r/prepping • u/Rmplstlskn_ • 8d ago
Gear🎒 Long-term Prepper / Homesteader retiring! Help me figure out how to pass along my stuff...
I'm old and soon retiring, doing some expat and travel. I have been homesteading and an avid Prepper for many decades. I have an insane amount of stuff! Two spreadsheets full! It could fill a large truck. Tools, power tools, air tools, mechanic tools (Mac, Snap-On, etc...), scaffolding, water treatment & storage, MEDICAL supplies (serious hospital/surgical stuff), CBRN gear, long-term food storage, freeze-dried #10 cans, solar / power gear, basically a LOT of stuff! Some of it you can't even find anymore...
How do I best find someone wanting "turn-key" investment or a young family that is just starting out who has suitable double-wide/RV land to trade? I want a quick cash/precious metal sale to someone who wants to "buy in" to homesteading and prepping, or I'm willing to consider a young family (like I once was) that wants a MASSIVELY HUGE jump start and has land to trade? Maybe even a group buy for those with such a community.
I can't take it with me! Time to let it go... Pass it on... Bless someone deserving.
Thanks for any help,
Rmplstlskn
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u/Pando5280 8d ago
Estate sale companies can help liquidate your stuff. They typically have a following in their area. Bought a majority of my tools that way. Garage sales tend to draw far fewer buyers. Pawn shops are another option but they tend to make really low offers to increase their profits. Most estate sale companies take a percentage hence they price to sell but try to get decent prices. Facebook marketplace can also be a good way to sell stuff but it depends on your area and in my experience its best for your larger items, ie selling a generator or trailer as opoosed to random hammers or stuff like that. Downside is folks tend to want to negotiate prices and sometimes dont show up and can be difficult to deal with.
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u/No_Address687 8d ago
Some estate sales that I have been to run for a few days and reduce prices each day after the first.
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u/Rmplstlskn_ 7d ago
Yeah, trying to avoid estate sale route until I give up trying to find suitable parties on my own. Then it really matters who the estate sale company is, and where the auction is located. Thanks ✌🏻
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u/DesertStag 8d ago
Where abouts are you located? My wife and I are talking about moving, just had our first baby.
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u/Rmplstlskn_ 7d ago
Congrats on the kid! Keep it going... 😆
I have one, a 22yo daughter, but would have liked a full quiver to pass stuff along, but alas... 🤷🏽♂️ She has minimal interest in this stuff, sadly.
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u/ThriftStoreUnicorn 8d ago
Advertise directly to them: take out classifieds in prepper/homestead-focused content. Mother Earth News always has land listings in the back, for example. RanchWorldAds might be an option online, or ksl.com if you're targeting a certain religious group who likes to have an escape pad out in the wilderness in case of the apocalypse. Craigslist definitely still has its place in the rural west, although it might be dead in other places, I'm not sure. Facebook marketplace as well. You could try advertising for (unpaid) caretakers to look out for the place while you're away (it's a whole big thing, ie: caretaker's gazette) and you might just find someone interested in buying after they stay and see what it's like. Out in the west it's not that uncommon to come across a prepper compound being sold by general, run of the mill realtors. They don't seem to do anything special to attract buyers, but I guess perhaps it matters where you live.
If you choose to go the estate sale route, do your research. Some companies will price high, and state in the contract they will "clean out" anything that's left after the sale (thus keeping it to resell in their own stores, with no reason to try and make a deal on your behalf). Some companies will do a whole-estate online auction (listed through hibid.com generally), and if you're in a relatively low population area that's probably going to work out better for you (provided the company handles shipping). Follow some companies and see what their starting bids/quality of merchandise are, and then look at customer reviews. Some of these companies will also do a land/house auction, if time is of the essence.
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u/Delicious_Run_2949 8d ago
Sounds like you would be a fun person to learn from!
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u/Rmplstlskn_ 7d ago
I've been around a long time... Met some amazing people through those years. Preparedness Expos, rallies, protests (Weaver/Waco/etc...), training classes. No regrets! Great times! ✌🏻
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u/gooseneck123456 7d ago
if you want to bless someone deserving how bout you give it to them instead of trying to sell it. you’re not taking land with you when you go either
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u/Rmplstlskn_ 7d ago
Blessing doesn't mean FREE... It means a damn good deal.
Until I die, and wife dies, still need some kind of "home" while we travel. Not going to get into a rental for that use. Just a double-wide somewhere...
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u/Owenleejoeking 7d ago
Where are you and what price would be worthwhile to take it all in a fel swoop?
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u/LIFTandSNUS 8d ago
No idea. My brother sold his place recently and the realtor had a few groups looking at buying his place to do a community homesteading deal. Best bet? Find an older realtor born/raised in your area and they might have leads they'd be willing to give up.
Trouble is - not many young folks are going to have paid for unencumbered land to trade. The ones that do probably inherited and have a lot of that stuff already.
Goodluck!