Today, I am joined by Mary Bryant Shrader from Marysnest.com to talk about from scratch living as well as discuss highlights from her book: The Modern Pioneer Cookbook.
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Show Resources - Find Mary
https://marysnest.com/my-cookbook/
https://www.youtube.com/marysnest
Main content of the show
Mary Bryant Shrader, is the founder and host of the Mary’s Nest YouTube channel which has nearly 54 million views and 1 million subscribers all over the world who want to learn traditional cooking skills. She’s also the author of the bestselling The Modern Pioneer Cookbook, a traditional foods lifestyle manual covering bone broths, ferments, sourdough and more.
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Resources
Today, we have a show on the lessons I have learned from this year's remodel that apply to homesteading in general. I will also cover our usual Monday segments.
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Livestream Schedule
- Monday, 2pm: Four Lessons Learned from The Great 2023 Home Renovation
- Tuesday, 12:pm: Tuesday Live with J. A. Dudley and John Willis
- Wednesday, 10am: Wednesday Interview with Mary Brandt Schrader
- Friday, 9:30am: Homestead Happenings
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- Life without spices
- Bone broth every day, working through frozen bones before canned bone broth
- New cow has arrived, + a text from a friend
- Looking forward to setting up my winter lettuce area
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
We took the short version (no Home Depot stop) of our usual trip on Saturday.
Dollar Tree was first. Still no energy drinks in the coolers, but they have plenty on the shelf. The food coolers are pretty full, the drink coolers perhaps a little more than half full now. They've been generally a little busier than in past months, with a single line generally insufficient for the number of customers. It's not food they're buying; I still see a lot of party-crap being sold.
We didn't stop at Home Depot, but looking online, a 2x4x8 has taken a pretty big drop, to $3.18. Their Black Friday deals have apparently started, so we'll make a point of visiting soon.
Aldi was the second stop. I saw a couple more price drops, and no increases since last week. Staple prices were: eggs: $1.11; milk: $3.06; heavy cream: $4.69; OJ: $3.19; butter: $2.99 (drop #1); bacon: $4.49; potatoes: $3.49; flour: $1.99 (drop #2 but might have dropped last week); sugar: $3.09. I may add ground beef to the list; 80% was $4.19/lb.
A gallon of untainted regular remains at $3.899. I really like that the Kona gets ~28-30mpg.
Frugality Tip from Steven with a video
Turn your basket into a lift: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#label/Frugality+Tip/FMfcgzGtxdWzDxsZqqfvCBFWKfszrcpr?projector=1
Operation Independence
Thoughts on living in the glamper and why it is a good thing.
Main topic of the Show: Lessons From The Holler Homestead Remodel
Background on the perpetual remodel of 2023
Why now?
What I tried before and what happened?
Lesson One: Home is the source of rejuvenation +what it means
Lesson Two: Advice: Take a year before making BIG decisions on your homestead, or take 16, whatever. You need to know what you really want and that can change over time. +what it means
Lesson Three: The Power of Community, Connections, and Know Thyself. +what it means
Lesson Four: Time an advance, long term vision make living with the chaos much easier. (The plans, the schedule, the camper) +what it means
How this related to living the life you choose on your terms and the perpetually changing kitchen. Also thoughts on how this will impact unpacking +what it means
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Today I am joined by the Tactical Redneck to have a big picture conversation that was inspired by a house being listed on our little back country road for $519k. What started as a "what if" conversation turned into future visioning. We will also go through some of the stories that have erupted from the homestead over the past two weeks while i was away.
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Forage
- FIrst frost has happened, forage is moving below ground
Livestock
- Baby rabbits
- Ram Story
Homegrown Cooking
- Crockpot meals with preset kits due to construction project
- Using up Green Tomatoes
- When to tap into your canned goods
- Incoming beef and freezer tetris/using things up (Looks like lots of stew around here)
The Great Visioning Talk of 2023
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- The Booze Whisperer
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Resources
Today is an interview show with Sue Zoldak from The Zoldak Agency all about creating your personal brand, why you might consider doing so, and tips on expanding your reach.
