Hey all,
we've been reading about the tiny house movement, and we're interested in starting to experiment with it to see if it could work for us in FIRE. We don't live in a McMansion like our neighbors all seem to, but it's still a good sized house. We have paid of rural land that would be perfect for a couple of tiny houses, one for each little branch of the family. I want to eventually go mostly if not totally off grid, and a tiny house seems like a good way to do it.
Ok, so my idea is to scour craigslist, IFTTT, and local Facebook groups for cheap and free building supplies. Then, build a relatively self sufficient mini house on a trailer, a basic dual axel 8x16 or so. Then, I want to rent it out, possibly delivered locally on AirBnB. I see the idea as like a mobile hotel room. in laws staying with you but don't want them that close? park this in your driveway for a few days!
I don't see it on being a hugely great financial income for us, but more to help pay off the supplies I can't get cheap or free. I already have a truck that will tow up to 5000 pounds, and I would only rent this thing locally, within about 4 miles with no highway driving to get there. I have almost all needed tools already, and we have construction experience in every needed area of construction.
Eventually we would like to buy a tiny bit of lakefront land close to us, and leave it there full time for a "vacation home" and vacation rental.
so what do you think? Anyone do something similar?