What is a homestead? Let’s start at the beginning. According to Miriam-Webster A homestead is: homestead nounhome·​stead | \ ˈhōm-ˌsted  1 a: the home and adjoining land occupied by a family b: an ancestral homec: HOUSE2: a tract of land acquired from U.S. public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating the tract When most of us think of a…