I think that it would be fair to say that every one of us who look at this forum were inexperienced at some point. I've been at this all for almost 8 years with 2 buildings and 4 rocket stoves to my credit and I am only just starting to scratch the surface of what is possible.
A big portion of this stuff comes down to you.
how much money do you have?
how much time do you have?
how strong is your back? knees?
Any building skills at all?
access to earth moving equipment or experience with same? (shovel to backhoe)
how much can you pick up 6000x in a day?
what grows around you? straw? Phragmites? timber? Hardwood or soft?
what is your soil like? gravel? sand? clay? rock?
are you in a
city or un incorporated
land?
how forward thinking is your zoning office?
many of these questions will
answer what is possible.
I am youngish, and live in a wet place with lots of clay and Phrag and not so much straw.
New Mexico styled earthships don't work in Ohio all that well.
I'm fascinated with grass sticks and mud but hate how sandbags look
this limits what I'm going to look into and what I can produce from my own land
we have almost no rock here, none to build with anyway. Not like New England or the Rockies.
If I had more money than time, I could go to classes everywhere and when.
Instead I watch things fall to pieces at slower and slower rates as I solve my mistakes
you will to once you figure out what you like
google images or pintrest
tons of places to start
as for books, Iv'e found that you get 3 or 4 pages of useful material in all but the best books.
sometimes only 1
the rest is the same questions I just asked and a set of answers that the writer found important
Interlibrary loan is pretty awesome
read a few of them
look at pictures and most of all
get busy getting dirty!