We spent close to two years searching for our perfect prepper property. Follow along on our journey as we discovered what we wanted, how to conduct the best search, how to work with Realtors, resolving unexpected problems, and what happens after we made an offer.
Our Property Search
Our Prepper Property Search – Part 1
You can live in your house and bug out to your retreat, or you live at your retreat. We’re working towards the latter.
10 Tips for Buying Prepper Properties
We've seen 40 properties in multiple states, and its been a learning experience! Here are our top 10 property search tips for preppers seeking their forever home.
A Prepper Journey
There are lots of reasons to find your “perfect prepper property,” including food independence, privacy, and survival.
Get Your Retreat or Country Home While You Still Can
The coronavirus is going to change our lives. One of the results is that more and more people will be working from home. That means they can work from anywhere.
Restarting Our Property Search
After months of looking online instead of in-person, we're heading out to look at prepper properties this weekend.
Prepper Diary June 8 – We Make an Offer
Our search for the perfect prepper property that is both our retreat and our permanent residence takes a big step closer.
Property Search: Our Home Inspection
Getting a home inspection done on any house you are buying (unless it is a tear down) is a critical step in the buying process. Depending on the results, you may be able to renegotiate the sale or even back out.
We Explore Our Future Prepper Property
We walk the property, which is down a private road and halfway up a mountain.
Prepper Diary July 26: We Close on our Prepper Property
After two years of searching, we finally spend our first night in our new property. There's work to be done, like eradicating the mice that call it home.
August 3: Our First Step Towards Moving
We kicked off our move by renting a U-Haul and loading it with food and ammo. Dragging it up, over and around the mountains was a chore.
August 8 Diary and Update: Firewood Follies
This weekend, we focused on how to obtain firewood at our new prepper property. We need the wood to heat the house and keep our electric bill low.
August 26: Our Prepper Property Upgrades
We make a work trip to our Prepper Property to improve the kitchen, install new lighting, build shelving and move some more gear.
August 27 Diary – Our Move Grows A Step Closer
We are getting closer to moving to our perfect prepper home by upgrading it and making cosmetic improvements to our existing home prior to selling it.
September 7 Prepper Diary: We Celebrate Labor Day with Chores and...
We take an extra long weekend getaway to do chores at our prepper property, but we take time for some fun as well.
Prepper Diary October 2: How to Build Your Food Storage Over...
We have buckets of long-term storage food. We have cans of dehydrated food. But we didn't build up this supply overnight. Live the prepper life and you can build up your supplies as well.
Prepper Diary October 6: It’s Been a Week of Chores
Never a dull day at Pete's Place as we've got chores to do and repairs to make as we get ready to move to our prepper property.
Prepper Diary November 1: Bugging Out and on Being Charitable
Our old house is for sale so we're bugging out to the mountains. Moving has encouraged us to downsize and minimize.
Prepper Diary November 5: Our House Sells Quickly
It took months of cleaning, painting, repairing, and getting new carpet in the basement, but our house sold within days of listing.
Looks Like More Preppers are Moving to our Mountain
Apparently we are not the only folks who think this is a good area for prepping. Far from the cities and off the beaten track, it is attracting other preppers
Crazy Real Estate Market Caused by People Fleeing Cities
After a recent renaissance in which cities where THE place to be, people are now fleeing large, urban areas and are desperate to buy rural property.
We Know we Made the Right Decision when we Left the...
We've owned our Prepper Property for more than a year and lived in it full time for about six months. Talk about getting out while the getting was good!
Lesson Learned from One Year of Rural Living
One year in, we would move from the city to the mountains again. If you are looking to go rural, maybe you can benefit from our experiences.
Looking Back One Year After Buying Our Prepper Property
After living with our house hunting decision for a year, we look back on what we have learned and would do differently.
It May be Time to Move
If you live in Southern California or in any of the states that draw water from the Colorado River, you might want to move before it is too late.
How to Start a Retreat from Scratch
Read the story of a family that bought raw land and built their own retreat, including the many steps they took.
New Thoughts on What to Look for when Buying a Prepper...
The world has changed since we bought our prepper property. Here's what I'd look for today I didn't consider back then.
The Importance of Fitting in at Your New Place
When you move to your retreat, you are leaving behind your local networks. It's important to fit in and try to build a new one.
