Mean people! Be nicer! You can tell she lost a LOT from the divorce. She made a mistake with the Craigslist person at 45K and the other builder essentially charged her full price of a new tiny to finish everything and they didn't fix the water problem and they should have. Trust me, divorce and loss of lifestyle is not fun as a single parent with kids. I'm glad she is happy. She is making the best of a tough situation. Good Luck!

@blank.9301

Жыл бұрын

If choosing to live in a tiny home is a “tough choice “ for some then that’s fair enough but I’ve been homeless before and I don’t want children so I’d be happy to own a tiny home rather than a “normal” home…. It’s like saying “normal” people…

@FranFranny

Жыл бұрын

The title is misleading. A $90k loan over 15 years would be $500/mo payment and that's interest-free! It's disingenuous to exclude the loan from her monthly housing/rent payment. If there's no loan repayment plan then the $90k was a gift. I think the negative comments are more directed at the intentional misdirection than the lady who is clearly happy and doing her best.

@lineage13

Жыл бұрын

She probably would have done better moving to Mexico or Thailand.

@thunderb00m

Жыл бұрын

@@lineage13 its crazy how casually we accept that people are force to leave their country just to have a decent life.

@lunarholiday

Жыл бұрын

@@FranFranny ye must be nice to have friends who can just loan you 90k

Jenn's story is truly remarkable and serves as a profound source of inspiration. The sincerity in her voice as she shares her journey through divorce, grappling with the urgent need to establish security for herself and her family, is palpable. What she has accomplished in the face of adversity is nothing short of extraordinary, a testament to her resilience and resourcefulness. From the depths of her experience, Jenn has crafted a beautiful outcome that speaks to the human capacity for growth and transformation.

We are truly living in a dystopia where it is cheaper to build a tiny house, set up utilities, and rent land than buy a small apartment in a city

@juststuff01

Жыл бұрын

Tiny homes were 40-50k not long ago and now ppl are spending up to 300k on them.

@EZENS.

11 ай бұрын

YES WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PRICES

@streetsmartintelligent

7 ай бұрын

​@EZENS. Your looking at the wrong builders, not all are ridiculously priced.

@wigglydragon7447

3 ай бұрын

not a comment about her (tho someone clearly took advantage of her) people with no concept of negotiating, costs, researching, etc have been driving the cost of a built tiny home thru the roof with marketing words to make you swoon.... luxury, high end, etc. anything to make people mentally open their wallet. the focus really needs to be changing regulations to permit tiny homes everywhere foundation homes are permitted. housing is housing!

@amberthescrambler

Ай бұрын

This exact home on mitchcraft is listed for “starting at 209,000”

My gosh, loved her honesty, courage & most important her beautiful new home! The thought that she can take that home wherever she wants when and if she's ready just amazes me. Very happy for her. 🙂👍👍👍

What truly blows my mind is that God gave us the earth for free and mankind has managed to charge for everything. Beautiful home. But it always surprises me to find out how much these lovely tiny homes cost. The whole concept of Tiny homes is supposed to be affordable living.

As a single mom with a son. I understand how hard it is and I think her place is amazing. I hope they will have more of great things come to their life!! ✨✨

@joshhawkins2596

Жыл бұрын

Her son is 20… lol hardly a single moms

@kmishy

Жыл бұрын

She has a daughter too 😂

Awhile ago I saw a tour of your tiny online. Your home is stunning! I live on the Oregon Coast in my tiny house at Tiny Tranquility Park. We rarely get sub-freezing temperatures in the winter, but this winter we've had a handful of nights below freezing, so I swapped out my original unheated hose for a heated one from CAMCO, a 12 ft. long model (they offer other sizes) with water line freeze protection down to -40°F. The hose comes with two ~8-inch long insulating rubber sleeves to slide over each end of the hose. It works great. Wishing you much happiness in your tiny.🥰

@charleenschell6994

Жыл бұрын

💓 Thank You for the Support & Advise!!! Some People have no Idea!!! She was Strong,Brave, & just kept Moving Forward!!!! This World Seems to be Full of 🐺 & Snakes

@charleenschell6994

Жыл бұрын

Oops! My GOD Bless You! I So Admire your Strength and 💞! The 🌎 is also Full of folks like the one who lent U the $. Remember U have done it!! Do your research and reach out to the KZread community because there's have many many people have had issues that you are dealing with with leak, & or roofing issues or whatever comes up next,. Lots of things people don't realize that where you live, how and what direction your home is pointing, will so determine and effect so many issues you will encounter. So ask & research before you move again, Others have eventually found solutions all of those and many other issues. In ARIZONA your house better be facing North _&_south or your house is just going to litterly burn up With High cost to Cool . North side of a Mountain homes won't get much Sun & Could experience many wet, damp issues in their homes . So sorry for all the input but so many people think they know everything and we are so stupid!!!! But Girl YOU DID IT! YOU will be just fine! Reach out and ask. Look at homes that have endeavored 0ver 50 yrs in a location what helped them what would they have done differently!!! These Builders can't always be blamed as they usually build for their area. Is Remember We Love You so much !💞 Char

Her home is so warm and inviting. I’m glad it worked out well for her and her family. 💞

Sure, it seems a bit pricy, but it is also so pleasing to the eye and her and her kids seem to have found joy from it so go them! Plus, it's brand new, the kids are older so it'll likely last longer, and I'm sure her new bae will love it too when he comes into the picture. I am both inspired and motivated by this woman!

the headline is like saying, drive a ferrari for only $150 a month* . . . *after paying $200,000 to buy the vehicle

@blank.9301

Жыл бұрын

But that’s because she doesn’t own the land it’s on right….

