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Colorado If you search for “cheap land Colorado” you will most likely come up with something in Costilla County, CO. you can get an acre for $500.-$1000. Sometime decades ago someone subdivided massive sections of land in the high desert thinking of selling lots. No one bought them. So now...

I have spent sometime researching and looking for the life dream of “Cheap Land”. I know others have also so I wanted to start a thread and pool some info we have found along the way. I wasn't sure where to post this thread so mods feel free to move it if there is a better place.

What state and county ? I have been researching good places for "cheap land".

I have stayed places months and never had problems. If you keep stuff clean and stay away from unclean camps you won't have much problem. Mice and rats need a food source and shelter. Out in the woods where no people have been I almost never see mice or signs of them. Once I get around trashy...

4'x8' $77. kinda expensive. I would worry about the durability

It is a lot of labor to convert a school bus, hundreds of hours. In my areas their is about 8-9 abandoned school bus builds for sale on craigslist. IMO they are not that practical for driving and traveling, hard to insure, hard to park in urban areas and can be very expensive to maintain and...

Before you kill stuff you should know about it. Be careful. One aspect is laws. If a ranger rolls up in California and you have an endangered kangaroo jumping mouse dead in your trap you could be in some trouble. Traps kill indiscriminately and you don't know what you will get unless you are...

I have stayed in vans and campers at below freezing temps for extended times. Not Alaska but Rocky mountains elv-10,000ft+, Doesn't really matter, bitter cold is bitter cold.. A couple of take aways for me. When you are up off the ground you will never absorb or hold decent heat. You are...

Sadly.. I know Sometimes I think towns fade and somewhere will replace them. I don't know of any places like that these days.

4 point harness racing seats ! - just needs a jet engine and roll cage

Your southern route is much better.. I have had some crazy stressful drives on 80 & 70 in the winter.

I have heard that over 50% of missing adults are people who just wanted to disappear.

When I was younger in the 90s I lived in college hippy towns. Some of my friends had 3-4 bedroom houses with 5-? people living there. Sometime I would chip in for rent and sleep in the driveway. A good number of people did this, most party houses had a couple of vans around the place. It was...

Most of the time LE officers are told to make “transient” people “move along”. One of the easiest methods is to do a “welfare check”. 99% of the time the recipient will move along and the officer gets to look like a caring person rather then a jack boot thug. Forest Rangers don't think you...

Most people just get insurance for a van. Trying to get RV insurance on a DIY Van/"RV" is just making things difficult. What is the benefit you are looking for with RV insurance ?

IMO you are over thinking the job and going at it from the wrong direction. Tens of thousands of people have built mobile solar charging systems. No need try to “reinvent the wheel” in the end you will end up with the same wheel. With a van you only have so much space for panels and...

I am not implying all "rust belt" vehicles are bad, but most people do not take the precautions you do and get full winter/salt exposure. If you have the entire country to look for a vehicle their are much better states like Texas, AZ, CO. The majority of vehicles I have seen from the "rust...

As others have said the water usage you guys desire is not realistic in a self contained RV. The average person in a US household uses like 60gal of water a day in an RV people usually use closer to 10gal a day. Campgrounds, RV parks, gyms, hot springs, swimming pools, Airb&b's, hotels all have...

I would imagine predator animals bears, lions, etc. are forced to leave their territory and try to survive in another animals territory. The odds of survival in that situation are small. Predators live in survival situations most of their lives when they are close to death they do desperate...

I think Texas has a few of those towns.. The one I was hearing the story about was Von Ormy on hwy 35 - https://www.npr.org/transcripts/771371881  (interesting story) We have a town in Colorado called Morrison the entire police force is funded by speed traps they employ about 12 officers...