❤that's a damn good life you breathe clean fresh air, drink clean water, eat healthy food you've grown, watch your animals grow and become productive and are surrounded by stress relieving greenery, what more could you ask, on top of that since farming is hard work you are fit and healthy, wonderful life, I admire you both.
WOW :) Thanks so much! You totally get it. We already feel so rewarded even just on the little projects we have done. Definitely in the early phases of it all and loving dreaming it all up :)
Oh wow!!! This is so amazing and such a SMART move!! 32 acres and that waterfall... amazing!! Homesteading is the way to. Great way to protect as much of your FREEDOM as possible which in today's world is being taken away more and more.
Thanks so much! We feel so lucky to have found this amazing property! The work here is already filling our hearts with so much joy and reward. Thanks for being apart of the ride!
It's wonderful to see a young married couple living their dreams out in the place they want to call home, living off grid. Thank you for sharing! It's fun seeing that dreams are possible with hard work and determination
Since you once lived in Chattanooga, you are already aware of how beautiful and wonderful the mountains of East Tennessee are. I grew up in Lenoir City and spent over half of my life in Texas and other parts of the country, returning to my Southern Appalachian roots about nine years ago. There's nothing like these mountains and the beauty of East Tennessee. Hope to follow your trek and enjoy your experiences along with you as you find your place in the world. Blessings. . . . . Keep the Lord as #1 in your life and all of your dreams will become experiences as you reach for them, and as your life finds how He planned for man to live. . . . . .and it certainly was NOT in an urban jungle!! (Proverbs 3:5-6)
We totally get it :) That is why after 3 years of full time travel we are back here! It just feels like home. Space, freedom, and beauty all around you :) hope to have you here for the ride!
We called TN home for 6 years now and wouldn’t change it! We have grown so much here and will continue to learn and grow everyday! Hope you stick around for all the fun!
Yes welcome to Tennessee, as a cat owner wanted to warn you we do have coyotes and they will make kitty a snack. If you are going to be gone leave kitty inside and never leave kitty out at night. I went through a loss and do not want you to go through the same. Owls will get kitty too so just keep eye out on kitty. You are going to love living here and so happy for you both. Congratulations to you both on finding your homestead and for a exciting new adventure.
Yess coyotes are very relevant here and I am so sorry on your loss 😔 ! We lived in Chattanooga TN for 3 years before living on the road for 3 so we are very aware of the wild life in these parts, definitely best to keep an eye on your fur babies as much as possible. Thanks for being here and supporting us. We love TN and happy to call it home once again!
I am just curious...but since living in East Tennessee, I have been trying to figure out why people here seem to think coyotes don't exist anywhere else. Especially considering, comparatively speaking, they took a bit longer to even arrive in this area than in many other areas of the U.S.
@@ryantrone4140 our Tennessee coyotes are very different from western coyotes. western coyotes makes at most weight is 70 lbs eastern coyotes makes up to over 100lbs last one caught weighed in at 112 lbs , we also have coywolf which are only found along states that run Appalachian mountains Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina etc. the eastern wolf in Canada and North eastern states Maine etc so No not all coyotes are alike telling someone that they are is irresponsible our eastern coyotes and coywolf will kill a human especially small to small adult these here killed a German Shepard Rottweiler mix it jumped 6ft fence killed the dog before could get his gun and get out of house. I suggest reading up on a subject , do your research before speaking. Word if advice stay in school you need it
@@1Kittywicked24I am sorry. I don’t intend to argue but this is not the only place coywolves live. I would like to see one from here though. Have yet too. I have seen coyotes here and they tend to be smaller than I am used to in the Midwest.
I love waterfalls! When I was a kid my father and brother and me went on a hike through hoosier national forest. We found a big waterfall with a nice ledge under it. We rested there and was scraping around in the dirt and found a bunch of arrowheads. Fun to think that the native americans also stayed there.
Isn't it so fun to be just disconnected from the world. Let the mind wander off on how things were and to appreciate the simple things around you like the mud on your feet in the waterfall. We are so happy we found this property with those beautiful waterfalls, after a long day of working there is nowhere we would rather be than to cool off in the water :) Thanks for watching and hope you stay for the ride.
Congratulations! Getting your own property is the best feeling! And boy dud you score! I look forward to seeing what you co-create with that amazing place!
Thank you so much! We really are excited to transform and work with the land here. Thanks for the support and we look forward to sharing this awesome project!
To get around the removable portable structure law and deconstruct situation I suggest cutting the building exactly in half, move it two feet then it's rendered removed, and rebuilt by hand when you shore it back together with spare parts lol...just a thought probably take 2 days. And for you tube exposure surely a handyman service would help
Amazing and beautiful. I just bought a mini mountain about 60 acres in Kentucky north of you. I am excited to get started and definitely can’t wait to see what you guys do.
AHHH!!! Chattanooga will always have our hearts ❤️ We lived there for 4 years, until now that is where we called home :) Thanks for watching our channel, hope you come along for the ride
Please consider signing up for TN FB snake identification group, and the national snake bite group as well. In East TN, one should be prepared for a copperhead or rattle snake bite. Thankfully, most will never come into close contact with them , but it always is best to be prepared and also know the signs of being bit in animals.
Congratulations Guys what an amazing thing to look forward to, can’t wait to see what your going to do, God Bless A Alaskan Friend 🙏🏻❤️looks beautiful there😊
Thanks so much bud! Happy to be here in our little slice of heaven. Quiet, beautiful, and wild but being from Alaska you get that :) Happy you are here for the journey! Thanks for the support
My partner and I are looking into this very same thing! The two of you are inspirations. I reside in TN would love to plan a time to come visit. I look forward to learning and growing from y'all!