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Main content of the show
Make it a great week
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- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Today chickens and poultry, well water systems, shtf medical and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
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Make it a great week!
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Resources
Today, we have an update on my word of the year: Breakthrough and some late breaking lessons. How is your word of the year going.
We also cover all our usual Monday segments.
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Livestream Schedule
- 9:30 AM Tuesday Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
- 2 PM Wednesday Live Interview with Sue Zoldak
- 9:30 AM Friday Homestead Happenings
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- Travel food update - Pantry is still providing
- Last of the green tomatoes harvested, what I do next
- Meatloaf prep for my last week away
- Restocking first aid and nutraceuticals
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
We made our trip on Saturday, as usual. The first stop, also as usual, was Dollar Tree. Stock looks good there, from the shelves to the coolers, for both food and drinks. The store was busy enough for the one woman working a register to holler for "All to the front!"
Our second stop was Hobby Lobby, where Sonia added some stencils for her crafting. She actually found the ones she wanted in the baking area, and those are a lot cheaper than the ones in papercraft aisles.
We skipped Home Depot, but looking online a 2x4x8 is unchanged this week, at $3.48.
Aldi was last. I don't think the produce looked anywhere near as good as in recent weeks. Most of the bananas were very green. The cantaloupes looked old and wrinkled, and the few bags of green grapes left just didn't look that good, so I got a bag of dried dates instead. The chocolate section continues to diminish, but an alternate I like was available. Staple prices were: eggs: $1.11, milk: $3.02, heavy cream: $4.69, OJ: $3.19, butter: $3.29, bacon: $3.99, potatoes (10 lbs.): $5.59, flour: $2.19, and sugar: $3.09.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.
Frugality Tip from Margo
Traveling can end up costing a lot of money. With the choice of hotels over Air BNB, hotels sometimes look like a better choice. But when you get a house you have a kitchen and most of the time a washer and dryer. A trip to a local farm stand and/or a grocery store to buy food to cook will actually save you money over eating out. And you know what you are eating. So way in your meals on you choice of hotel vs. Air BNB and you will find a few more dollars for a house, is actually a savings.
~Margo
Operation Independence
- Glamping site coming in the spring
Main topic of the Show: Breakthrough Word of the Year
What is the word of the year
Why I chose breakthrough
Key points through the summer:
- Boundaries
- No
- Decide
- The things you make time for will happen
Latest lessons
- Family and relationships are very important to me
- Siloing
- You must slow down to go further
What’s next
- Slower, steadier show schedule
- More value in the membership portal
- More focus on Holler Roast coffee
- #My3Things book
Also, I WILL get a pool!
What will your word of the year be next year?
MeWe reminder
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Today's episode is a previously recorded session that I did with the Tactical Redneck at the Oct 2023 Self Reliance Festival.
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Today, we have a show about underground networks, building them, and how they gain in strength when tyranny increases.
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Livestream Schedule
- Tuesday, 12:30PM - Live with John Willis and Caritalee - You will love her story of taking control of her future after attending SRF last year.
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Today I am joined by Jenni Hill to talk about things she has learned through her battle with cancer about LIVING with dignity.
Jenni is a member of the LFTN and TSP community living with Stage 2 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. While she introduced “The Word of The Year” to our community, she’s also exhibited her courage with being transparent and vulnerable in sharing her challenges and lessons she’s learned along the way.
Resources
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Q1: Give us an update on Jenni
Q2: What are some things you’ve had to prepare for while getting ready and going through the treatment process?
Q3: What sort of preparations did you make for yourself at home while having to navigate this alone?
Q4: How did you navigate conversations with people who wanted to help? Did you get any push back on your decisions?
Q5: Tell us some ways you took care of yourself when things were hard and overwhelming?
Q6: What are some things you learned while navigating this experience?
Q7: What advice or resources would you direct others to when thinking about end-of-life planning?
Q8: How are you keeping yourself positive and motivated?
Q9: What’s next?
Today we have a recording of the SMART Homesteading presentation I did for the Midwest Preparedness Project. I talk about organizing your projects in small segments and in a good order to get things done in your busy homesteading day.
