I was a Realtor for 13 years. You did better in your summery of how to negotiate any deal then most Realtors. Keep up the great work.

I am fully impressed! It's just a complete kzfaq.infoUgkxGqOCINHE0Z0E5gxzSdNi9NWGugRY5Hm2 plan with the best resources and step by step instructions . These shed plans are so satisfying as if the sheds build themselves on their own. Worthy work Ryan!

The folks that built this place may not have any taste in decorating, but they definitely knew how to build a sturdy house. :) Looking forward to ya'll bringing this place back to life.

I would absolutely LOVE to see a series of videos of you two renovating this place. It would be so cool to see this long neglected, lonely building become livable again. I bet there were a lot of good times had there at one point! You'd have to keep the window from the outhouse in a the newly built outhouse though!

This is exactly what the wife and I walked into when we purchased our off grid cabin! The cabin needed a ton of work but it was salvageable! The best part was that we were able to pay cash out of pocket! Good luck guys!

I think just cleaning it up would make a huge difference, looking forward to this build.👍👍

rolf... that was funny when she asked you "did you have this much porcupine crap though?" i about lost it laughing!!!!!!

I would LOVE for you to get Joe Para on for April Fools. Just write a script and ask him to come do it. This is so perfectly up his alley. The good natured joy it could bring the world would be almost immeasurable

That cabin is in better shape then I thought initially. Nice looking land.

I like seeing you two together on videos. Maybe you two could do more together? Love and Blessings to you both!!

We bought a similar cabin years ago but it was wall to wall furniture. When we removed the furniture, we discovered they had done nothing but keep putting Decon under the furniture and there were many dried out mouse flatties stuck to the floor. It took several hours with a putty knife scraping those carcasses up. Fortunately, they no longer smelled. Overall, though, we got a good deal for a little elbow grease. 😁

I can tell your really going to enjoy getting your hands dirty on this project. It's going to be AWESOME when completed!

Looking forward to seeing what you & Brook do with this place! My grandparents in Glennie had an outhouse & no running water inside their cabin. Time capsule for sure! I love how Moose’s head turns when you said porcupine! LoL

I know this is a video about the evaluation of a cabin you bought, but i just want to say the narration and the music in the background is so calming, I literally rewatch your videos to fall asleep sometimes too :D i love how you are very open about your faith too, it really makes me happy because it’s hard to find that especially on youtube

4:45 "dead porcupine" 🐶😂🤣🤣the dog is shocked

I know between the 2 of you superb building experience. You’ll have this house a dreamy cabin in no time. I can’t wait see this completely renovated gem. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.

Can't wait to see what you guys do to this place!

The surrounding area looks fantastic the house yes has a lot of potential Im happy for you both in getting it should be a lot of fun watching it evolve

Let the fun begin…can’t wait for yours and Brooke’s videos on the refurbishing of your new property! Thanks for sharing Dave!

With those trees on the roof and no damage, you know it’s a stout little cabin. I’m glad you’re going to salvage it. Too many people just bulldoze them.

You guys are so fun to watch. Your videos are interesting and loaded with information. I can't wait to see where this new venture takes you...and us! Thank you for taking us along!

Cannot WAIT to see what you and Brooke do with this abandoned cabin !! 😀

The fact that those fallen trees didn't knock the house over, says a lot about how it was built. I hope you get it.

That metal framing holding up the floor joists is gold, it will still be there when we are dead and gone

I did this exact thing and bought a great old log cabin that had been vacant for 25 years. The owner is elderly and happy for the cash. Your advice about making a fair offer is on point. He said he received many offers but they were so low he would rather see the property sit than to give it away.

Let the videos commence

Am I the only woman who's excited looking at this video? I love it!

So glad I pulled the trigger on this video. I bought 5 acres of trees last year and wondered how deep my neighbors' wells were. Now I know.

What a cool angle on sleuthing the possibilities! Great advice, Dave. Enjoy the chase! God Bless and stay safe :)

A retro outhouse that matches the retro kitchen. Cool! That attic looks amazing for no one living there for a while. Wonder how much that old whiskey jug would sell for. Thanks for the tour! Looking forward to seeing the renovation!❤️

Awesome video! My girlfriend and I live in a church we bought for $1.00 (CDN, lol) and have purchased another abandoned place for $6600. The second place has most Reno's done, all new plumbing, electrical, and windows. It was filled to capacity with power tools and a very large off grid solar system including 20 gel batteries. The stuff is out there folks! Get hunting!!!

Wow Dave, this was very interesting and informative. Can’t wait to see what you do with this property!

