Ultimately, they are an option to help lower income households afford a place to live. 

Forget the surround, what is a dehumidifier doing operating on top of the toilet:) Then they stuffed some tiny cabinet and tiled on top of it and put it directly in front of the already small space in front of the toilet?

Mine will be more of a planned community revolving around tiny houses, but would love to learn about the business model itself. 

You want a house that can comfortablyaccommodate the number of people who will be residing there. 4 people crammed into a 1,200 sq ft house with only 1 or 2 bathrooms and a tiny kitchen is miserable, but 4 people in a 2800+ sq ft house with 3 or 4 bathrooms and a large kitchen ain’t so bad.

But -- rant incoming -- as @Erin Spradlin, resident midterm rental expert in our household would probably ask you, why limit your targeting to just one demographic? 

It's very conservative, which gives you less chance of making mistakes when investing (I'm only saying what I think - it doesn't work for everyone and not always).So...On February 8th, 2021, my family purchased our first rental property - a tiny townhouse 2 beds / 1 bath in Hammond, North West Indiana, built in 1945.

We currently have the below "bad debt" positions:Student loans - 50k (6%)Car loan - 29k (7.09%)2nd lien (current primary home) - 80k (6.08%)401k loan - 30k (9% - paid to yourself)401k loan - 20k (9.25% paid to yourself)Household income of 267k (not including bonus), roughly 100k cash currently and save around 6k a month not including yearly bonus's (33k + 14k = 47k net/yr) + 72k/yr (6k/mo x12) savings = 119k total net savings per year (rough estimate not including current rental)Should we pay off existing debt with the exception of our home loans (not including 2nd lien) or invest in a 250k townhome* that can rent anywhere from $2,000-$2,750/mo?

Let's say we meet for 1-3 hours per year, and you pay for math's sake 2k out of a household income of 200k. out of that 200k house hold income you are paying (for examples sake) 50K in taxes (tho it is likely much more for most people).

A lot of these podcast guests fall into one of these buckets:-Started with a bunch of money-Made most of their money selling education before buying deals-Don't actually do nearly as many deals as they claim to-They own a tiny piece of a bigger deal (LP)I still listen to podcasts a lot but you can't let the guests "successes" demotivate you.

Record $17.5 trillion in household debt2.