I just found and subscribed to your channel, so will have to go back to the van days... We lived our lives (in Tennessee) the opposite of yours... For everything there is a season, and they are at different times for different people. When we were younger, there were no computers, cell phones, email, internet, RUclips or affordable solar panels. Our options were very limited, so we had jobs, a home, and had a large garden. That got really old, however we traveled on every vacation and some weekends. We camped in about half the US states. Once our kids were gone, we traveled more and worked less. Now retired several years, we have camped in every state and been to several countries. No complaints, life has been good as yours appears to be!
That's so awesome to hear! We've camped in the majority of states but not yet all of them. Modern tech has definitely been good to us. We both work remotely and that is what allowed us to travel and to continue to make money while living on our new land. Affordable solar panels are HUGE - we built our bus 3.5 years ago and even then the prices were way higher than they are now. We appreciate the support! Cheers!
@@RunawayMattCass I suspect you have discussed your work in a video, I will have to find it. Our son is a computer engineer at Oak Ridge National Labortory and he could work totally from home, but to keep his office at the Lab, he has to work three days a week there and does, so I suspect an office is a status symbol or something, maybe an excuse to get away from the wife and baby...🙄
@@vonheise ah gotcha! I've heard that's a good gig to have over there. I (Matt) am in tech consulting work and Cass is a virtual personal trainer/fitness instructor. We had a studio in Chattanooga before covid but when she had to take everyone virtual, we ran with it to travel.
Hey, new to your channel, but I found you guys interesting. My wife and I have just moved into Chattanooga ourselves. We came to take care of my parents. But anyway, we are from Knoxville area originally. Please don't let the Nay Sayers put a bad taste for Tennessee in your mouth. It's a pretty good state. I left here many times but always come back home. So stay a while and listen to the woods and notthe people. Some of us are stupid and then some know better than to say su h things. I just subscribed and I will be watching to see what adventures you find yourself in. Be safe and God bless.
What a beautiful transformation of your energy. You guys have gone from road weary to purpose. Even though you are facing new challenges your focus is back. Such an amazing thing to see. So happy for you and love seeing the kiddos being able to get out and about. Stay safe and love you guys.
It feels like we have our focus and motivation back :) Love being able to express ourselves in such a creative and fulfilling way. We love ya bud. Can't wait to have you come this way one day :)
So happy for you guys! We recently bought some acreage in New Brunswick, Canada, for the same reason. When we finish travelling in our bus, we've got a spot to park her. We've also got very similar plans for the land, as well. Cool how creative minds think alike, isn't it?
Hi friends! Thanks for the love and support. When you talk to current or previous nomads we all kinda have the same wave length in one way or another! New Brunswick is probably so beautiful maybe one day will get our van up that way. We love talking with like minded individuals! Cheers y'all
Water falls means Hydroelectric power. Not sure how far the falls are away but AC power travels very well at higher voltages. even a 500 watt generator will produce 12KWs of power in 24 hours.
Wow! Just subscribed from the UK. That dream will never come true for me (I'm a bit old to source that money and by the time I would, if I could, Id be too old to work on the land) So Im going to watch your journey and be happy for you, with you! Big Congrats!
Thanks for the love from over the pond! While we are so lucky to be able to call this place home we worked really hard to get here and continue to work real hard to make this place our dream! Happy to have you along for the journey.
You both seem like amazing people and living the dream! I'm wanting to do the same thing!! Any tips you can give as far as land and what sold you to buy that land?
If you make a basement and a footing and put the shed on it so it's not movable so basically it coves a basement not movable I think that how you get around not take it apart and redoing it
@@RunawayMattCass That is so awesome! With things the way they are right now in our Nation 😔 You are making the right decisions to live off grid, grow your own food etc. - And from a financial aspect (of generating income) I love your idea of having small, off grid cabins to rent - giving an opportunity to others to defrag from life's rat race and enjoy nature!!!! I wish you the best!!💕
We love to share our knowledge and alternative life with others so I think these cabins will give us another creative outlet to do so :) Life is better when it is simple.slow, and wild :) Your support means the world!
Hi Mary! Thanks so much for being apart of the journey! We have called this beautiful state home for 6 years now and now we get to build this homestead here :) We love it so much! We are so happy to have you here for the ride ! thank you
i would trade in them lawn tires for the more aggressive tractor tread tires. eventually youll want them tires to save your lawn but for whatyour doing you will need them tires. w that beautiful creek and waterfall i'd keep an eye for a year see if it flows all winter and maybe go w a water wheel generator to start for power, their fairly cheap compared to a solar system
Appreciate it!!! So the mower is supposed to be a temporary solution until we are in a better situation to get a compact tractor. We have a lot of land and would like to be able to get the job done faster and have machinery to help clear land. We'll definitely consider swapping these tires though if we don't think we'll be getting it for a while. Yes we love the creek! It's what made us fall in love with the property. From what we can tell, we think it will have some flow year around. The problem is just that it is very shallow so it might be hard to have a wheel.(something we can keep in the back of our minds though) Appreciate your support! Cheers!
On your video about the Tennessee laws. In your county, I suggest that you get a job as an inspector in that county so that you can OK you're property. I'm putting it( this comment) on this video because the other one said error occurred.
@11:00 sounds like you bough property in the wrong part of Tennessee. I live on the Avery County North Carolina and Carter County Tennessee border and it never gets above 80°F here in July and August. Elevation is everything!! You do have the a beautiful piece of property thought!