A 70's time capsule with huge potential. It will be an unenviable task to renovate interior & improve external aesthetics, but a sturdy hut for sure.Thank you Dave & Brooke, enjoyed this 😀

You and Brook always put out such great content - love you guys!

Brown, orange, and green was the thing in the 70's one wonders. Nice house if you can salvage some of it and the well is classic. Thank you for bringing us along. Stay safe and blessings.

Cool beans . The bones are straight . Love that well pump. They are a high dollar item .

Awesome if You and Brooke can handle the Bunker she will have a home in no time. Can't wait to see the land around the home with out the snow. This is the winter version now the spring 🌼🌱 version thank you for taking us along with you ❤️

Good insight for a property many would reject outright for the obvious issues. Glad you were able to get a purchase agreement. Can't wait to see 'how it's done' when you do a segment on this property.

You do such a great job in narration you should have your own weekly television show on regular TV. And by the way you look like Tim McGraw.

You can thank the metal roof for not much water damage inside.

I can't imagine hooking that plug outside the house to a constant running generator. I can't even guess what you and Brooke will do with that! Great minds working together I reckon.

Never underestimate the power of a couple that are not afraid to do some hard work on this beautiful piece of land. Looking forward to see your progress.

I actually like and watch both of your channels greetings from Mississippi

Good tips I’m 66 years old I’ve remodeled a number of places I would love to live in a place like you found - 20 years ago 😊 in fact I did live on a piece of property I did a ton of work to. Now it’s time to watch you guys do it and enjoy the memory’s - from Fit- it Lady

Great potential! Personally, I like the 70's green glass cabinet doors and their use of one of the panels in the outhouse. I'd find a way to incorporate them into the new design. But first, LOTS of cleaning and clean-up of trees. Bonfire time for trash furniture and old paneling.

Love this. There are sooo many hidden gems in Michigan. This place exudes potential. I’d love to work on this. Have fun guys, thanks for sharing your knowledge and humor.

I can smell the "musty" from here!!. Lol. LOVE the green bottle glass in the outhouse.

Oh yeah! A new project. Please take us along!!

Man, I would love a structure like that to slowly renovate and bring back to life. Beautiful location as well. Hope to see more videos featuring the cabin!

"Diamond in the rough" is what I see! Would love to find something similar as "off grid" is perfect. Over and above a cleanup remodel of this place - suggest toying with the latest item in "off grid" living which is solar that charges batteries and backed up by a generator that runs when there is not enough sun to keep the batteries charged as all power comes from the batteries. Getting cheaper and cheaper to do so - far most cost effective than even as recently as 5 years ago. Can see a lot of work but a lot of fun as well as self satisfaction from cleaning up and redoing this off grid cabin plus years of entertainment and good times after that! 🙂👍 You need to keep/redo the outhouse too in my opinion as it probably has historical signficance and nothing wrong with a backup system too. 🤣🤣🤣

Hahaha loved the cut to moose when you narrated dead porcupine. Nice touch

Hey Dave, I've watched you're videos where you painted a car black, I've seen you use a Harbor Freight saw blade sharpener, I've watched you and your lovely wife each build a cabin, I've watched you and Daisy take a long ride to Alaska, you have such great videos it boggles the mind, so keep the videos coming. Thank you so much. You and Brook do a lot of teaching to people who need to learn. Thank you!

Great lesson, Dave! So looking forward to the rehab on the cabin. I know y'all will make it sturdy & cozy! God bless!!!

I love it, can't wait to see you make it mint. Will be watching!

This channel needs a two thumbs up button 👍 👍

man my day just seems like it gets 10x times better when I see dave just uploaded and I hear that little intro guitar strum, love the videos brother!

Brilliant walk-thru evaluation and accompanying narration of what he sees and doesn't see, what he's willing to offer to make it work for himself and his wife. The knowledge gleanable from this video alone in assessing a property and acquiring it, is priceless. You never cease to amaze me Dave, in your genuine honest opinion about how to go about searching out an off-grid property with /without an abode. Congrats to the Whipples on your purchase and I can only hope & pray you & Brooke are going to make this a YT adventure of restoring and repairing a totally unique, run-down, abandoned family home, that we can vicariously indulge ourselves in the pleasure of coming along & watching. So excited for you both 👏👏👏👏May Gods blessings continue to play the most significant role in all you do in life and be the light that shines on a hill to draw others into His kingdom. Selah and Amen. 🇦🇺🤗💞🙏✌️👍👋👏🇺🇲

You guys are living the dream for sure. Good find, that's a beautiful piece of land.