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Tales from the Prepper Pantry in Busy Times
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe on Mewe
Main topic of the Show: Smart Homesteading From MWPP
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How things went while we were away, winter is coming, escaping rams and more on today’s homestead happenings show.
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Forage
- The final cycle of gathering herbs and spices
- How I dry them
- Watercress resurgence
- Marking jerusalem artichokes
Livestock
- Escaping rams
- Animals and our being away - went smoothly
- Desperately need to process roosters
- Duck Jail
- Chicken eggs are started up
- Rabbits are due in a week
Grow
- Peppers and tomatoes still on the vines - all else removed
- Outdoor lettuce and radishes
- Need to set up the inside grow
Harvest Meals
- Prepackaged steaks
- Final Harvest Tomato Soup
Holler Neighbors/Community
- Everyone pitched in for SRF
- Everyone is pitching in because I will be on a sudden road trip next week
Infrastructure
- Plumbing Troubles
- Pulling outdoor dishwasher, shower, sink and turning off solar water heater
- Glamper
Finances
- Cow this month
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Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
We are delighted to welcome Sarah Thompson from Inner Sea Homeopathy to today’s show to talk about the homeopathic approach to supporting your health.
Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living: https://kentuckysustainableliving.com/
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Sarah Thompson uses the tools of classical homeopathy and shamanic perspectives to help you heal at the deepest level of susceptibility with safe homeopathic remedies and curated personal support. Her own path to transformational healing came through her diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2010; if you are struggling with chronic ill health on any level, and feel as if you can’t get answers or make sustained progress, Homeopathy clears the way. Sarah trained at the Baylight Center for Homeopathy, the Academy for Homeopathic Education, Jaguar Path School of Shamanism, and Nancy Frederick Attunement, and holds certifications and registrations from the Association for International Homeopathic Certification, the Council for Homeopathic Certification, and the North American Society of Homeopaths
Interview
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- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Today we talk about just about anything with Bear Independent and John Willis.
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Main content of the show
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
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Resources
Today we have a content creator’s roundtable, with Brian Aleksivich from The Lots Project, Backwoods Butcher, and Toolman Tim Cook.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Livestream Schedule
Tuesday, 12:30 PM: Tuesday live with John Willis and Risky Chrisky
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- Restocked vitamins
- Planning meals based on pantry items for SRF so we stay healthy
- Putting up Tomatoes a la Geraldine
- Last summer garden harvest - this and that!
- Smoked Venison Roast
Frugality Tip from Dan
My first tip is to have gorilla tape, wherever you go. If you have quality pens that you can replace the ink, wrap it with as much tape as is comfortable for writing, and keep it until you use it. You never know when some formally tape is the difference between driving home and getting towed, which is a big difference of time and money. Also, who knows what other problems can be fixed for long enough to replace or properly fix the issue. It has saved my butt.
Operation Independence
- Spending money to set a foundation for future success
Main topic of the Show: Content Creator’s Roundtable
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Today is a super short, unplugged episode while I am away at the Midwest Preparedness Project giving a talk on the 15 minute homestead!
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Today is a re-release of this episode because there were audio issues! Nicole Sauce and John Willis welcome Joel Ryals to talk about building on your passion, the rumors of coming shut downs, and more.
Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Main content of the show
Make it a great week!
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Resources
Today, I am joined by John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast for a discussion on the dreaded October 4th test of the digital emergency network, building your business, irrigation ideas, raised beds and more.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival Digital Pass
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Main content of the show
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
- FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
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Resources
Today, we talk about the definition of Homesteading and cover some principles that will help you build it into your life.
Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project Festival going on right now in Slough Creek West-G2 Group Camp Site, Dr b, Ozawkie, KS 66070, USA
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Livestream Schedule
Tuesday Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis, 9:30am CT Tuesday.
