$10-15k plot of land?!? That's so amazing to me... even the crappiest bit of land in Australia was like $150k easy.
That's an amazing plan! There would definitely be hardships along the way (weather, etc) but the financial independence would be so worth it. You'll definitely have to check out zoning laws though... we were looking for a bit of land to build on, and there are so many things like the installation of wells, septic tanks, electricity, phone before you're allowed to reside there... wells can be like $75,000 to install... so it might be worth getting your head around all that stuff sooner rather than later so that if a magical bit of land pops up you can grab it and sit on it until you're ready to work on the rest of the plan.
It's all so intelligent and not part of the general life-script that everyone else follows. I love it so much! You are the smarts!
There are definitely cheap little lots of land to be had! They are just either pretty small - or out in the county a little more. We wouldn’t be looking to develop the land and get power/water/sewer etc. We would just do solar for power and fill the water tanks when needed etc. Basically treat it like we are on the road - but be tucked into the woods on a piece of land.
Lots more to research, but I think it should all work out fairly easily! We may get a small metal shed to put on the land for extra storage. We would just have to keep it small enough to not trigger any laws or codes about it being a building.