I want to zoom out and give more context on why this book exists and where it actually came from. I bought my Paonia homestead at roughly $710,000. On paper, that number alone scares most people out of the idea of land ownership. But through creative structure, deal design, and income strategy, I was able to practically pay it off in about 18 months. That didn’t happen because I was lucky. It happened because I learned things the hard way. Before that deal, I got kicked off my dream permaculture farm. Not metaphorically. Literally displaced. Each time was expensive, destabilizing, and humbling. I made early mistakes around ownership structure, leverage, timelines, and assuming “it’ll work out” without control. Those lessons burned years and a lot of money. Over the last five years, I’ve been deep in real estate full time using creative financing. Seller financing, structuring deals, finding hidden leverage, and understanding how money actually moves. I ran a real estate investment company, and I’ve seen hundreds of deals from the inside. I’ve watched what works, what quietly fails, and what traps people financially for decades. This book is me compressing all of that into one place. Not theory. Not motivation. Not influencer nonsense. It’s everything I would hand to a younger version of myself before he made six-figure mistakes, trusted the wrong structures, or assumed banks were the only option. If you apply even part of what’s in there correctly, it can literally save you hundreds of thousands of dollars over the life of a homestead. The goal isn’t just buying land. The goal is buying land without becoming land-poor, without losing control, and without setting yourself up for stress you didn’t see coming. That’s why I wrote it. That’s why I stand behind it fully. And that’s why I say, without exaggeration, it’s worth its weight in gold for the right person. The book is linked here in the community and available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDRR5FP5

If you’re new here, this is your first move. Drop a comment below and introduce yourself so the community can get to know you. Reply to at least one other introduction as well. This helps everyone connect and helps you level up inside the community. Share: 1. Your name and where you’re located 2. What pulled you toward homesteading, permaculture, or land ownership 3. One project you’re working on or want to start this year This community works best when people actually talk to each other, not just consume content.Start here. 👇 Introduce yourself below and reply to someone else’s comment 👇

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When it comes to growing anything there has to be a healthy environment that's feeds growth. In our lives that "food" is our beliefs, our support network, values, and motivation. For plants and animals, both in the wild and in our spaces, that healthy environment starts in the soil. All livings things get their nutrients from the soil what we tend to forget is that soil also needs nutrients to thrive, to live. In regenerative practices we call this space the Soil Food Web. We build and feed soil through compost and teas, cover cropping, biochar amendments, foraging livestock, and no till practices. We get these concepts through observation of nature. In the tag along video I explain one way nature builds soil.

This community is not here just to listen to me talk. There are a lot of experienced permaculture people in this group. Growers. Builders. Designers. Homesteaders. People who have actually done the work. This is the place to post questions, share what’s working, show what’s failing, and help each other think through problems. I’m not a guru here. I’m a facilitator. I keep things moving, share what I know, and make sure the space stays useful and grounded. If you’ve got experience, use it.If you’re learning, ask.If you’re stuck, post. Communities only work when people participate. Lurking doesn’t build resilience. Conversation does. Start a thread. Reply to someone. Add value.