As a 50 year old, I can say your story is impressive. Looking back, so many missed opportunities, time goes to fast. Glad to see how your priorities and determination has made you two who you are, keep it up!

I've lived off grid (solar, wood stove, rainwater catchment) for 3.5 yrs. It isn't easy. Lots of manual labor and sacrifice. CONGRATULATIONS.

As a Realtor for 29+ years I am Happy and Proud of what you accomplished by buying this land. It looks beautiful and yes you do have to have the vision of what raw land can be. But that is how you afford a better deal. You made a terrific buy and with a little work your property value will increase a lot. But you have a wonderful place to be and I look forward to watching your journey.

I moved on to a small piece of property. Sight unseen. I had been paying on it for almost 2 years before moving here. For 3 years I lived totally off grid in a shed. I had just enough solar to charge my phone and some batteries. Installed solar lights and set up a rain water catchment. I now have a camper with some electric but still use the rainwater catchment. I love what your doing.

You both have such happy personalities. I’m an old lady and watching the two of you cheer me up. Thank you.

As an East Tennessean who has wanted to go fully off grid for some time this is very inspiring! I live in a town of 6k people yet land around here is very expensive, so congratulations to y’all for finding this needle in the hay stack! I hope everything goes well for y’all and I look forward to watching more of your videos!

We have 20 acres in TN outside of Clarksville. We built a house on it and paid $3,500 an acre about 3 years ago, it is worth about $15-18,000 an acre now.

I live off grid in a small 20 x 20 house and I love it. If you can love can life you can live off grid. My next step is growing food!

Congratulations You two are awesome. I am a retired aircraft mechanic from Miami Florida.15 years ago I bought 40 acres deep in the woods of South Central Tennessee.i cleared 2 acres and bought an old 35 foot trailer. I loved it. My wife not so much. She's a CITY girl. I still have the 40 acres.as my playground. But had to settle on a house in Loretto. She is happy. I'm happy.

I love your off-grid living, holistic view on life, but what impressed me most about you two, is how supportive and genuinely in love with each other you are. Stay together through thick and thin, I've watched other channels where a few years down the road they split. Stay away from Splitsville.

A wood stove is your best friend when you’re living like us. Also you can make hot water from your wood stove to wrapping copper tubing and using a pump to circulate it through a hot water heater tank. You get an old hot water heater and just don’t plug it in just circulate your hot water you make through it so it helps to keep your water hot basically. Really easy. Solar panels are a great thing too really good for everything basically just buy a really nice power inverter tho get a huge one you can always add more panels later on.

Your story is very similar to our families, we sold at the peak of the market and paid off all debt. We are never going back to corporate and debt slavery again. Congratulations on figuring this out young.

"You're never going to make a change unless YOU make that change." This statement really hits home for me. 44 years old and I'm getting ready for a huge career change that I've been putting off for years because of my own fears and anxiety. Changing chapters is something very scary but folks like you two give so much inspiration. Thank you both and keep doin what you're doin!

We had a similar issue. We sold our house in Georgia and moved back to Florida. We took Two Fay’s to look. The realtor we were working showed us homes that were way over our price range. She finally showed a home wet could afford and we put in an offer that day. It was accepted later the same day. I couldn’t be happier.

Nice for you..I did a restart on life when we got tboned on my Harley. Bought a place in Hannibal Missouri. An old 1882 house. Now my dad was put in a home in Alabama. So i got custody of him and heading down tomorrow to get him..I'll be running through Tennessee tomorrow..

Your tiny home camper must feel like a palace to you! It's so cozy too. Looking foward to seeing how you decorate the interior and the space around the exterior- deck, roof over the camper, landscaping around it? I really like how the living room is positioned in this model of camper.

Love your channel and what you’re doing such an inspiration to all young people. I wish you both so many years of happiness and blessings.

You two are such an inspiration, a really cool back story. Me & Julie are chugging along down here in southern Alabama, we only have 2.76 acres, but the property sits on a 800 acre spring feed private lake and we are also off-grid. We do have a well and septic system in place so that has helped....

You guys have a relationship that is rare you have the same dreams in life and that's what makes the dreams come true I wish my ex wife was like that you guys are blessed to have each other don't lose that

Running water is free power and water. Research Rampump.... Pumping water uphill without power.

