

[@rosarodriguez5715]

Thank you so much for this encouragement. Means more than you know. Husband and I plan to explore south GA and get out of the Northeast within the next 2 years. A homestead is my dream. I pray God will help us get there.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You’re welcome. Glad we could be encouraging and helpful for you. I pray that the Lord will lead you to your property soon.

[@justincruz8352]

Did you get out?

[@tomcox5063]

Thanks for sharing your story, so much wisdom in this.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You’re welcome

[@ormedolugo364]

Thanks for what you do, wish I knew about your chanel 2 or 3 yrs ago!!!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

I appreciate it. Thank you. Keep moving forward.

[@joekember3319]

My wife and I came across Dave Ramsey when we had two kids and 15k of debt. We were out of debt before one year, and we bought a house not too long after. We are now looking selling our house to move to Saskatchewan to homestead.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Awesome!

[@josiegallegos7144]

Dave Ramsey, knowledge about getting out debt is awesome. We saved up $3.000 instead of $1.000 for emergency fund. Once we knew we could do this. I had to challenge myself and tackle the biggest debt, which was paying off my home. I had a 15yrs loan and paid that off in 7yrs. To be honest, it was very hard. Everything was breaking down, so the emergency fund save us a lot. I know this isn't the way Dave would do it. But it's what worked for us.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Great job! The debt snowball has been a blessing for us as well. We deviated from his plan a little bit as well. I was just never comfortable with that 1k emergency fund. We put more in there just like you.

[@laurylavoie9633]

Love love love your video!!! Your encouragement is so empowering for me. so much so that it brought tears to my eyes. My partner and I are both 60, and out of shape. Last year my partner retired from the medical field and we sold everything in Dallas to moved Central Maine to be closer to my father, 85, and whom has since moved in with us. We bought this property with a large farm house, 4-bay barn (3-bays open on one side), a small apple orchard of 9 producing apple trees, and a small outbuilding that would be perfect to expand my online business to a brick n mortar. All this is on 13 great acres of open field. So, I think we have great potential here to be self-sufficient. Because I have been watching so many videos, I am simply overwhelmed on where to start.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Glad we were helpful. I know you will be successful there. Hope we can help answer any questions you have through our other videos or otherwise. Have a great day!

[@zuzax1656]

There is a saying, if you want to know how to live your life, think what you want written on your tombstone, and work backwards. In other words, start with what you want your homestead to be and think about what it would take to accomplish it. There is an awful lot of information on how to get started, but if it is in the wrong direction, it will take more effort later to correct it. So, work backwards from the end goal, and develop your plan. Often just writing the goal down and the steps needed to reach them is half the battle. Much like a budget, it is a plan to guide you as to where to expend your energy. "A budget is telling your money where to go, rather than wondering where it went" - Dave Ramsey

[@florencekirk9021]

Thank you for a great video and all the encouragement. Stay safe.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You’re welcome. Glad it was helpful.

[@gabe3612]

Awesome video! Have a blessed week.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you. You too.

[@007darryl]

That was awesome brother. Be blessed.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you my friend. God bless you.

[@HerbalSurvivalist]

in the beginning how did you guys manage to get needed supplies with your medical issues. this is what i am facing. I have many years of experience in this area and more but i cannot drive right now due to a health issue. i have worked on a small farm 4 acres and lived most of my 60 years in suburbs but working with nature and tradition, herbal medicine, blacksmithing, canning preserving, handyman, heavy equipt operator, i am now studying natural solutions for livestock I am not giving up on my dream because it realistically has my heart consumed with truth. this video opened my eyes more and reignited hope and possibility i also am 95% out of debt

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Hello. We do not have any medical issues so I don't understand how to help you there. Congrats on being out of debt, it is a huge step to obtaining a country homestead.

[@Mac-nx5xf]

Nice shirt!! Thanks for the video!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you. Glad it was helpful.

[@Cakes215]

Awesome video, thanks for the encouragement, love it! :)

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You're welcome.

[@1963RonTKiser]

This video has inspired me. Thank you for that. After watching Daniel with Arms Family, my wife and I have been talking about this for over two years. Just curious, what were you looking for in a homestead? We currently are looking at farms away from the city in a more conservative county. We are pinched in between three medium cities now and we want out. Thank you for this video.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

We're glad it was helpful! Daniel is a cool guy. They do a lot of great things on their homestead. At first we were looking for raw land because I am an Architect and had designed a cool off-grid home. We lost out of five pieces of property before we decided to look for a home. It had to have a barn, home and fencing (and be a decent distance for my wife to drive to work). We are about 30 minutes away from a medium sized city. I hope you get out soon.

[@1963RonTKiser]

@@CountryLivingExperience yeah. I know the feeling. I am a commercial general contractor and high in residential. Obama years destroyed many of us. Just reached a point that I am fed up with it all. How politics got involved in the construction industry is amazing. We are hoping to check out later this year. Spend weeks looking at properties. My thinking is it has to have a water source and pond or a way to build one.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

@@1963RonTKiser Having a water source is good. We only have a well. We will be adding rainwater collection this year too.

[@AuntieEm30805]

Love that RP tshirt - if only!!! We have just under two acres, paid for and it is just the two of us. So we are heading in the right direction, we are just starting really late in life. Here's hoping!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you. If only is right. We would be in a much better place for sure. Never too late to start. When things get really bad, you are going to be so happy you are there.

[@thebamlife1775]

Great video! Thank you!!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you

[@riekegoebel7053]

I love the dog in the background!!!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

He makes appearances in many of my vids. Running around like crazy.

[@nathaniel1469]

This video aged well. 2 years ago you were saying to get out, and now look at things. Those of us who are just now starting to aim at these goals have to catch up now.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Thank you. You can do it. Just have to kick it into overdrive a bit.

[@GreatBoneStructure]

Did it. Doing it. Chickens next. Anyone planning to go and grow themselves, my report; it's hard and it's worth it!

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Awesome!

[@BrowncoatBlue]

I agree 💯%. All the indicators point to bad times ahead. I'm hoping we have a few "good" years left before stuff hits the fan.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Absolutely

[@Dawn-di1qs]

your collie is always photo bombing. lol

[@CountryLivingExperience]

He is. Almost every video.

[@Dawn-di1qs]

i took the crown financial ministry course many many years ago. no debt here.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Awesome!

[@billykissinger8601]

Eric are you guys working regular jobs? I will need to keep working so time is always a factor. Can you speak on this and how you guys manage this obstacle.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

I actually quit my job to raise and homeschool our girls and take care of the homestead. My wife works as a nurse. I do KZbin for some income.

[@artwebb6939]

So, would you say that one acre is the minimum? I have I think about a quarter acre in an unincorporated Township, ( in fact being from Houston you might actually know where Garwood Texas is) so I know I could grow some stuff on my own, but I don't know if that piece of dirt would be enough, even it work quality soil ( which I'm guessing black clay probably isn't LOL) Measuring from fence to fence I got 65 ft by 65 ft oh, so that may not actually be a quarter acre after all

[@CountryLivingExperience]

I would actually look for no less than 2 acres. We wrote an article a few years back about homestead size. 2 acres is the smallest. I have heard of Garwood. Another great thing about a larger size property is that you are farther away from neighbors. 😉

[@artwebb6939]

@@CountryLivingExperience thanks, guess I'll have to do some looking around

[@xtoxicchimpx2391]

Is there a way to reachout to you in private? I have some questions and think you could help answer them.

[@CountryLivingExperience]

You can message me on the channel facebook page or email me. The email is under the About tab on my channel page.