A shame locals can’t afford land and homes here anymore because the big money coming in and driving it all up. Outsiders running from crappy ran states (Cali, NY, NJ, Oregon to name a few) to here is suffocating. TN will be like the other states before too long…higher taxes and infrastructure that’s struggling already and will get worse with more people flocking here. Good old days are gone…
It's funny, we've traveled the world and no matter where we go, the locals are complaining about someone moving there. Your complaint of Tennessee is being told throughout other southern and western states. In big cities, the rich people are buying second homes and making it hard for normal people to afford. In Mexico, it's the digital nomads. The story goes on and on - the reality is, the world now allows people to move more easily and people in my generation aren't afraid to move away from home like much of previous generations were. Blame it on "crappy" states or whatever you want. We moved to TN 6 years ago when we were 22 and wanted to start a new life without the winters of where we were from. We didn't have money to afford anything when we came and we made ourselves here. Like or love people moving, it's going to continue as it's never been easier to.
@@RunawayMattCass Not being rude or anything against you but it's just the reality. And for the people born and raised here, we don't want to see our towns go from where people want to be to where people leave from. Politics plays the role. Been a huge influx of people moving here in last 3 years, that’s not normal. People have always moved around but not like in the last few years. Just hope the outsiders don't bring the democrat views here. It's obvious who's running away and why so I can't blame them. Just hope they remember why they left.
Welcome to TN! We moved here two years ago, Rv’d 3 years and chose here to settle. We bought an overgrown property and turned it into a homestead. Best advice is…if you move here, be like the people around you, don’t try to change how it is. This place is amazing because it’s like taking a step back in time, lots of old fashion traditions etc. keep TN great :)
Well I don't think anyone actually likes ticks or chiggers - living previously in Tennessee for years and upstate New York before that, we are very familiar with them. With that being said, there are "payments to be made" no matter where you choose to work land. If you don't want the ticks, you won't have water. If you don't want the hot summers, you'll have cold winters. All in all, it's picking the place that best suites your plans - and for us, that was Tennessee - ticks and all.
May I suggest Build a permanent foundation by that I mean concrete footings and concrete block crawl space walls. If you have the room next to it would be imencly easier. Don't forget to put pressure lumber around the perimeter and sny where non treated wood contacts the masonry. No longer a ready built structure and some storage below 1 drawback might be steps to get in or raise the landscape near the entrance
Why did you choose to live so close to Nashville if you came out of Chattanooga? Was there something about Chattanooga that made being close to there less desirable?
I like your video's, I just subscribed to your channel. I live in hamblen county TN. I do alot of van camping, Was wondering what county in TN is your property.
Hey Jerry! Thanks so much for checking out our videos we like yours too! If you go through our channel you will quickly see we are love van life and van camping but returning home to TN after 3 years on the road. We are in the Cumberland mountains of TN now :)
you guys just popped up my feed. i'm also interested in doing the off-grid lifestyle, maybe thats why your vid popped up. but anyhow, you've bought the land, so you have surface rights to use the land. my concern and questions to ask are... because of the spring fed creek and the waterfalls, is the spring that feeds it on your land or is it on another parcel? along with that, did you get the water rights included with the land purchase or are they separate? that is something you need to look into if you want to do anything with the creek like damming it to create pools for livestock or doing anything with power generation from a mill. also, along with that is the mineral rights. do you have those or are they with the original owner of the land?
How far are you from a town ? We plan to move to Eastern Tennessee too. Maybe somewhere out by Athens, Etowah, Tellico Plains or one of the small towns around there somewhere. Note Im in Kalifornia and while Kali has a stereo type, alot of people leaving are conservatives and tired of the high taxes, all the Liberal BS. We want 10-50 acres 15 to 30 minutes or so out from a town with a walmart, where I can raise my birddogs, chickens and few calves, in peace, without dealing with a bunch Karens. Anyways Congratulations, you property looks awesome.
Careful, those 'rutts' may be the flow of rainfall ..... Check in with your closest neighbor amd see what their exoeiriare...also, careful of the wildlife 🕊️
@ April Masiero ...... I dunno about prejudice…..good people are good people, nobody I’ve ever met cares about skin color just character. Answere. I truly wanting believe this most folks are good people, however there are many if you speak with an accent or not white your not welcomed ... I know I live it... I would like to move south but in the south it is open hunting season in the back woods to none whites a lot. Or they will scare you away.... truth let it be told!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all of this to run an air bnb from it...hope you're planning to live there as well...too much of God's country being developed only for personal gain instead of personal peace and happiness.
I'm just going to say it plainly. If you're going to live off the grid, don't put your business on RUclips of all things. It will bring the type of attention you don't want. I have members of family that's lived in the Appalachians on the same land before this country even existed. They keep to themselves, work for themselves, grow and hunt their own food themselves. They only go into towns when it's absolutely necessary. Then they just get what they need and get back to the mountains as quickly as they can. These days, in a corporate controlled government, those who choose the live completely self-sufficient will be treated as outlaws. It's all about $$$, and the government will do anything it can to keep everyone dependent on corporations and them to nickel and dime everyone to death. I'm not trying to be an ass, but stating the truth. If anyone chooses to live life off the grid, be completely off of it. Don't put yourself out on the internet. Those members of my family don't go on the internet. Many of them don't even know what RUclips or Facebook is, and they really don't care either.
Well being that we haven't made a dime from RUclips until this month (as we just met the monetization threshold), I'd say RUclips has nothing to do with it. We worked our asses off, moved into a van living minimally to a point that most people wouldn't consider and were able to save a lot of money doing so. We also made smart investments by selling our home at the height of the market and selling a bus that we built by hand for a profit (Btw, even with now making money on RUclips, we'll make less than $1k this month even with just having our 3 best performing videos and after 2 years of work to get here. RUclips really doesn't pay unless you're an enormous account).