I'm wanting to buy some land someday. I'm retired now and will have my home paid for in another 4 years. At 67 now so I'll just have to see how things play out. I'm a research fanatic, it took me three years of research before I purchased my Victory Cross Country Tour motorcycle. I don't like spending a lot of money only to be disappointed in making a poor decision. Enjoy watching you guys work on your property. Thanks for the video, hope you enjoy it.

Thats awesome i bought 40 acers of raw land for 22,000 3 years ago

I'm with Cass. Looks like a million dollar property to me! Thanks for sharing that with us. Love ya both!

We just closed on our Tennessee property on the Cumberland Plateau! Super excited to get started building our offgrid homestead!

My husband an I just love your channel. We love watching your journey I subscribed to your channel.

I actually moved to Chattanooga to get away from the Nashville area. I was homeless for a year and now live in the the projects in Chattanooga. Yall are doing the same thing that Ive been dreaming of doing. This is the inspiration i need to get me back into the planning of buying land and building a log cabin. Just not sure if north Georgia might be cheaper land wise.

I give you guys lots of credit for answering those questions. That info is really no ones business. But I am guessing that you were tired of the repeated inquires. The value question is really a moot point. You are happy - nuff said

Congrats on that purchase price - great deal and you are happy

Awesome of you to share all the details. Thanks for the video!

It's pretty incredible how far small money will get you in this area of the country. I'm just 60 miles away in Alabama and recently found a comfortable 2 BR/2 BA house that included the adjacent empty lot for 30k (almost half an acre) in a peaceful small town...so not a country homestead, but still, plenty of garden and chicken space :) My ideal would be WA State (North Olympic Peninsula) or somewhere remote, like the very "Northern Exposure-like" Republic, WA .. Spent some years there and it's literally paradise on earth. But heaven cost big money, so dreams will have to wait.

Thanks for the info!

Thanks for the info. The plat that was being sold, were there deed restrictions for all parcels? Running into probs with deed restrictions even on lots way out in nowhere land NC with developers putting standard deed restrictions of no campers for long period of time, basic road maintenance agreement (no biggee on that one), no manufactured homes, must be minimum 1200 square feet. Finding non restricted land is proving to be a challenge for 100K and less.

The prices are crazy right now. My brother bought 14 acres w a cabin, utilities last year North or Rockwood Tennessee for 300,000. Crazy. Arizona is really crazy since 2020. Good luck yes you got a deal. ❤

Awesome I made the list!!! You guys are great

Always Awesome! Wishing you well in all your endeavors! Merry Christmas!!!

Good job guys. Your living a dream.

Great job guys . You made it Happen,

Awesome y’all Be well be safe

I missed you guys last Sunday. Loved the video, very informative and transparent. Blessings from the Oregon coast.

I’m so glad you made such a great choice for making your channel and what a great attitude living simple 🙏🏽

A UKpostsr The Nomatic movement plumbed water from a spring 200 ft with a pressure system without power .Now they have solar power

Think Tennessee Think storm shelter A simple diy works just fine A hill of dirt with a door Peace of mind

Impressive goals. Enjoy the journey

Amazing, very inspiring!

I am a new viewer. Thanks for sharing how you guys got started. Listening to you two makes me want to come along and see your progress. I have subscribed and am looking forward to more adventures with you.

I realized a few years ago that Im really not interested in working my life away just to barely survive and be miserable. So, I bought a very small piece of land in Charleston Tn. I knew that I wanted something that I could just straight out buy, no financing, and it had to be close to my dad, so I wound up buying 1.66 acres for $23,000 .... It's perfect for a single older woman like me though, I don't think that I would be physically able to take care of much more than what I have. But, I didn't realize the requirements for getting a driveway 🤦‍♀️ i spent every penny that I had on the property, and they're telling me that it's $4,000 just to get started on my driveway 😢 so, I will be staying in my camper in my dad's yard for a very long time to save up for the driveway 🤷‍♀️ hopefully I will be able to have access to water soon, but as of right now I really don't. My dad and I are on different schedules, and we are rarely awake or home at the same time, and he has a great Pyrenees that won't let me in his house 🤦‍♀️

We’ve enjoyed watching your journey! Can’t wait to see how everything turns out.

Thank you for the video

Love your story😍

That’s an awesome price for your vision!! With the waterfall alone some people would ask that for 1-2 acres!! Like they say, location location, location!! Have you named the 5’er yet?

