09/27/2026
You all want that beautiful 640sq ft cottage.
I don’t blame you! Its a dream. It would transform your life to have it. As a home, or a rental income, or a guest house.
After building 2 ADUs and investing around $300k and putting the first one up on airbnb, here is what I have learned. If you want it as a personal home or guest house - fair enough. No arguments. Get those plans (DM me ADU).
But if you are making a real estate investment to bring in rental income…..keep reading.
That ADU is not the unicorn. That build was a $220k investment (all in). It makes us $3,000 a month on Airbnb.
At around 16% return on investment for real estate thats still kindddd of a unicorn. I’ll give you that. Average real estate investments make 7%.
But our tiny home on wheels cost around $60,000 (ALL IN with tax, delivery, set up, infrastructure, and the furnishings).
And here’s the unicorn - that $60k investment can make me the same $3,000 a month. Honestly, sometimes they make more than that. Average monthly net income - $2,500.
😑😑😑 guys, thats a 50% return on investment. THAT’S A FU***NG UNICORN!!!
Obviously, the numbers for short term rental income vary depending on your location, your property, your ability to manage a rental, your cleaning crews skills, etc. (Which means you could probably make way more than we do because we are really low maintenance hosts.)
But wait, our glamping cabins are a $20k investment and make $1500 a month THATS A 90% ROI? Is that even real??!
After building 200 tiny homes on wheels and personally managing around 40 units over the past 6 years.
I can say with confidence: they are a fu***ng unicorn investment.
If you have agricultural zoned land in rural america with an average home, the ability to pull RV hook up permits for your property, and $60k sitting in a “quote” HIGH YIELD “unquote” savings account (no shade but I genuinely laugh at those 4% returns…) I suggest you get started with a tiny home on wheels rental asap. Because in two years, its paid off. In 6 years you can sell that THOW and build your ADU dream in cash and retire mortgage free.
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