You can live in that building. Learn how to correct your status. U.S. citizen is a creation of the State. Maxxim, He who creates it controls it. You are, unbeknownst to you, volunteering to be told you can't. Stop doing that. Learn how now before your dreams are crushed. You will need to put the secretary of State of the United States on notice in writing of your intention. Each of us has contracted with the entity called U.S. But. You can cancel that contract. Then they will leave you alone.
First time watching your channel so first off Awesome, very happy for y'all that is a BEAUTIFUL pc. Of property. But I have to ask, but HOW can you afford to travel like that to ALL of those amazing places wich is most people's dream, as well as afford to buy this property for us folks drooling. No worries if you dont want to fill us in.
Thank you so much for the support and welcome to our rad little channel! Believe it or not, the traveling portion of what we did was extremely affordable - far more affordable than when we owned our house. For example, our budget for our last few months of travel in our van for Mexico came in at under $2k/month (That's including literally every expense of our lives). US travel was right on part with that. With that being said, you can also travel in a van and spend $8k/month - it is all dependent on your choices and how you spend. We choose to live as financially free as possible. We both work part-time remotely to generate income as well as part time on social media making some income from RUclips, Patreon and Instagram. All of these adventures were padded by a savings account that we had built through the sale of our house, the sale of our bus conversion, and saving money from when Matt was still working full time in tech remotely and we were living tremendously under his salary. This was our insurance policy while on the road and is what is helping us buy the land and get this project rolling! Thanks again for the support and we look forward to sharing more of this journey with you!
So the bottom line is all the crap about how great it is to be free and on the road was garbage. All most all the vaners -busers are all showing there true colors.
![Oasis - Oasis Live '25 [Official Trailer]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gol_JnuEtKM/mqdefault.jpg)
❤that's a damn good life you breathe clean fresh air, drink clean water, eat healthy food you've grown, watch your animals grow and become productive and are surrounded by stress relieving greenery, what more could you ask, on top of that since farming is hard work you are fit and healthy, wonderful life, I admire you both.
WOW :) Thanks so much! You totally get it. We already feel so rewarded even just on the little projects we have done. Definitely in the early phases of it all and loving dreaming it all up :)
Oh wow!!! This is so amazing and such a SMART move!! 32 acres and that waterfall... amazing!! Homesteading is the way to. Great way to protect as much of your FREEDOM as possible which in today's world is being taken away more and more.
Thanks so much! We feel so lucky to have found this amazing property! The work here is already filling our hearts with so much joy and reward. Thanks for being apart of the ride!
It's wonderful to see a young married couple living their dreams out in the place they want to call home, living off grid. Thank you for sharing! It's fun seeing that dreams are possible with hard work and determination
Since you once lived in Chattanooga, you are already aware of how beautiful and wonderful the mountains of East Tennessee are. I grew up in Lenoir City and spent over half of my life in Texas and other parts of the country, returning to my Southern Appalachian roots about nine years ago. There's nothing like these mountains and the beauty of East Tennessee. Hope to follow your trek and enjoy your experiences along with you as you find your place in the world. Blessings. . . . .
Keep the Lord as #1 in your life and all of your dreams will become experiences as you reach for them, and as your life finds how He planned for man to live. . . . . .and it certainly was NOT in an urban jungle!! (Proverbs 3:5-6)
We totally get it :) That is why after 3 years of full time travel we are back here! It just feels like home. Space, freedom, and beauty all around you :) hope to have you here for the ride!
I live in east Tenn. and love it !!! will NEVER leave--best of luck to you both !!
We called TN home for 6 years now and wouldn’t change it! We have grown so much here and will continue to learn and grow everyday! Hope you stick around for all the fun!
@@RunawayMattCassmonteagle area?
Sounds awesome, good luck! As you know, the ticks are no joke.
Yes welcome to Tennessee, as a cat owner wanted to warn you we do have coyotes and they will make kitty a snack. If you are going to be gone leave kitty inside and never leave kitty out at night. I went through a loss and do not want you to go through the same. Owls will get kitty too so just keep eye out on kitty. You are going to love living here and so happy for you both. Congratulations to you both on finding your homestead and for a exciting new adventure.
Yess coyotes are very relevant here and I am so sorry on your loss 😔 ! We lived in Chattanooga TN for 3 years before living on the road for 3 so we are very aware of the wild life in these parts, definitely best to keep an eye on your fur babies as much as possible. Thanks for being here and supporting us. We love TN and happy to call it home once again!
I am just curious...but since living in East Tennessee, I have been trying to figure out why people here seem to think coyotes don't exist anywhere else. Especially considering, comparatively speaking, they took a bit longer to even arrive in this area than in many other areas of the U.S.
@@ryantrone4140 our Tennessee coyotes are very different from western coyotes. western coyotes makes at most weight is 70 lbs eastern coyotes makes up to over 100lbs last one caught weighed in at 112 lbs , we also have coywolf which are only found along states that run Appalachian mountains Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina etc. the eastern wolf in Canada and North eastern states Maine etc so No not all coyotes are alike telling someone that they are is irresponsible our eastern coyotes and coywolf will kill a human especially small to small adult these here killed a German Shepard Rottweiler mix it jumped 6ft fence killed the dog before could get his gun and get out of house. I suggest reading up on a subject , do your research before speaking. Word if advice stay in school you need it
@@1Kittywicked24I am sorry. I don’t intend to argue but this is not the only place coywolves live. I would like to see one from here though. Have yet too. I have seen coyotes here and they tend to be smaller than I am used to in the Midwest.
Wow that looks like absolute paradise!! Can’t wait to watch you transform it 😍
It really is special here! Appreciate the support and maybe we'll see you out here sometime!
