Going from gid to off grid

We live in a small 1100 sq ft home in downtown Victorville. We are a family of 6 that got in by putting down a large sum of money to a rent to own company.... They don't really care about credit checks they want you in.. In two years you have the option to buy... So from April 2011  we have been paying 800 a month for a 3 bed 1 bath and 6 people. This property and home is only worth 40k but we have  the option to buy in two years. We have to find our own financing or the current owner will carry for a purchase price of $160,000 plus interest after 2 years of renting. We had plans to fix it up and set roots... Then I saw container homes and it spun from there .then,  I saw off grid living and I was determined to get this rent / power bill...

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Rain Water Collection and Filtering

There is much talk these days about all the shortages and crises we are facing, both now and in the immediate future. On this list of coming calamities, there is one that is definitely not getting the kind of publicity it merits, and that is the comming water shortage. The collective aspect of the problem is not for us to solve, but the individual part is going to test our initiative. From a personal perspective, one of the smartest things anyone can do to increase your access to adequate water supplies is to set up a rain capture system (While this is a pdf dealing with TEXAS you can still adapt it to your application. that will allow you to harvest the water that falls from the sky for your own use. Of course, when you begin to collect rainwater using the basic,...

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GETTING A EVICTION!

October 2011 We love America and I must say that if you are homeless or have been in the past my heart goes out to you. I will make this short and sweet.. My mom rented from this scumbag woman that offered a 3 bed 2 bath home 5 years ago 2 years go by and paying 1800 a month the woman who received around 40,000 down with a rent to own option decided to refinance on the house my mom was in and they took all equity out. Not to mention my mom was getting evicted due to the person who owned the house defaulted on the payments.  My mom takes her to court and through the crazy process of over the years manages to win the judgement for the home and transfer of title. We filed and got the title to the home through the courts. We have all utilities in my mothers...

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