We Bought 160 Acres for $4500 — This Is The Method THEY Don't Want You to Know.

🏞️ How We Bought Off-Grid Land Without a Mortgage
Off Grid Engineering isn’t about off-grid fantasies — it’s about showing exactly how we did it, and how you can too. A hundred years ago, folks found a place in the world to call their own without banks, brokers, or mortgages. We’re trying to do the same, and tax sale was one of the key steps that got us here. In this video, we walk you through one part of that process — not as experts, but as people who figured it out step by step.
Becca and I bid low so it took us a few tries before we were successful.

⚠️ Disclaimer (Please Read):
This is not real estate advice. We’re not professionals. We’re just showing what we did and why it worked for us. That said, if you're competent, curious, and willing to do the research, you can figure this out without hiring anyone.

Basic due diligence includes:
-Reading the official tax sale guides
-Doing a title search before bidding
-Reviewing land use restrictions (zoning, conservation, access)
-Making sure the property is suited to what you actually want to do with it

📎 Transparency Note:
We have no business relationship with ontariotaxsales.ca. We receive no money for this video and are not affiliated with them in any way.
It’s simply the service we used at the time.
You don’t need to use that site — there are other services in Canada and the U.S. that provide access to tax sale listings.
We make no guarantees about the accuracy of information on third-party websites.
(Ontario Tax Sales has amended the imagery for Dawson 2025-07-18-01 (Blue Rd 2 (Vacant Approx 41 Acres), Dawson) since the video was created)

💬 Got questions? Ask below. We’ll do our best to answer and might cover more in future episodes.

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