Advice on living off the grid and keeping the government away

>>1040558
>So anyone know how best to
Do it right or don't do it at all. In other words, don't attempt to do any of the things you greentexted. Get everything permitted up properly and pay your fucking property taxes, so Uncle Sam doesn't come and rip it all out from under you. Life's got enough tripping stones as is without you adding more by cutting corners.

t. nowhere, Midwest

>>1040581

The thing is, I have worked in construction (unlicensed) since I was 13 years old. I can easily build something like a septic tank, but good luck getting the plans through without a license. Oh, try getting a license for someplace like Beltram County. It is a bunch of good old boys who prevent anyone they don't want from getting a contractors license. So you either pay them 15K to do it, or you do it illegally yourself for 300 bucks.

>>1040595
>but good luck getting the plans through without a license
How incompetent are you? It's 5 minutes at the county courthouse.

>>1040599

>A design for new/repair system should be submitted to our office by a licensed Septic Designer.

Licensed

>>1040558
My snippet of advice would be to do what I have done. Look for a property that already has a residence built on it, but is still out in the middle of nowhere.

Even if the residence is falling down, it is easier to get licenses to work on an existing residence as a owner builder than it is to try to license yourself to build from scratch. (At least here in Australia).

The building on out property is basically just some cinderblock walls and a tin roof. But we can get a simple owner builder license and 'renovate' the building, which will probably involve taking it down to the foundation just about.

>>1040614

That would be ideal, it is pretty much the same situation in the US. It is just that there is pretty much a monopoly on doing certain things that make it insanely expensive. Like building a shed is no problem. Putting a single light bulb in the she, huge deal.

Which in turns, causes any land, with even the most dilapidated non functional shacks from 1920 to be 2x as expensive at least.

Often times it is better to just do it yourself, then claim you have no idea how it got there and take a fine.

>>1040602
Midwest here. We have no requirement for any work or design submissions to be done by anything licensed. The only thing that has to be done that's even close to licensed is once a new build is completed it has to be inspected by the county code inspector (who does it for like $115 regardless of size, and basically just does a quick walk-around).

>>1040558
When you buy your land and get your deed see a lawyer about having the deed converted to a Land Patent. You'll thank me later.