A house in the mountains

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.
A country home

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.
A mountain view

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.
A work bench with tools

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.
Sold!

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.
A steep uphill dirt road

We Explore Our Future Prepper Property

We walk the property, which is down a private road and halfway up a mountain.
Driveway leading to a house you cannot see

Reasons to Not Delay Buying Your Prepper Property

If you plan to buy a retreat or more to a prepper property, Pete gives you several good reasons to get moving.
A farm in a valley

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.
We opted to live halfway up a mountain, far from the nearest city. Photo by skingery314 from Pixabay

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.
storage foods in buckets

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.