That's awesome and it helps that you are both on the same page and honest with each other.

I 'found' you by chance and I am so pleased I did. It's great to see you being honest about how hard it can be living your lifestyle (I don't think I could give up my central heating!)

Great deal thanks for sharing this video take care.

good luck you deserve everything you acheive well done❤

That's awesome! Finding the right property to live off grid can be very daunting. Congratulations on finding such a beautiful place. Can't wait to see how you develop this into your dream

Now this is a video that has super value for those that are interested in living the homestead off grid living styles ...great video love yall we live in Tennessee and have land in another state and hopefully will be building in april Thanks again

I’m in middle Tennessee and was curious as to the area you are in. I would love to come help and learn during that process. Providing you’re not too far away.

70K is crazy! I was guessing 300K.

Matt + Cass your Awesome Happy Holidays thanks you the videos are great

Sacrifice to obtain a goal makes you appreciate the goal more. Some of my best memories of my married life was when we worked together to obtain a goal. Of course it all fell apart shortly after 😂😂😂

what i miss about rural tn is all the small local lumber mills. you can save a TON of money buy getting rough cut lumber from them versus lowes or home depot. fasteners are the rough part believe it or not

Awesome video God Bless you and your family

I put Thyme in our food and my dog's food. Don't worry with ticks and fleas no more.

Great video!

Pretty cool

Just to let you know about your cabin. You can hire someone to come out and take the moisture content and if it’s good they can stamp it for you.

Good things happen for good people. God Bless!

You have it figured out. Claim your dream, make it a goal, and live beneath your means to enable it. Find land you can afford and make it work for you. So many people want to groan about how 'impossible' it is to afford/create a homestead/farm. We paid a little over $4K an acre for 26 (15 open) acres 25 years ago but we also got a small 2 story home in very good condition, a 2 story barn with electric, a pond, a tractor shed, and gardens. Since then we've bought surrounding acreage (20 acres) to flesh out our farm. My folks are moving here (their home on our farm is almost done) so it's really becoming a family compound. At this point, we paid off our extra acreage a long time ago and only owe $50K on our home and the 11 acres it sits on. Keep up the great work making your dreams come true. Thank you for helping prove that people CAN do this if they start thinking outside the 21st century comfort box and set goals and diligently work toward them! You rock!

As long as you're happy with it. That is all that matters. You're in a great 4 season area, with mild winters. You should get great fall foliage. Good luck to you both moving forward.

Interesting idea: land that is very steep that would not be suitable for conventional development might be great for off-grid, tiny or modest size homes. In general, what direction do your slopes face? It seems like for solar and gardening, south facing slopes would be better. Do your slopes go uphill from the road or downhill, or both?

Your story and passion for freedom is so refreshing. I unfortunately grew up in the 70’s when owning a home, stuff and status was what we all were taught to believe was the American dream. While I had the opportunity to do that now that I’m in my early sixty’s I find your lifestyle so attractive. Keep up the great work and I love your video’s.

Love your channel, so glad you found your land and look forward to seeing all of your projects. We have a place upstate and have been doing projects since 2015. Rewarding to look back and see all of the accomplishments!

That was not a good deal but an excellent one. Wow! Congratulations. I have been looking in TN as well but for the same price people are offering up to 5 acres. I don’t even need that many, just a couple I can use as a home base to park my rig when I take a break from traveling. I will find something at some point.

I am in Florida and I think i am in your shoes. Right now, I am looking to purchase a piece of land. I plan to build a small home. Thank you for your input.

We moved fairly fast on our property too. Definitely makes a difference being focused on the goal.

I was watching about the ready removable building, if you run steel straps through rafters and anchor it to the ground it would be like a mobile home not ready removable.

Congrats on using your common sense as part of your decision making during your process. I personally grew up poor in the Appalachian Mts of N.C. so when i became of age and moved away i got into the weaving industry and did well for myself. Unfortunately it took me until i was mid 40s before i realized i was living way above my means. I realized i was trying to fill a void in my life with material things to make me feel validation and fortunately i learned i no longer needed all the worldly possessions to be happy in life. I now have came back to the Appalachian Mts of N.C., 4 years now with my humble and grateful attitude. I can truly say for me it's came full circle and I'm content.

