I am seeing trends with younger generations being more minimalist and embracing more of a subscription life style. 

I am blessed that I have a great W-2 job that makes more then I need to cover my life style. 

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Production style building may the best way to keep costs down.

It was 4 acres rectangle-shaped and 11x gable style buildings.

Neither is right or wrong, but just different, and the communication style has to fit the people involved.

CA is mostly a 'permissive' zoning regulation and states what you can do in a zone, vs being a restrictive style of regulation which would say what you can't do in a zone. e.g. you want to find zones where storage is allowed.

There's been a lot of changes in the industry and many of us "movers and shakers" are working to legitimize tiny homes (and other alternative style housing) by engaging the authorities having jurisdiction as well as standards creating organizations.

Once you own the property, you own the environmental risk that comes with it. 

They can help you navigate the difference between on-market turn-key style homes vs the local "turn-key" options.