Episode 71: From Bay Area to 70 Acres: Why We’re All-In on Land, Legacy & Local Food (July 2025 Housing Market Update)

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Call To Farms

Tim Eng and Sophia Eng | Sprinkle With Soil

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The Call To Farms podcast is dedicated to the pursuit of self-sufficiency, self reliance, and sustainability. Tim and Sophia Eng are a military family, both born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, and are self-taught first generation regenerative farmers who are building a homestead in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian mountains. Their multi-generational family have been actively homesteading on a 5-acre piece of land. This podcast is dedicated to their journey and is a call for others to join them in pursuing self sufficiency, self reliance, and sustainability.

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Episode 71: From Bay Area to 70 Acres: Why We’re All-In on Land, Legacy & Local Food (July 2025 Housing Market Update)

Call To Farms

41 minutes 40 seconds

3 months ago

Episode 71: From Bay Area to 70 Acres: Why We’re All-In on Land, Legacy & Local Food (July 2025 Housing Market Update)

In this jam-packed milestone episode, Tim (The Homesteading Agent) and Sophia (The Homesteading Lender) share their July housing market update and a deeply personal behind-the-scenes look at how they went from a Bay Area quarter-acre to managing over 70 acres of regenerative land in East Tennessee.

You’ll hear:
🌾 Why now is the time to buy — especially for homesteaders and first-time buyers
📉 What’s really going on with interest rates, inflation, and the Fed
🏠 The true story behind pocket listings, family compounds, and off-market land deals
🛠️ A powerful story about saying yes to hard things and helping your neighbors
🌎 How clients from around the country are waking up and making bold moves toward food security
💡 The quiet revolution (that’s not so quiet anymore) — and how you can join in

This episode also includes exciting announcements for what’s ahead — including new lending changes that benefit off-grid homesteaders, the launch of The Growth School, and your invite to upcoming events 👇

🔐 TONIGHT (7/25 @ 4PM PT / 7PM ET):
Homestead Security Webinar with Tim, The Homesteading Agent

Learn how to protect your livestock, land, and loved ones using the SAFE Method, developed from Tim’s combat experience and homestead life.

👉 Register: https://streamyard.com/watch/yC9PWXDrcpiC

🎓 The Growth School is OPEN for Founding Members
Sophia's new online community for homeschool families & youth to master entrepreneurship, AI, and future-ready skills — with challenges, coaching, and real results.
Enrollment closes July 31.
👉 https://www.thegrowthschool.com

🏡 Homebuying 101: August Workshop
Want to own land or your first home, but don’t know where to start? Learn how to go from dreamer to buyer in this no-fluff workshop.
👉https://streamyard.com/watch/sYSmwfgDNsCR

🎪 Homesteaders United Jamboree – Concord, NC (Labor Day Weekend)
Hands-on workshops, harvesting, bone broth cooking, and intimate time with fellow homesteaders like Tim, Sophia, and Mike & Lacey Dixon (The Fit Farmer).
👉 https://www.homesteadersunited.com

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