PANIC 3
*note: want junk land under a grand? click here This link is at my web site and in a few days will be on the list of info and links I place at the end of each article ( you know, the blurb begging for author support and listing my books and Wal-Mart wheat and my web site and etc. ). As of today, almost 600 listings. Not sure what your excuse is now. I don't even have 600 minions. Each one of you could buy a lot, for under the price of an ounce of gold. Just saying. A hearty thank you for the minion shout out. ( PS-the article below was written before I got the above link. You'll see what I mean in a minute ).
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The last installment of
the bare bones equipment to get now, in case the economy takes a big squishy and
you lose the financial ability to prep, even as the damn government still
refuses to crash and burn itself. Lots
of food, even if it is that wheat you don’t particularly want to eat for 90% of
your calories. And lots of ammunition
even if you have to sell some guns to finance that ( ammo is at better prices
now, as companies continue to bankrupt as their customer base shrinks as
unemployment stays at insane levels.
Even if the ghetto masses keep getting their welfare in the next Greater
Depression after the economy dies, you’ll still need extra ammo for the
increased crime. Don’t have so little on
hand that this dries up prior to the apocalypse ).
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The food costs you $100
more per person per year. If you can’t
get that, you can’t pretend you are taking this stuff seriously ( yes, I
understand short term financial difficulties.
We all have them. Yet, haven’t I
been harping on wheat for decades? If
you are new here, haven’t I been doubling down on harping on wheat for many
months now since the last wheat crop failure? ). The ammo is free ( ish ). The junk land can be had cash on the
barrelhead for $500 or so, or if not a mere $100 down payment and $100 a month
for the next two years ( paid off quickly with this years tax return, or
whatever ).
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Junk land is important, if
you don’t already have a destination.
You don’t need to live there, you just need it to be available for when
you have to. If your plan is to become
homeless, you are a moron. For ten
percent of the cheapest new car you can buy, you’ll find parcels of junk land
all day long. The only shortages is land
below the $2k mark. Two to three grand,
there have got to be thousands available ( okay, perhaps only hundreds, but if
you buy now before the general population rush you can score one of those bad
boys ).
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You can look on E-Bay, in
the olden days one of the few sources, but I’d recommend going to your trusty
search engine and typing in “land for sale Your State”. All kinds of companies that don’t advertise
on E-Bay will pop up. Now, the one good
thing about E-Bay ( amongst the many bad things ) was that they had a half
assed policy in place to combat fraud.
These other companies you’ll need to beware somewhat. Just remember, if it’s too good to be true (
like, $3k land in Florida by the water ) it probably is. Ideally, you check the records in the county
the land is in to make sure the title is clear ( the bad thing about county tax
sales is the owner has nine years to repay the back tax to you and take the
land back-the good thing is you are getting land from the county and you know
it isn’t a scam ).
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So, at most you have a
$100 a month new expense. But why are
you complaining? Doesn’t the thought of
debt free land with an annual property tax of $30 excite you sexually? If not, why not? This is your key to independence. Worst case, a one room cabin costs you under
$500 ( use the dome connectors-link is at my web site-and cover with chicken
wire and drape with cement soaked sheets or blankets from the thrift store,
then line with insulation. Coat the
outside against moisture ) if you don’t have anything else.
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Junk land isn’t just for
the apocalypse anymore. It is great for
elongated unemployment, vacations, it is a Screw You tool you can use against
your boss, retirement and something to hand down to your kids ( unless yours,
like mine, think dad is a crazy bastard and see no value in it ). If you don’t have any, you are the bankers
bitch. Easy choice. You’ll keep buying automobile after car after
motor vehicle, ten thousand dollars a year after gas and insurance and
payments.
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( or, if you do your own
repairs on a debt free one, three to five grand a year on insurance and
gas. And yes, three or five to ten grand
a year is an investment on a tool to get to a job, so it isn’t a frivolous
waste of money. What I’m trying to get
at is that for the equivalent cost of ONLY one years gas money you can have
paid for land the rest of your life.
That gas money costs the same year after year after year. If you bought one car your whole life, with
no repair costs factored in, after forty years of working your transportation
costs at a minimum would be $140,000.
That is assuming low mileage every year on a Toyota or something that
would last a long time. But for $3,000
you would have almost zero yearly cost for shelter ).
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If you don’t get it, good
luck keeping up that $200 A MONTH property tax on your mortgaged house. Now that the basics are out of the way, you’ll
need a few more odds and ends. Even if
Sawyer’s company is full of crap and you can’t get 70,000 gallons out of their
$20 water filter, I can’t see you NOT getting a good ten grand out of one. How long do you think $60 worth of filter
would last you? Don’t skimp on buying a
few, for years of family drinking enjoyment ( you can sand filter, UV sterilize
and solar heater all other water uses such as dishes and washing, just using
the Sawyer for drinking. What are you
waiting for? Buy through my link over on
the right ).
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All the other stuff? Thrift store clothes, wool for winter, cheapo
knives, plastic footwear ( soccer sliders are still $6 at Family Dollar and I
get years out of each pair, wearing them 90% of the time to elongate the life
of my the regular insanely priced footwear ), manual tools. You either already have or can get
cheaply. If you can spend an extra $100
a month ( alongside the land payment ) on the dome connectors and extra wheat
and the tools and clothing and all the extra equipment, you’ll definitely have
everything in this investment paid off in little to no time at all.
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Yes, this is supposed to
be an immediate supply/tool stockpile in the case the economy crashes
tomorrow. And ideally you shouldn’t have
to make payments ( $100 wheat, $500 land, $500 shelter, $1k all misc. items-if
you have two grand in savings and can find tax land nearby ). But if you have to because you’ll need to
spend more, at least hustle to pay if off all as early as possible ( you might
even want to forego the cheap tax land, assuming worse case the original owner
shows back up, and invest the extra two or three grand in Peace Of Mind ).
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None of this is a waste of
money, like home insurance. Home
insurance costs every year. This is a
one time insurance cost. Even the junk
land, if you find a better lot, can be sold.
If you sell at a loss, at least you are getting karma points for selling
to someone who greatly benefits from the affordable cheap land. And look at it this way. For under the cost of one FLIR scope that can
easily break, you’ve just alleviated almost the entire issue of an economic
collapse ( well, at least the important issues such as immediate food and legal
squat land ).
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