The minimum for me. I want in-home internet access for the rest of my days, and of course cover taxes and some other minor luxuries like coffee and ammo.
Again, it all depends on what you require and how you want to live.
Even if I started out with nothing, with $100k I could probably buy a place outright (a truly run-down shack, mind you) and still have enough to bootstrap myself into life-long self-sufficiency(excepting maybe the internet requirement). There are very cheap properties (some rural, some urban) in many states (even Hawaii!), so it all depends if you want 1 undeveloped acre on a tropical island or 5 acres in the mountains of West Virginia with some 100-year-old moonshiner's cabin already built.
I hunt as well as dispatch livestock for slaughter. Varmint control is a sometimes necessary. Home defense is a side benefit, but not a primary motivator and I hope I'll never need it.
Nothing fancy, just a .22 rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun with a good supply of rounds for each, two of the most humble and versatile firearms one can own.
Again, it all depends on what you require and how you want to live.
Even if I started out with nothing, with $100k I could probably buy a place outright (a truly run-down shack, mind you) and still have enough to bootstrap myself into life-long self-sufficiency(excepting maybe the internet requirement). There are very cheap properties (some rural, some urban) in many states (even Hawaii!), so it all depends if you want 1 undeveloped acre on a tropical island or 5 acres in the mountains of West Virginia with some 100-year-old moonshiner's cabin already built.