Good luck from NYers who bought 100 acres and doing the same thing. The locals are awesome and very welcoming
I love waterfalls! When I was a kid my father and brother and me went on a hike through hoosier national forest. We found a big waterfall with a nice ledge under it. We rested there and was scraping around in the dirt and found a bunch of arrowheads. Fun to think that the native americans also stayed there.
Isn't it so fun to be just disconnected from the world. Let the mind wander off on how things were and to appreciate the simple things around you like the mud on your feet in the waterfall. We are so happy we found this property with those beautiful waterfalls, after a long day of working there is nowhere we would rather be than to cool off in the water :) Thanks for watching and hope you stay for the ride.
Good life❤
Feeling lucky!
Congratulations! Getting your own property is the best feeling! And boy dud you score! I look forward to seeing what you co-create with that amazing place!
Thank you so much! We really are excited to transform and work with the land here. Thanks for the support and we look forward to sharing this awesome project!
To get around the removable portable structure law and deconstruct situation I suggest cutting the building exactly in half, move it two feet then it's rendered removed, and rebuilt by hand when you shore it back together with spare parts lol...just a thought probably take 2 days. And for you tube exposure surely a handyman service would help
Amazing and beautiful. I just bought a mini mountain about 60 acres in Kentucky north of you. I am excited to get started and definitely can’t wait to see what you guys do.
SO COOL! Kentucky is such a cool and beautiful place. Would love to see what you do with the land :)
Thanks for being here for the ride!
From Southeast Tennessee here north of Chattanooga born and raised ,I love Tn. Hope you have a great life
AHHH!!! Chattanooga will always have our hearts ❤️ We lived there for 4 years, until now that is where we called home :) Thanks for watching our channel, hope you come along for the ride
Fantastic peice of property
loving the show, have fun be safe!!!
What a fun ride it has been and ohh do we have lots and lots more we are dreaming up!
I would like a breakdown of the process of buying the land, my wife and I want to go to Tennessee and do this as well. 1-5 acres for us is enough.
Please consider signing up for TN FB snake identification group, and the national snake bite group as well. In East TN, one should be prepared for a copperhead or rattle snake bite. Thankfully, most will never come into close contact with them , but it always is best to be prepared and also know the signs of being bit in animals.
Great job guys. Can't wait to see what's next.
Thanks Travis! This journey has just begun and damn it is a wild one haha
Great video!!!
Congratulations Guys what an amazing thing to look forward to, can’t wait to see what your going to do, God Bless A Alaskan Friend 🙏🏻❤️looks beautiful there😊
Thanks so much bud! Happy to be here in our little slice of heaven. Quiet, beautiful, and wild but being from Alaska you get that :) Happy you are here for the journey! Thanks for the support
My partner and I are looking into this very same thing! The two of you are inspirations. I reside in TN would love to plan a time to come visit. I look forward to learning and growing from y'all!
I just found and subscribed to your channel, so will have to go back to the van days... We lived our lives (in Tennessee) the opposite of yours... For everything there is a season, and they are at different times for different people. When we were younger, there were no computers, cell phones, email, internet, RUclips or affordable solar panels. Our options were very limited, so we had jobs, a home, and had a large garden. That got really old, however we traveled on every vacation and some weekends. We camped in about half the US states. Once our kids were gone, we traveled more and worked less. Now retired several years, we have camped in every state and been to several countries. No complaints, life has been good as yours appears to be!
That's so awesome to hear! We've camped in the majority of states but not yet all of them. Modern tech has definitely been good to us. We both work remotely and that is what allowed us to travel and to continue to make money while living on our new land. Affordable solar panels are HUGE - we built our bus 3.5 years ago and even then the prices were way higher than they are now. We appreciate the support! Cheers!
@@RunawayMattCass I suspect you have discussed your work in a video, I will have to find it. Our son is a computer engineer at Oak Ridge National Labortory and he could work totally from home, but to keep his office at the Lab, he has to work three days a week there and does, so I suspect an office is a status symbol or something, maybe an excuse to get away from the wife and baby...🙄
@@vonheise ah gotcha! I've heard that's a good gig to have over there. I (Matt) am in tech consulting work and Cass is a virtual personal trainer/fitness instructor. We had a studio in Chattanooga before covid but when she had to take everyone virtual, we ran with it to travel.
Hey, new to your channel, but I found you guys interesting. My wife and I have just moved into Chattanooga ourselves. We came to take care of my parents. But anyway, we are from Knoxville area originally. Please don't let the Nay Sayers put a bad taste for Tennessee in your mouth. It's a pretty good state. I left here many times but always come back home. So stay a while and listen to the woods and notthe people. Some of us are stupid and then some know better than to say su h things. I just subscribed and I will be watching to see what adventures you find yourself in. Be safe and God bless.
Wow! Awesome its breathtaking, beautiful TN. Blessings and may you both experience many rewarding memories. ☝🙏
Already making so many memories and feeling so rewarded by the work that we are doing here! We hope you stick around for the journey. Thank you!
So excited for y’all!!!
Thanks so much! It is a dream to be here :)
Awesome congrats hello from Knoxville Tennessee. God bless
What a beautiful transformation of your energy. You guys have gone from road weary to purpose. Even though you are facing new challenges your focus is back. Such an amazing thing to see. So happy for you and love seeing the kiddos being able to get out and about. Stay safe and love you guys.
It feels like we have our focus and motivation back :) Love being able to express ourselves in such a creative and fulfilling way. We love ya bud. Can't wait to have you come this way one day :)
Tennessee trash messing up the land
So happy for you guys! We recently bought some acreage in New Brunswick, Canada, for the same reason. When we finish travelling in our bus, we've got a spot to park her. We've also got very similar plans for the land, as well. Cool how creative minds think alike, isn't it?