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Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- Not planning to do the “in-person” Autumn resupply until after SRF as a matter of tidiness
- Dawn Gorham’s Tomatoes sparked an idea
- Managed to get more dried tea
- Zooming Out - A story from the network
I don’t know how I missed this, but it autoplayed on the perfect day. Because of timing, I’m not the person that “has a failed rabbitry and I know who I am” because in August I hadn’t yet let myself acknowledge that I have a failed rabbitry. I didn’t know I was that person yet, so Nicole couldn’t have been talking right to me. Could she? 😬
My mushroom gig has been On Point! But one of these pictures is not like the others.
The reality of the gorgeous golden oysters with perfect Renaissance lighting is that I took the picture at midnight and that was the only clean spot on the counter.. correction, only clean surface in the kitchen.. further correction, only clean surface on the first floor of my house. >>>Zoom Out Wednesday - Crockpot chicken stew with backs and legs
Frugality Tip from Margot
Don't you hate it when you reach for that tube of glue and it all hardened and you can't squeeze any out, then you pop it with a pin and glue your fingers together. Yeah me too!!
I now buy multi packs of small tubes of crazy glue (cheapest is the 4 pack at the dollar tree) or e6000 for ceramics and glass (cheapest I've seen this 4 pack is on Amazon, unless you got to JoAnn or Michaels with a coupon). The multi packs are usually the same price and you don't really cry when one of the little ones is hardened up, because you you have extra tubes.
Operation Independence
- Got top-quality, organic hay for the sheep at $5 a bale
- Final Hipcamper of the season
Main topic of the Show: Defining Homesteading
You know what is outrageous? People telling other people that they are not “real” homesteaders for stupid reasons. Reasons like they do not have enough land. Or their barn is not cool enough. Or they don’t raise ALL their food from their land. Or they outsource butchering. Or they use electricity and are not off grid.
There are many reasons WHY people attack fellow homesteaders for not being PURE.
And it bleeds. It bleeds into the psyche.
I have heard from some of the baddest assedest homesteaders that they “feel” like they are not really homesteading. I mean, we are talking people from whom I have learned to make sourdough, or a better way to compost. People who have GIFTED me seeds they saved.
People you probably follow.
THEY are starting to doubt if they are homesteady enough.
What is behind all this, anyway? I started digging through some comments that I found online about “real” homesteading and, not surprisingly, I found a bunch of accounts with few to no followers, no content, and probably run by the same person or small group of people.
Guys, some people are just better and the best thing you can do for your future is learn to step around bitter people. And this means NOT taking on any emotional baggage from some rando on the internet telling you how you must define “real” homesteading.
It’s hard enough to keep all these heartbeats going without worrying about wether or not what we are doing is real.
So what is REAL homesteading - some things that have tapped into the homesteader’s spirit in the last 150 ish years?
- The Homestead Act perspective, 1862
- Back to the land 1
- Hobby farming
- The slow march corporatization of food and farming makes small, family farms rarer
- Small scale farming and back to the land 2 and 3
- Backyard chickens, hippies, and organic food hipsters
The question is NOT are you or are you not a “REAL homesteader, but rather how are you tapping into the homesteading spirit?
- Do you work for your home or does your home work for you?
- Gain value from your environment while living in harmony with it
- Heritage SkillsGardens, food livestock, etc
Suburban Lot
Apartment
Small acreage
Larger acreage
>>>Seasonal<<<<
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Being gone every single day, forward momentum, jerky roosters, preparing the homestead for being gone, and last round of harvest.
Feature Event: MWPP
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Forage
- Why forage
- How to make salves
Livestock
- Even keel
- Baby lambs are vibrant
- Looking at adding 2 ewes and selling or processing Cloudy
- Duck Jail
- Baby ducks are escape artists - Panic mode and duck gates
- Rabbit overload
Grow
- Things slowing for the fall
- Basil harvest
- Need to pot up things for inside
- Willow propagation
- Banana Tree Process
Harvest meals
- Pork chops
- Buying Keto Snacks like it is a teenage road trip/the ICU story
Holler Neighbors/Community
- Packup and the washing machine
- Seeking help for animal processing
- The cast iron pipe and my rental
Infrastructure
- Nothing
Finances
- Nothing to report
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Today, I talk with David Hughes about how he built a successful nut tree empire!
