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British "Ben Fogle New Lives in the Wild" and Dutch "Floortje naar het einde van de wereld" are over 100 documentairies on this theme. A few of them where progr

British "Ben Fogle New Lives in the Wild" and Dutch "Floortje naar het einde van de wereld" are over 100 documentairies on this theme. A few of them where programmers who quit their jobs and started a small homestead farm or go to the wilderness and hunt. The majority are young families going for sustainable living. Another large group buys rural houses, fixes them up and rents them out as B&B rooms. They also have their own documentairies. The latest group are youtubers who document their move into the country. The lessons from these examples are that almost no one could earn a living from the farming. They all had problems with local laws. They all have unfixable infrastructure problems, especially for remote working c.q. programming jobs. Many had to break off when they became sick or went bankrupt. Its is very hard, so I started a business to help make the transition. I am trying to make a business combining the two extremes. I sell rural or remote wilderness land with a high-tech solar off grid tiny house with very good internet for around $50.000. At any moment I have around 10 suitable plots of land on offer. The best are in nature reserves, the largest 100 acres. It takes on average 24 months or more to find land, get permits, build the road, water, electricity and internet infrastructure and move the mobile tiny house onto the land. Spain, Portugal and Arizona mostly. This is for programmers and other remote workers, retirees or people who can't afford a house in the city. Since Covid there has been an large increase in people moving to remote rural locations. Most of them homestead, some take on the #vanlife. A new trend will be permanent living in a mobile house, RV, bus, truck while working remotely. This only becomes affordable with Starlink and an electrical truck completely plated with solar panels. Water is purified onboard. I expect the trend of going rural or mobile to increase even more in the next 10 years. I'm looking for cofounders to accommodate this increase in my business niche. Asimov and Larry Niven wrote some science fiction stories before 1970 on this theme. When Star Trek transporters become possible, you could go live remotely on or inside a mountain or another planet. Chris Stewart's "Driving Over Lemons" is a nice book describing the move into the country.

satellite2 4y ago
Do you have a website?
- morphle 4y ago
  Still building the complicated website (maps and video and calculators), so its not yet online. I currently send out a spreadsheet brochure every week with new rural lands and tiny or mobile house and van conversion options to choose from. I do virtual tours around the nature reserve or farm lands online, augmented by Google Earth and Streetview tours with video conference sessions. I shoot video tours and photo galleries of the available lands and houses. Most of the time its more like a coaching session, explaining how to get a visa, how to find reliable remote programming jobs, how to get a loan. Explaining why its very hard to make the transition without my professional help. Some want to buy a turnkey house, land and infrastructure. This is possible but moving to a rural existence is much more involved than these customers think. A sales website would not convey this, this is why I prefer online tours and discussions. morphle at ziggo dot nl to request my brochures or book a personal tour. I'm looking for cofounders and sales people (on commission).
  - Yeri 4y ago
    Where are these plots of land?
    - morphle 4y ago
      Right now I have offerings in Spain, Portugal, Arizona, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Kroatia, Norway, Finland. For Americans I can offer a permanent visa for Europe as well, this is why the main focus is on Spain and Portugal. I constantly search around the world, but most lands do not qualify because of local political rules. My best is a 100 acre(!) forest on the slope of a mountain. I have several mountain plots with a whitewater river flowing all year. Land plots with an entire forest or lake. I tried to offer land in Kazachstan, Ukrain, Bangladesh, India, Argentina, Costa Rica, Australia and the Amazon rainforest but either foreigners are not allowed to own land or it is without Starlink or fiber backbones where not available or the country is involved in a war. Above $50K (including the land, mobile house and infrastructure) I have a lot more offerings worldwide. Islands in Belize or very remote pacific islands, but you need a boat so its more than $50K. Desert locations, but you must have 4WD and only have two satelite or radio 100mbps connections and need multiple batteries, no fiber. Medical facilities only by plane or helicopter.
Off 4y ago
Do you offer such service for people who live in third world countries too? We are a couple, we live in Africa and want to move to Europe for a better quality of life but we don't want to live in the city. 50k is a bit hard to collect but we can manage if such a service would work for non-americans.
- morphle 4y ago
  Yes we do, but it ususally will require more work to accommodate your specific situation. You might need to help us with that work to keep cost down. I'm brainstorming now: Maybe you could keep your African house or land for a few years and swap with one of our rural land owners in Europe? I know a few who dream of living in Africa. Or we find enough tourists to rent your African place. We probably could get you permanent visa's if you would legally be on the payroll of our coop (but maybe also keep your current jobs). Depending on your nationality, you need different visas. After a few years in Europe you would become citizens and would no longer need visa's. I am sure we could work out a way that would not cost you $50K, maybe you could work for it and rent. We have helped African students to emigrate. Yes, I'm sure there are ways to make it work for you, send me an email and we'll make a plan.

satellite2 4y ago

Do you have a website?

morphle 4y ago
Still building the complicated website (maps and video and calculators), so its not yet online. I currently send out a spreadsheet brochure every week with new rural lands and tiny or mobile house and van conversion options to choose from. I do virtual tours around the nature reserve or farm lands online, augmented by Google Earth and Streetview tours with video conference sessions. I shoot video tours and photo galleries of the available lands and houses. Most of the time its more like a coaching session, explaining how to get a visa, how to find reliable remote programming jobs, how to get a loan. Explaining why its very hard to make the transition without my professional help. Some want to buy a turnkey house, land and infrastructure. This is possible but moving to a rural existence is much more involved than these customers think. A sales website would not convey this, this is why I prefer online tours and discussions. morphle at ziggo dot nl to request my brochures or book a personal tour. I'm looking for cofounders and sales people (on commission).
- Yeri 4y ago
  Where are these plots of land?
  - morphle 4y ago
    Right now I have offerings in Spain, Portugal, Arizona, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Kroatia, Norway, Finland. For Americans I can offer a permanent visa for Europe as well, this is why the main focus is on Spain and Portugal. I constantly search around the world, but most lands do not qualify because of local political rules. My best is a 100 acre(!) forest on the slope of a mountain. I have several mountain plots with a whitewater river flowing all year. Land plots with an entire forest or lake. I tried to offer land in Kazachstan, Ukrain, Bangladesh, India, Argentina, Costa Rica, Australia and the Amazon rainforest but either foreigners are not allowed to own land or it is without Starlink or fiber backbones where not available or the country is involved in a war. Above $50K (including the land, mobile house and infrastructure) I have a lot more offerings worldwide. Islands in Belize or very remote pacific islands, but you need a boat so its more than $50K. Desert locations, but you must have 4WD and only have two satelite or radio 100mbps connections and need multiple batteries, no fiber. Medical facilities only by plane or helicopter.

Off 4y ago

Do you offer such service for people who live in third world countries too? We are a couple, we live in Africa and want to move to Europe for a better quality of life but we don't want to live in the city. 50k is a bit hard to collect but we can manage if such a service would work for non-americans.

morphle 4y ago
Yes we do, but it ususally will require more work to accommodate your specific situation. You might need to help us with that work to keep cost down. I'm brainstorming now: Maybe you could keep your African house or land for a few years and swap with one of our rural land owners in Europe? I know a few who dream of living in Africa. Or we find enough tourists to rent your African place. We probably could get you permanent visa's if you would legally be on the payroll of our coop (but maybe also keep your current jobs). Depending on your nationality, you need different visas. After a few years in Europe you would become citizens and would no longer need visa's. I am sure we could work out a way that would not cost you $50K, maybe you could work for it and rent. We have helped African students to emigrate. Yes, I'm sure there are ways to make it work for you, send me an email and we'll make a plan.