Hi friends! Thanks for the love and support. When you talk to current or previous nomads we all kinda have the same wave length in one way or another! New Brunswick is probably so beautiful maybe one day will get our van up that way. We love talking with like minded individuals! Cheers y'all
Water falls means Hydroelectric power. Not sure how far the falls are away but AC power travels very well at higher voltages. even a 500 watt generator will produce 12KWs of power in 24 hours.
They are a little far to pump for power but that is a good idea we can look into :) Thanks so much
Im was looking at some property in del rio TN for my daughter
Wow! Just subscribed from the UK. That dream will never come true for me (I'm a bit old to source that money and by the time I would, if I could, Id be too old to work on the land) So Im going to watch your journey and be happy for you, with you!
Big Congrats!
Thanks for the love from over the pond! While we are so lucky to be able to call this place home we worked really hard to get here and continue to work real hard to make this place our dream! Happy to have you along for the journey.
@@RunawayMattCass Thats fantastic, well done you guys! I am very happy for you and excited to be able to watch your adventures ❤
Thanks so much. Happy to share it here :)
Happy Thanksgiving Day.
From Nashville Tennessee.
John r flick jr and family.
GOD,FAMILY, COUNTY.
Plant a Pecan and Walnut tree this spring, you will be glad you did.
chirt and rock, same driveway they they used on my place in hollasay Tn. took almost 1 year to pack down and feels like concrete.
I’m off grinding in East Tennessee. Love it. Welcome 😊
HEYYY :) Love meeint and chatting with other people from the area doing similar thing :) Would be excited to pick your brain.
You both seem like amazing people and living the dream! I'm wanting to do the same thing!! Any tips you can give as far as land and what sold you to buy that land?
If you make a basement and a footing and put the shed on it so it's not movable so basically it coves a basement not movable I think that how you get around not take it apart and redoing it
East TN. I live about 35 miles north of Knoxville.
What a beautiful area and close to the city as well when needed! Perfect :)
Love the vision! Especially farm to table type!
That part is such a dream! Matt is such a good cook and being able to share that would be amazing
I just started a homestead in the mountains in tn I named it silent hill
Cool! Enjoy!
Congratulations on your purchase!!!! Looking forward to vids of your off grid project!!!😊
Thank you! We are dreaming it all up now while we live here in our little van and brainstorm all we can do with this beautiful place!
@@RunawayMattCass That is so awesome! With things the way they are right now in our Nation 😔 You are making the right decisions to live off grid, grow your own food etc. - And from a financial aspect (of generating income) I love your idea of having small, off grid cabins to rent - giving an opportunity to others to defrag from life's rat race and enjoy nature!!!! I wish you the best!!💕
We love to share our knowledge and alternative life with others so I think these cabins will give us another creative outlet to do so :) Life is better when it is simple.slow, and wild :) Your support means the world!
I have a very similar mower to that. You really need to keep an eye on the oil consumption on that vee twin.
Just found your channel, love Tennessee born and raised. In Cumberland County. New subscriber. Enjoy 💥‼️
Hi Mary! Thanks so much for being apart of the journey! We have called this beautiful state home for 6 years now and now we get to build this homestead here :) We love it so much! We are so happy to have you here for the ride ! thank you
Welcome to Tennessee
Appreciate it! We actually lived in Chattanooga before hitting the road before
Tennessee trash messing up the highways 🎵🎵
i would trade in them lawn tires for the more aggressive tractor tread tires. eventually youll want them tires to save your lawn but for whatyour doing you will need them tires. w that beautiful creek and waterfall i'd keep an eye for a year see if it flows all winter and maybe go w a water wheel generator to start for power, their fairly cheap compared to a solar system
Appreciate it!!! So the mower is supposed to be a temporary solution until we are in a better situation to get a compact tractor. We have a lot of land and would like to be able to get the job done faster and have machinery to help clear land. We'll definitely consider swapping these tires though if we don't think we'll be getting it for a while. Yes we love the creek! It's what made us fall in love with the property. From what we can tell, we think it will have some flow year around. The problem is just that it is very shallow so it might be hard to have a wheel.(something we can keep in the back of our minds though) Appreciate your support! Cheers!
Woohoo! Congratulations guys! Build some mountain biking trails too!
Thank you so much! We have actually talked about seeing if we could cut a single track!
Welcome to Tennessee! ;)
Thank you :) We have lived here for 4 years just new to this property :)
You are living my dream!😊
Hopefully this gives you a little inspo :) Thanks for being here for the ride.
Add a foundation under it and mount it down
On your video about the Tennessee laws. In your county, I suggest that you get a job as an inspector in that county so that you can OK you're property. I'm putting it( this comment) on this video because the other one said error occurred.
Hii!! I wanna live off the grid too… how do y’all deal with fears of not being close to emergency rooms etc.?
Congratulations! Going to be epic!! 🐾🙏🏻✌🏻
Thank you! Can't wait to keep transforming this place into our little homestead :)
@@RunawayMattCass can't wait to see it! The property alone is spectacular! What a find.
You should check out Randy Jones with Incredible tiny homes in Newport Tennessee.
@11:00 sounds like you bough property in the wrong part of Tennessee. I live on the Avery County North Carolina and Carter County Tennessee border and it never gets above 80°F here in July and August.
Elevation is everything!! You do have the a beautiful piece of property thought!
we would love to visit that beautiful home stead on our travels. Where are you located?
New subscriber! Can’t wait to watch you.