You're sooooo right Dave. Don't eliminate the competition by a high bid, just have an acceptable bid when you have no competition. Excellent thanks Guys 👍👍

I smell a great renovation series comming up and boy, oh boy, am I going to watch it! :) Great find! Lovely place!

I’m looking forward to seeing some build updates. I live in an extremely high cost of living area yet by finding owners and asking I have a cabin 1 hr from home that hadn’t been renovated in 5 decades. It’s beautiful now and I use it weekly. A year ago I bought a half acre with a 3000sq ft house on it that burned to the ground 7yrs ago and was abandoned . I got the lot for 1/3 value and in 4 months of work I shoveled 32,000kg of spoil into my cheap Craigslist dump truck. Starting next month I’m building 2 small cabins made completely of salvaged 100 yr old houses from my city. If you’re keen and willing to work hard there’s opportunity everywhere, even in real estate. Keep those videos coming.

This is going to be a great series! Thanks for taking us on this new adventure!

Love the curtains with the cabbage roses. Don't think I've ever seen an outhouse with a vent before. Thanks for taking us along.

Wow! Can’t wait to see what the renovation process looks like! Off Grid!!! Woo hoo!

Looking forward to all the content you're going to be able to make with this new land and cabin. Great job guys!!

LOVE THIS!!! Please keep us posted!!!

Can't wait for the multi-part videos on removing the trees, gutting the place and the rehab.

Y’all are such a good team

Can't wait for the rehab videos.

I cant wait to see what you and Brooke do with this cabin 🙂

Thankyou for showing us the outhouse!!

💪🇺🇸💪🇺🇸💪🇺🇸 Staying Radical !! 💪🇺🇸

I’m so excited to see what you do with the property! The land and trees are beautiful!

Nice find, can't wait for the start of this project. Since this is a home, curious to see how you will deal with the utilities.

My husband and I really enjoy your videos!

Love your "outside the box" approach to real estate. A great way to a Win / Win situation. 👍

Really nice I liked watching both yours and Brooke’s video of the tour and info on the offer etc. looking forward to watching what you guys do. How cool is that that it’s right up next to your property! Very Nice 👍🏼

The only downside is it's in Michigan

I have been investing in property for about 37 yrs in two countries. And I have to say I find your piece here very inspiring. I once had a real estate agent say to me " oh Tom you don't want to see that house."I did and I bought it. I have had quite a few wrecks that I have used rebuilt in rural areas. And I still look. I have kept a modest simple business. I would say that you and your lady should be careful. With all that animal poop probably rodent poop. it is actually toxic and you should wear a mask as you do the strip out. There is a fungus that grows on rodent poop that can cause serious illness. take care and thankyou for your postings very inspiring.Tom

Just plopped in from somewhere in time... I'm hooked and I'm 5 minutes in!✌️

Yay! Another project! I'm so excited!

I was going to estimates the house and well at $2500. It's nice to know I've learned something. Best Wishes from Montana M.H

I’m a big of your videos, when I seen this one pop up I got extra excited

What a bonus that it gives you an expansion upon your current plot. Thanks for the information, and as always I enjoy your videos

I credit that center load bearing wall/support for holding up the trees and keeping them from collapsing the roof. The fact that the trees hit it without making a hole in the roofing is somewhat miraculous. Maybe beavers gently lowered the trees onto the roof?

What a great deal for a beautiful piece of land. I know you both will bring this cabin and the property back to life.

That outhouse was awesome

Great for you! You'll never have to worry about being kicked out & living on the streets at 64. Glad you're smart, both you and your family! God Bless.

Omg! Started to cry when I saw the kitchen chairs(the teal/green), my grandma had the hole set and table that went with.

Thanks for the info Dave!

Wow! I live right down the Road on Cool. Small world!

brooke n Dave... you r cabin-flippers!!!

When we first moved to Texas we bought a stick built house in a neighborhood where every house had those plastic centers in the doors. The house was built 1974, and the cabinets were oak. We took the plastic out and installed clear glass. looked much better and we enjoyed the house for 24 years before downsizing to a smaller house not on a cement floor.

Looks just like a cabin I bought back in the 80’s for 5k. It was identical condition. It was fun rehabbing the place.

That was awesomely informative!

Love the advice!!!

wowee!!! that outside siding...preserved x 60 YEARS!!!

Love the location and surroundings. It so amazing to wake up every day and not hear anything but birds and frogs. We have been doing it for years now. So blessed. Good luck, I know you will make it amazing.

Excellent advice!

I'd have fun rehabbing that one. Thx.