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My name is David Hughes, AKA Farmer Dave. I have been a market grower for 25 plus years and nurseryman for 14 plus years. I own and operate Rock Bridge Trees on 8 1/2 acres in Bethpage, TN, selling to customers all over the country. We specialize in Pecans, Hazelnuts, Hickories and other nut producing trees and would love to teach the small-space homesteader how to make their property self-sustaining through the power of nut trees and growing slow food.
Why grow nut trees on the homestead?
What kinds can be grown?
Where and how can they be grown?
Do I grow for myself or for a market?
How much work is involved in growing nut trees?
How do nut trees work with livestock?
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What do you do when a good friend calls and says, can I drop by? If you have the space, you make t. So excited that Toolman Tim was driving by my house today. We took an hour to catch up, then recorded my podcast. It was a topic that he was well-versed in. I hope you enjoy it!
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Lamb husbandry, new life, getting ready for fall, fire ants!
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Forage
- Passions fruit is on the vines
- Last rounds in the next 2 weeks on: mint, yarrow, passions flower, comfrey, stinging nettle, blackberry leaves, lemon balm
- Marking the jerusalem artichokes
Livestock
- Chickens in holler roost need their wings clipped (Or processing)
- REALLY need to process rabbits
- New Baby Sheep: Lamb Chop (Rack and Rib)
- Sheep Decisions/Sheep husbandry
- Baby Ducks are free to the yard as of yesterday (Playing it by ear on when to combine)
- Fire ants in the garden
Homestead Meals
- Last? Round of salsa from Holler Hot peppers
- Crockpot Lamb Ribs
- Garden Saute - Malabar spinach
Grow
- Closing down areas: How we do it
- Lettuce looks good
- Late squash harvest
Holler Neighbors/Community
- Ride share to the MAG
- Saturday Night Holler Neighbor Dinner
Infrastructure
- $60 to hard fence a tough area (context: reels are about 150 each w braided wire we use)
Finances
- 5 bags of food a month for babies: $100 for September
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Today we will discuss how I built a rental business while at a relatively low-paying job. I will also talk about some things I have learned about rentals along the way. We will also cover our usual Monday segments.
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- Monday, 3pm, NOTE: I changed the time due to my evening Choir schedule
- Tuesday, 12:30pm: LIVE with Pat Watson of Uncensored Tactical and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment
- Friday, 10:30am: Homestead Happenings - We have BABY SHEEP!!!
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- Really need to kick Up cheese production for the winter
- So. Much. Food.
- Power Pantry Webinar
- Weekend Eaten Up with Roaster Repair- so less forward momentum on harvest. Creek Mint
- Fall restock will happen in the next four weeks or so (How we do this)
Weekly Shopping Report From Joe
I gassed up on Friday, and spent the usual $3.899 per gallon of untainted regular at Weigels.
Traffic was moderate, and the weather was nice.
All of the drink coolers are working at Dollar Tree, and they are well-stocked. The health aisle looks pretty full too, with a good supply of generic OTC meds.
A 2x4x8 remains at $3.68 in Home Depot. I'm not sure I saw any AA or AAA Lithium batteries, but they have plenty of alkaline, and they do have Lithium coin cells and CR123s. The store was normal-busy.
Aldi was last. We found what we wanted. They even had a little bit of 70% chocolate in stock again. Staple prices were: milk: $2.82, eggs: $1.03, heavy cream: $4.69, butter: $3.19, OJ: $3.19, bacon: $3.99, potatoes: $5.99, sugar: $3.09, flour: $2.19.
Frugality Tip from Janet - who just started a sewing podcast
This one can help keep things tidier in your bathroom too!
I save little slivers of soap in a jar in the bathroom. When I make a batch of homemade liquid hand soap with a bar of grated soap and a gallon of water, I add all the little slivers to the batch and use them up that way.
Operation Independence
Three sheep were born, Lamb Chop and Two Unnamed Girls!
Main topic of the Show: How I Built a Rental Business with a $25,000/Year Job
It was the early 2,000s and I was living in an apartment with a roommate. I was in my late 20s and had rarely lived without roommates - that was how I made money work.
