Homestead does seem like a great idea. If you have residual income to pay taxes and buy stuff that you can't grow or build, you'd be set for life. Plus you have vastly superior food to eat every day, as well as getting regular exercise tending to your land. I'd be plenty happy with 1/3 acre, as it's just me. Do some small scale farming, dig a well, use a geothermal A/C unit, and use solar and hydro with plenty of batteries, and you're completely off the grid.
Homestead does seem like a great idea. If you have residual income to pay taxes and buy stuff that you can't grow or build, you'd be set for life. Plus you have vastly superior food to eat every day, as well as getting regular exercise tending to your land. I'd be plenty happy with 1/3 acre, as it's just me. Do some small scale farming, dig a well, use a geothermal A/C unit, and use solar and hydro with plenty of batteries, and you're completely off the grid.
This is interesting too - earth ships. https://www.earthshipglobal.com/
If all you need is 1/3 acre, why aren't you doing it right now? Serious question.
You could collect rain water and just not tell anyone. If there's a water table a reasonable distance down, you can dig/drill a well.
Decent property around where I'm at is not that expensive yet. Unfortunately I currently can't afford it.
I've got family members who want to do a business together. .y suggestion is a family food production farm that sells the over production locally.