AH :) So happy to have you here for it all. It is going to be one hell of a ride lol
A shame locals can’t afford land and homes here anymore because the big money coming in and driving it all up. Outsiders running from crappy ran states (Cali, NY, NJ, Oregon to name a few) to here is suffocating. TN will be like the other states before too long…higher taxes and infrastructure that’s struggling already and will get worse with more people flocking here. Good old days are gone…
It's funny, we've traveled the world and no matter where we go, the locals are complaining about someone moving there. Your complaint of Tennessee is being told throughout other southern and western states. In big cities, the rich people are buying second homes and making it hard for normal people to afford. In Mexico, it's the digital nomads. The story goes on and on - the reality is, the world now allows people to move more easily and people in my generation aren't afraid to move away from home like much of previous generations were. Blame it on "crappy" states or whatever you want. We moved to TN 6 years ago when we were 22 and wanted to start a new life without the winters of where we were from. We didn't have money to afford anything when we came and we made ourselves here. Like or love people moving, it's going to continue as it's never been easier to.
@@RunawayMattCass Not being rude or anything against you but it's just the reality. And for the people born and raised here, we don't want to see our towns go from where people want to be to where people leave from. Politics plays the role. Been a huge influx of people moving here in last 3 years, that’s not normal. People have always moved around but not like in the last few years. Just hope the outsiders don't bring the democrat views here. It's obvious who's running away and why so I can't blame them. Just hope they remember why they left.
We need to vote Pres-Trump back in 2024
Welcome to TN! We moved here two years ago, Rv’d 3 years and chose here to settle. We bought an overgrown property and turned it into a homestead.
Best advice is…if you move here, be like the people around you, don’t try to change how it is. This place is amazing because it’s like taking a step back in time, lots of old fashion traditions etc.
keep TN great :)
Same with my beautiful state of Florida!!!
It has been hot this summer in East Tennessee.
Your Property is a (my) Dream Come True🔥
Blessings 🙏♥️
Im ready to visit 😁
Ahhh! We are excited to eventually be able to share this little paradise with others :) Hope you stick around for the ride!
@@RunawayMattCass 💯🦋🙏
@@RunawayMattCass Would you guys be interested in a work exchange arrangement?
Where is this at in Tennessee? My husband and I are super interested in moving our family here 🥰
Your property looks like it might be in Scott County? I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with! Congrats 🎉
It is not lol but some parts of TN look very similar :) Happy to have you here. Thanks so much
Do you like ticks? Do you like chiggers? TN is beautiful but there are payments to be made.. Good luck and enjoy!!
Well I don't think anyone actually likes ticks or chiggers - living previously in Tennessee for years and upstate New York before that, we are very familiar with them. With that being said, there are "payments to be made" no matter where you choose to work land. If you don't want the ticks, you won't have water. If you don't want the hot summers, you'll have cold winters. All in all, it's picking the place that best suites your plans - and for us, that was Tennessee - ticks and all.
May I suggest
Build a permanent foundation by that I mean concrete footings and concrete block crawl space walls.
If you have the room next to it would be imencly easier. Don't forget to put pressure lumber around the perimeter and sny where non treated wood contacts the masonry. No longer a ready built structure and some storage below 1 drawback might be steps to get in or raise the landscape near the entrance
si exciting best wishes frim south ga new subscriber
Welcome to our little corner of the internet! It is a wild ride 😂 Thanks for being apart of the journey!
@@RunawayMattCassty i just love your visions for your beautiful property
Thanks :) Excited to see our vision coming to life. Happy to have you here.
If the waterfall is on your land you need to check out Kris Harbour Natural Building and see how he generates endless power
We will check that out! Thanks for the information. It is a little far from the living area so we will have to see if we can do anything with it.
What if it is put on a permanent foundation like a regular house would be
I want to come visit, im in the mountain of east tn
We would love that! The mountains of TN are such a dream aren’t they :) Can't wait to get this property ready for people to be here!!
😮 This is good! Good things are comin!🤙Is it too soon to make a reservation? 😂
😍😂 We feel that energy too! 👌 and nahh I'll put ya on the guest list right away!
Why did you choose to live so close to Nashville if you came out of Chattanooga? Was there something about Chattanooga that made being close to there less desirable?
It seems like it is mostly couples creating homestead RUclips channels. Any single female homesteaders out there in East Tennessee?
I like your video's, I just subscribed to your channel. I live in hamblen county TN. I do alot of van camping, Was wondering what county in TN is your property.
Hey Jerry! Thanks so much for checking out our videos we like yours too! If you go through our channel you will quickly see we are love van life and van camping but returning home to TN after 3 years on the road. We are in the Cumberland mountains of TN now :)
How many tons of rock did it take to do 300' of road?
we used 3 loads!
you guys just popped up my feed. i'm also interested in doing the off-grid lifestyle, maybe thats why your vid popped up. but anyhow, you've bought the land, so you have surface rights to use the land. my concern and questions to ask are... because of the spring fed creek and the waterfalls, is the spring that feeds it on your land or is it on another parcel? along with that, did you get the water rights included with the land purchase or are they separate? that is something you need to look into if you want to do anything with the creek like damming it to create pools for livestock or doing anything with power generation from a mill. also, along with that is the mineral rights. do you have those or are they with the original owner of the land?
How far are you from a town ?
We plan to move to Eastern Tennessee too. Maybe somewhere out by Athens, Etowah, Tellico Plains or one of the small towns around there somewhere.
Note Im in Kalifornia and while Kali has a stereo type, alot of people leaving are conservatives and tired of the high taxes, all the Liberal BS. We want 10-50 acres 15 to 30 minutes or so out from a town with a walmart, where I can raise my birddogs, chickens and few calves, in peace, without dealing with a bunch Karens.