Background:
- Grew up helping Dad with rental properties
- Took jobs cleaning and painting in college because they were flexible
- Was an excellent tenant
- KNEW I wanted to eventually have rental properties
Learning the Trade: Befriended someone who managed several rentals and helped with property management.
- Standardized agreements
- Standardized paint colors
- Standardized policies/template agreements
- Garbage disposals, ceiling fans, and appliances
- The “Move in fee’
- Month to month versus leases
- Screening services
Mentorship and My First Home
- Qualified for $150k on my 25000/year salary with good credit
- Could only really afford 100k when I looked an finances
- At this time, houses in the “wrong” part of town fell into that category
- How I got the first home
- How I kept the first home (Roommates)
- Remodeling myself
It was 2006 and the mortgage market was playing free and loose with loans – New state, Tennessee. I found myself becoming a landlord across the country.
Established a long term goal: ongoing revenue in old age, 10 units
- Mid 30s and still had roommates
- Went in on a duplex in Nashville with a 50-50 partner in an undervalued part of town. It needed work and updates.
- Established a property manager I trusted (words on this)
- Bad experiences happened when
- I let folks in with former evictions
- I let folks in with criminal history
- I let folks in with bad credit
- I did not check monthly
- Bought the Holler and my former Nashville Home became a rental - the NEW DAWN
- Standardized policies
- No exceptions to screening rules
- Hired a lawyer for rental agreements
- Standardize paint colors, ceiling fan, garbage disposal, appliances policy
- Immediate eviction notices for late rent
- Philosophy: strict adherence to contracts from the start
- Financial goal per property: Positive cash flow, not long term asset appreciation
Today, we rarely have issues and use time between tenancy to implement maintenance. The approach is that it is better to be empty a bit longer than to have a bad renter experience. There is still improvements to do on each property and we update things as extra budget happens.
Speaking of finances: for 20 years, most money from the rentals goes back into the rentals, which are nicer than my personal home. By choice. To build this long term into ongoing revenue for when it is harder for me to work.
Today I have 4 and if you think about it, by having Tactical in my guest house, I STILL live with a roommate. In my 50s. Because that is one of the BEST ways to quickly improve your financial situation quickly and leverage the money toward rental property acquisition.
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Leaves are starting to turn on the trees that turn the earliest. It is the time to pay attention to cherry leaf drop. Indeed, fall is not here, but the weather has turned a corner in Tennessee to cooler nights and mornings. AC is off more than on. Fresh air in the house makes everything fee better. Animals are friskier and garden plants are doing a last push.
Strategically, we are reducing time needed on the homestead to care for things so that one person can more easily manage it.
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Forage
- Missed my tree shaking
- Goldenrod is everywhere
- Nettles are ready for harvest
- Mints, etc still harvestable
- Grabbing Yarrow
- Echinacea Seed collection to start additional patches
- Chicken of the woods this week
Livestock
- Baby sheep playing this morning
- Really close to another round of babies
- Timing rotation so that the sheep are easy to get to for SRF
- Starting to rotate goats again when fencing is simplified
- Deer season is nigh and there are many in the area
- Time to process rabbits
- Picking up a rooster or two (Need leg bands to mark them)
- Time to put on ear tags for the new lambs
Grow
- Lettuce is up and needs thinning - transplant to the AP system
- May have enough peppers to do another round of salsa
- Getting ready to prepare beds for spring planting
- Preparing bed for garlic
- Last brussels sprout harvest this weekend
- Flowers did great this year
Holler Neighbors/Community
- SRF Stage Assistance
- Filling in when we are gone
- The roaster repair
Infrastructure
- Semi permanent electric fencing to make life easier (Making straight shots)
- Building a new rabbitry - need to put pine tar on the structural wood (Making a big mess under Tajmaholler
Finances
- Expensive chicken eggs are night - Today is the earliest day for eggs
- Tracking system is working well
- Andy has sheep shares
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Resources
Today we talk about choosing freedom, finding the right kind of community, keeping up with life, and setting yourself up to live in a way that is healthy for you with Tag from Life Done Free and John Willis from Special Operations Equipment.
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Make it a great week!
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