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

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I live in Nova Scotia Canada, I just watched your video on YouTube about your greenhouse and found this skull link. Were looking at buying a property this early summer and building a passive solar greenhouse. I really like eating local food, and especially if I can grow it. Im excited to grow tropical fruit that can't be grown in Canada. Looking forward to learn from everyone

I keep coming back to this question and I want to hear real thoughts, not hot takes. Is 2026 the last relatively normal year before things start breaking in a visible way? Not apocalypse. Not end of the world. Just systems failing faster than they are being repaired. Jobs that look stable until they are not. Food and housing that keep getting more fragile. Debt that only works if nothing goes wrong. Institutions that assume compliance instead of trust. I am not saying this to scare anyone. I am saying it because I am watching people who did everything right still feel cornered. If 2026 is the last year where you can still move, still buy land, still learn real skills, still build community while the lights are on, that matters. So I am genuinely curious. Do you think we have more time than that Or less Or do you think nothing meaningful is coming at all Comment your take. I read them all.