Anyways Congratulations, you property looks awesome.
So what city is that near where you can live off the grid that way my daughter lives up near nashville in Ashland
SUBDIVIDED INTO LOTS MAY MEAN SOME DEVELOPER HAD A MIND TO USE YOUR LAND. YOU BEAT HIM/HER TO IT?
What county did you purchase in?
HI I JUST SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR CHANEL AND ❤ THE VIDEO A QUESTION ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ANY OTHER ANIMALS BESIED THE DOG AND CAT. ???
We plan too yes :) Starting small here with just our fur babies until we are ready for more. Happy to have you along for the ride.
@@RunawayMattCass I'm experienced working on small farms with gardens, trees, and farm animals if you want some pointers...
how much was it how do you afford it thank you
Matt where are you from I think I know you
Are you going to drill a well? Or was there one there already?
We are currently working on getting set up for rainwater collection and debating on the idea of drilling a well.
Where about in Tennessee?
The Cumberland Mountains :)
What part on Tennessee are yall in?
Cumberland Mountains!
Careful, those 'rutts' may be the flow of rainfall ..... Check in with your closest neighbor amd see what their exoeiriare...also, careful of the wildlife 🕊️
What county do you all live
I'm looking for property in Tennessee hurricane creek area
Do you have any suggestions
@ April Masiero ...... I dunno about prejudice…..good people are good people, nobody I’ve ever met cares about skin color just character. Answere. I truly wanting believe this most folks are good people, however there are many if you speak with an accent or not white your not welcomed ... I know I live it... I would like to move south but in the south it is open hunting season in the back woods to none whites a lot. Or they will scare you away.... truth let it be told!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all of this to run an air bnb from it...hope you're planning to live there as well...too much of God's country being developed only for personal gain instead of personal peace and happiness.
We of course plan to live here if you watched the video ..... This property is for us and we are allowed to do with it what we want.
I overheard you say in a separate video that you were going to rent it...that's the reason for my comment.@@RunawayMattCass
I'm just going to say it plainly. If you're going to live off the grid, don't put your business on RUclips of all things. It will bring the type of attention you don't want. I have members of family that's lived in the Appalachians on the same land before this country even existed. They keep to themselves, work for themselves, grow and hunt their own food themselves. They only go into towns when it's absolutely necessary. Then they just get what they need and get back to the mountains as quickly as they can. These days, in a corporate controlled government, those who choose the live completely self-sufficient will be treated as outlaws. It's all about $$$, and the government will do anything it can to keep everyone dependent on corporations and them to nickel and dime everyone to death. I'm not trying to be an ass, but stating the truth. If anyone chooses to live life off the grid, be completely off of it. Don't put yourself out on the internet. Those members of my family don't go on the internet. Many of them don't even know what RUclips or Facebook is, and they really don't care either.
✌🍻🍻🍻👍👍📹📹
It’s unfortunate that land has gone from $1k per acre to $10k per acre here smh
When was land only $1k/acre?
@@tylerd5556 just 5 years ago it was $1k/acre here in the south out in the country.
24 screaming ponies 😂
That’s my dream to buy some property get away from society and start homesteading
I hope you can make that dream a reality. It took us sometime but here we are :) thanks so the love Dusty
Wish my wife and I could afford just 5 acres of land. Guess I have to make utube videos to afford life.
Well being that we haven't made a dime from RUclips until this month (as we just met the monetization threshold), I'd say RUclips has nothing to do with it. We worked our asses off, moved into a van living minimally to a point that most people wouldn't consider and were able to save a lot of money doing so. We also made smart investments by selling our home at the height of the market and selling a bus that we built by hand for a profit (Btw, even with now making money on RUclips, we'll make less than $1k this month even with just having our 3 best performing videos and after 2 years of work to get here. RUclips really doesn't pay unless you're an enormous account).
You can live in that building.
Learn how to correct your status.
U.S. citizen is a creation of the State. Maxxim, He who creates it controls it.
You are, unbeknownst to you, volunteering to be told you can't.
Stop doing that. Learn how now before your dreams are crushed.
You will need to put the secretary of State of the United States on notice in writing of your intention.
Each of us has contracted with the entity called U.S.
But. You can cancel that contract.
Then they will leave you alone.
First time watching your channel so first off Awesome, very happy for y'all that is a BEAUTIFUL pc. Of property. But I have to ask, but HOW can you afford to travel like that to ALL of those amazing places wich is most people's dream, as well as afford to buy this property for us folks drooling. No worries if you dont want to fill us in.
Thank you so much for the support and welcome to our rad little channel! Believe it or not, the traveling portion of what we did was extremely affordable - far more affordable than when we owned our house. For example, our budget for our last few months of travel in our van for Mexico came in at under $2k/month (That's including literally every expense of our lives). US travel was right on part with that. With that being said, you can also travel in a van and spend $8k/month - it is all dependent on your choices and how you spend. We choose to live as financially free as possible. We both work part-time remotely to generate income as well as part time on social media making some income from RUclips, Patreon and Instagram. All of these adventures were padded by a savings account that we had built through the sale of our house, the sale of our bus conversion, and saving money from when Matt was still working full time in tech remotely and we were living tremendously under his salary. This was our insurance policy while on the road and is what is helping us buy the land and get this project rolling! Thanks again for the support and we look forward to sharing more of this journey with you!
what's 32 acres go for out in Tennessee? (roughly)
My guess is $100,000
@@PInk77W1 you live out there? it could be 30k or 70k or 100k
@@TecraTube no I don’t live out there.
Hence the word guess
So the bottom line is all the crap about how great it is to be free and on the road was garbage. All most all the vaners -busers are all showing there true colors.