Tiny Houses

[Gayle Eisner]

I have been seriously looking into the Tiny House craze. I am hoping someone knows what I am talking about. Here in CA, esp. SF Bay Area, rental housing is through the roof. (no pun intended). I have looked into these tiny homes and they are very affordable and easy to rent. I was thinking about putting one in the back lot of one of my properties. They easily rent for $800/mo or more. Is there anything I need to be aware of, apparently if they are under 400 sf (in CA) they don't even need a permit. They are considered "mobile homes". They are very cute and one person I discussed this with told me he purchased 10 acres and was building 5 to put on the property. Thank you, Im a newby!

[Aaron Mazzrillo]

Originally posted by @Gayle Eisner:

Is there anything I need to be aware of, apparently if they are under 400 sf (in CA) they don't even need a permit. They are considered "mobile homes". 

They are very cute and one person I discussed this with told me he purchased 10 acres and was building 5 to put on the property. Thank you, Im a newby

Other than someone putting on a trailer and stealing it? 10 acres for 5 houses sounds like a lot of wasted opportunity to me. I would think putting 10 houses on 1 acre and building a type of garden style community would be quite attractive and extremely profitable. Not sure how you'll deal with sewer/septic, water and utilities though. You're going to pay a connection fee for each house and let me tell you from experience, those ain't cheap.

Sounds like an interesting concept and I'd like to hear more about it if you pursue it.