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PANIC 3

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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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