Matt and Cass, we are in the same boat, and we have a saying in our Family, Land is the only thing they are not making more of.

welcome to Tennessee

Can you put a foundation under the little house? It's like a trailer, as long as it's on blocks it's taxed differently but once a foundation is under it, it becomes a part of the property and is assessed as a house.

Hi Guys, great video! I can relate to your property search. When I retired, I spent about a year searching in two states for property before finding a perfect one for me this past summer in the Catskill Mountains of NY state. My plan is to build a small off grid cabin and eventually move into. Not rushing, just enjoying the ride. I'm not going to say it's easy, but so far it's satisfying and rewarding.

What a deal!!!!!❤😮

Excellent your living the Dream 🎉🎊✨️🌟👍🏻

Like or videos I live in Texas full time in my Rv. Not as you do have all utilities but being old it works for us. Disabled and continue to live life.

Health Insurance? Thats what always gets me..

With the water that you have available Mark and Digger may want to pay you a visit.

Dammm! That was a steal..!

70 k great price😮I love lifting weights,personal trainer ,good for you,God bless!!

Yeah Buddy !!!!!!!

Hi from knoxville 👋😊

I would say, you have mastered the art of frugal living, and it paid off BIG time! Congratulations on all of the awesome blessings! I hope you praise Father God for every good and perfect gift He has given you through Jesus! You've worked, saved, done without, and it is Father who has blessed you! Keep the videos comin'!

Great stuffffffff

Hey, if you have land, you have a life, a resource and most of all, a home!

I generally get notifications for posts of the channels I am subscribed to, yet I have not seen one of yours in several months. (I just noticed, didn't click the bell.) We will have to go back and catch up. The last I saw, you were still having problems with the state, and then one about a camper idea. When we were your age, we took Mother Earth News magazine and even found a beautiful waterfront lot on the beautiful Greers Ferry Lake in AR. But we had to stay in Memphis due to no way to make a living there, no home computers, no internet, no solar, no Lithium iron batteries, no social media. Then kids came, eventually the land got sold, (for more than twice what we paid for it) and now in our 70s we live the life vicariously watching folks like you... No complaints though, we had a blessed life and great kids and grandkids.

Over the years Ive started to share more and more financial information with friends, and such. I really think of it as just data for people to process how they are doing - good or bad. I've been able to find out so much about how others are doing, some guys are so lucky it's insane, some people can't seem to catch a break, and others make plans and work doggedly towards them. I like to think I've encouraged a lot of people to reevaluate their choices and see things from another perspective. I just had to let go of caring what someone might think of me financially, and I really enjoy being open to people and learning so much about what life is like for others. People generally reciprocate with finance info if you're open about your situation - and in many cases, I've been able to make people aware of things they didn't know about..

As a new subscriber, I am curious about where y'all grew up. You mentioned slivers and the Buffalo Bills. My wife is from Buffalo. We now live in Mississippi. I just bought an off-grid acre of land a half mile from the Natchez Trace near Tupelo, MS. I want to use it as a getaway spot. It was a tax lien purchase that only cost $1000. It is on a small lake. It is beautiful. I am living vicariously through your experience. God Bless y'all.

I'd be nice to have the personality like you two have to be able to do the UKposts thing. I love this kind of stuff, it has replaced a lot of regular TV. Keep it up and ill keep watching!

such nice people

Loving your channel and watching your journey, I bought my 5 acres in Tenn. this summer can't wait to make the move. Curious what county your property is located in?

Hello from Oregon state we did the same traveled in our RV worked and found cheap land recently found our old hickory shed was to big without having an actual home on site so had to move and sell it all at Christmas me and my now x and son it was very stressful and heart braking i do still own my RV but am renting a cabin right now but own my land free n clear it had garbage all over it for 30 yrs a man told us it was raw land since then going on 6 yrs ago land is cleaned fenced gated and has tall pine trees its like a park i have future plans for it and will make sure i go by county codes and laws we had a well and septic put on it as well the counties in many states are making it so hard for people to even use there land in the old days you homesteaded built a structure to live in and called it home had out houses and creek water or home made wells'' i do understand some of there reasoning but it is total control and makes it so hard when housing prices so high people homeless living in tents or vehicles . the cities have so many unused buildings could convert to housing help get people off streets rehabilitate get jobs to pay low housing , there is so much more they could do but i just dont see it you guys are awesome know how hard living off grid is but rewards can be greater less expense