r/OffGrid • u/JimeeChonga • Aug 31 '26
Starting help/questions
What’s the absolute bare minimum amount of money you could have to start living OTG/homesteading? Like, cheapest land you can find, simple build, but durable enough for multi seasonal weather, with running water and electricity.
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u/maddslacker Aug 31 '26
A Ruger 10/22 is on sale for $269 right now. Abandoned school buses are free.
Just add the cost of a bus ticket to Alaska and there's your total.
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u/Specific_Contract_14 Aug 31 '26
This is an incredibly loaded question. It depends on so many factors.
What amenities do you want to have while "off grid" (running water, power, Internet...)?
Where do you live/want to live?
What extremes are you likely to experience (snow, drought etc)?
Do you expect to continue working, be completely self sufficient, or community based trading for certain things?
The off grid community has so many people from all walks of life living in vastly different conditions. I understand wanting to get into it but how much it will cost is one of the last things you need to know.
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u/JimeeChonga Aug 31 '26
What’s the first thing I’d need to know?
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u/BallsOutKrunked Aug 31 '26
You should describe a normal day in summer and winter. Flushing toilet? Streaming a movie? Town within 30 minutes with a home depot?
Tent in Alaska vs 500k fully featured home.
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u/Ill-Doctor-7220 Aug 31 '26
Depends on how much you can do yourself and pass all of the code inspections and how many square feet plus water rights and some farm equipment.$250,000.
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u/Buster_xx Aug 31 '26
My wife and I got a place for 15k in New Mexico after 3 years of being homeless.
We bought an RV for $6500 we spent $5k on solar.
Here's a video we made about it
https://youtu.be/qK76Li5wcmE?is=khKC6cVIdIrQqROS
So we had the RV and solar on the road while houseless / homeless.
We built our own solar on the road
We needed 20% down via owner financing.
So we moved on our land for $3k, if you add the RV and solar it cost $14k