↓
 

Sustainable Real Estate Development as a Side Hustle – Epi-3181

The Survival Podcast Posted on by

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:13:20 — 16.8MB)

Jeanie Tatum is a single, 50 year old, liberty-minded Federal employee (yes, that’s a real demographic!) who decided to start a sustainable, permaculture based neighborhood on a 70,000 acre lake near Augusta, GA.

An Army veteran and mother of four, 14 years ago Jeanie found herself homeless and jobless while her former spouse of 20 years was being court-martialed by the Army. After 10 months of applying for jobs and working at various means of employment such as, substitute teaching, painting porch ceilings and capturing feral cats, (all while finishing a Master’s Degree) Jeanie took the first job she was offered that paid and had benefits for her 4 kids.

Working in an entry level position for the Army in Washington, D.C., Jeanie worked 12 hour days, filled 2 additional vacant positions, finished her Master’s Degree and waited out the falling housing market until rock -bottom prices allowed her to do what she learned as an Army wife; buy the crummiest house in the nicest neighborhood you can afford near a military base that’s building and hiring.

Getting out of D.C. was always a priority, and in 2018 she accepted a position with an Army organization that was relocating to Fort Gordon, Georgia. Pandemic conditions in 2020 allowed for more time to learn about growing food in her yard, keto eating, pasture raised food quality, and studying the Fort Gordon real estate market.

While most information she found focused on “retrofitting” existing neighborhoods to incorporate permaculture, Jeanie wanted to break the code on how to build a permaculture development that’s also profitable, beautiful, and sustainable.

She joins us today to discuss how anybody develop a side hustle in sustainable real estate development and what has Jeanie learned in “year one” – dealing with purchasing, zoning, and living without power, running water and walls?

Resources for today’s show…

 

Sponsors of the Day

 

Jeanne’s Links

 

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon.

Join the MSB Today

Join the MSB Today

Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced?

Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

Comments

Sustainable Real Estate Development as a Side Hustle – Epi-3181 — 4 Comments

  1. Hello Jack,

    Butcher Box has been, on balance, a pretty good deal. But, their packaging get’s a 3 out of 10 for integrity since freezer burn and leaks (when you use the warm water immersion for a quick-thaw) are frequent.

    My other issue is if their pork is truly pastured and not abetted with soy and corn. I have not been able to verify any of this on their label and wonder if the fat I’m consuming has all that that crap entails in it.

    Can you verify?

    Thanks.

  2. Well spoken. Jeanie is loveable, relatable, and on target. Love your choice of guests today. I was beginning to regret the end of this podcast as she is so on point. She would be great for a podcast of her own as well. Thanks for bringing her to us. 5.5 out of 5

  3. Finally clicked when she brought up Justin Rhodes (40min in), i.e. show title and content not congruous. There seems to have been potential, but I think this one would’ve been better titled “An Autobiography of”. Gave me flashbacks to mustering on the fantail for whatever an over-caffeinated division officer has suddenly thought of.

    In the future it might be worth weeding out, or more thoroughly vetting, or at least more aggressively setting boundaries with anyone who leads with what I call the identity clause: “As a _____”.

  4. I could have kept listening to this one for another hour. Great episode Jack! I hope you have her back on to get more of her story.

↑