A lot of people involved in the “homesteading” movement in one way or the other are concerned about how to earn income while being out in a remote rural location.
I actually don’t really recommend living in remote locations. Rural locations used to be attached to at least some small-town economy. But a lot of that has disintegrated in the USA. Maybe some of it is coming back.
If you can, pick a place near a small town that has a market. Where you can have a local occupation such as marketing produce, plants, soaps and extracts, etc.
That said, portable “information economy” occupations will probably be a thing for at least a little while. But a lot of it is getting taken over by AI.
My reply to someone in the “homesteaders needing helpers” group who asked how do you get income is from 15 or 20 years ago. Some of it may still apply so I’m posting it below.
For some years when I was doing land-based apprenticeships as part of my continuing ed as a permaculture designer and educator, I made a living in the information economy. Writing, editing, translating. Yes it did require a cell phone signal but I was mostly OK. Sometimes I would have to walk a few hundred yards to get a signal and send a document to a client.
I could probably also have done telephone-based teaching / coaching or something but that wasn’t my path right then. Anyway there’s lots of tele occupations that don’t need broadband Internet.
Also when I was helping to care for a family member after a medical situation, I was uploading and selling my art online to make the rent at the apartment that I still had to keep up in my original location. It was stressful but doable. Also I was able to sell some of my artwork at the local weekly market in the town nearby.