Made my bed, and now I must sleep in it.

[TLyttle]

Man, there is a LOT of logical answers here for such young guys! A few of us older farts remember how we just HAD to have this or that, just in time to find out that we were just buying fluff. Even if you don't buy a house, at least buy some dirt! A vacant lot appreciates, a car depreciates. If you can find a dumper of a house, buy it, keep it, learn about plumbing, wiring, drywalling, and spend a few bucks a week upgrading the place; even paint is a cheap investment, particularly if you learn about prep.

In this day and age, your $2500 credit card debt would get you into a really crappy house... Learn, cubscout, do your office job while you dream today about what you are going to do to the the house tonight!

[2+2]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

Even if you don't buy a house, at least buy some dirt!

Getting slightly o/t here but very soon Lithium Ion 12v car batteries are going to be plentiful. Couple that with led lighting and everything else getting more efficient and living "off the grid" becomes completely do-able.

A nice chunk of land deep in the sticks. A diesel generator that you run once a day for about an hour. Propane for heat. Wireless internet access card plugged into a laptop. A 40 mpg car for trips to town to get supplies. "Thank god I'm a country boy" playing on a little radio. I'm not entirely joking here. Someone that makes their living as an author or programmer or graphics artist or, or, or could really get away from it all and do okay.

[yaris-me]

Originally Posted by 2+2

Getting slightly o/t here but very soon Lithium Ion 12v car batteries are going to be plentiful. Couple that with led lighting and everything else getting more efficient and living "off the grid" becomes completely do-able.

A nice chunk of land deep in the sticks. A diesel generator that you run once a day for about an hour. Propane for heat. Wireless internet access card plugged into a laptop. A 40 mpg car for trips to town to get supplies. "Thank god I'm a country boy" playing on a little radio. I'm not entirely joking here. Someone that makes their living as an author or programmer or graphics artist or, or, or could really get away from it all and do okay.

Are you close to being off the grid? Do you see the storm on the horizon?