@blank.9301

Жыл бұрын

Here in Australia the land is mostly more expensive than the actual homes….

@ellewms

Жыл бұрын

@@blank.9301 she's still took a $90k loan, which she's still repaying so the headline is incredibly misleading.

@Whackpacky

Жыл бұрын

@@blank.9301 location determines the housing prices mostly here in Europe.

After selling a couple homes in 2022, I'm anticipating a housing crisis in order to buy inexpensively. As a backup plan, I've been thinking about purchasing stocks. What recommendations do you have for the best time to buy? On the one hand, I keep reading and seeing trader earnings of over $500k each week. On the other side, I keep hearing that the market is out of control and experiencing a dead cat bounce. Any Advice?

@tahirisaid2693

Жыл бұрын

Heard many good recommendations about Rochelle Dungca-Schreiber by some YT channels, Seminars and other platforms.-

@lgood4970

10 ай бұрын

don't buy stocks in a crappy economy unless you really understand the market. If we are heading toward a 1929 situation, you do not want to be in stocks. But if you have good advice--perhaps you can do it. This type of stock economy--you can get rich or lose everything. Upheaval causes volatility.

@shahinabanu4022

3 ай бұрын

There will be no housing price crash, ppl r only gonna rent from now on, they're only building new apartments for rent in the future.

I LOVE this house! The kitchen is fantastic. This is the first tiny kitchen I've seen with enough counter space to leave out your Kitchen Aid stand mixer!! Wishing you many more happy years with the house.........and LIFE!!!

Beautiful home and very inspiring!!! Great job 👏🏾

Off the bat this title is a lie. It's $725/month PLUS the $175000 to build it, which is INSANE. You can get a house WITH LAND or a condo for less than $100000 in many parts of the country. & she admits she has trouble getting RUNNING WATER...FOR $175000 PLUS PERPETUAL RENT COST...NO RUNNING WATER! Fully deluded. Huge mistake. & oh yeah, these things have zero resale value.

@monbx90x

Жыл бұрын

Her life and family are in Boulder County where property values for a 2± bed are near the millions. If you can get access to land and have the upfront capital it is always cheaper to build your own home.

@gothamtyler

Жыл бұрын

No one wants to live in those places

@GoogleAccount00

Жыл бұрын

Very misleading

@mitch.ricooo

Жыл бұрын

There is nowhere in Colorado to get a home at that cost. Only way she's getting a home for $175k in this economy is to move to the middle of nowhere and be isolated from her family.

@Whackpacky

Жыл бұрын

People are defending her because she was in a tough spot with her divorce. We understand that her divorce pressured her to find a place to live quickly on a budget, but that only explains the insane 175k.

Beautiful home. She loves it and works for her. Go girl!

@loveaintfree1409

Жыл бұрын

She clearly a old woman.

A friend loaned her $90K!?!?! Can she introduce us to her friends please!

@EroticOnion23

Жыл бұрын

"Small loan of a million dollars" 😆

@AdvocateOfJamaica

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Ob1Chosen1

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same loll!

@virginiahkahara2432

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

175k for this is insane, imho. But the owner is happy and it's the most important. Wish her all the best

“Received $90k loan from a friend…” I need some rich friends lol 😂

Absolutely LOVED this and her story! Much happiness and love to you and your family 💝

I love it and I was a single parent too and I thank God my kids are resilient. Thanks to good grades in school they had their scholarships to college and we now have a teacher and a construction mgr in the family. I would love to get into one of these eventually since they are now grown, married, starting families and own their own homes ❤️ you are right it’s never too late 🥰 it’s beautiful!

I had no idea Boulder CO was so expensive. I just looked it up and it's more expensive than many parts of LA.

@AC-co6cp

Жыл бұрын

Within Boulder's limits, you can pay 1M for a not that impressive house. And the immediate area around it is better, but not as much as you think.

Really great friend to loan her $90,000

@ADHD55

Жыл бұрын

That's the only highlight of the story

I’m so happy for you. I’m sure you are inspiring so many people. God bless you!

Pretty incredible result for the money. I'm glad that she mentioned her challenges as well. The first builder she bought the home from disappearing on her, the issues with her water/plumbing which then begs the question, is this something that was not done properly by the second builder, and, before any of that, not being able to get a bank loan thereby needing to rely on a friend for the money. What if this friend did not exist, then what? That's why it's always important to check your finances first as well as check with a lender to see what you'd qualify for before beginning any kind of home purchase. Often these videos make everything seem so rosy and simple. So I'm glad she was honest. Good for her. She turned out to be very resilient but also had a little luck on her side. I wish her well.

You buy a cheap block of land first then the tiny home or granny flat

Her story is so beautiful 😭and she seems so kind, I'm crying

She got ripped off she almost paid 200k to live in a box, you find a house and a plot of land in this country with that money,

“It’s a horse troth” 😂😂😂 love it!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

I am amazed how you came through this. Thank you for being so open concerning everything that happen to you. I have thought about a tiny house myself and your story is a guideline or better yet a Bible (meaning so much truth). I really appreciate your story. ❤❤❤

I saw a different tour of her house online. It’s STUNNING 🤩 by far my favorite tiny house design. I love it. She has a high quality home for s fraction of the price I. Her area ! So much better than an apartment.

Wow! The prices of Tiny Homes has really gone up. We bought one in 2017 for $55k.

Love the design and imagination of spaces. Hope you get the water issues sorted. Sounds like a wonderful new journey!

Being that I'm a graduate of CU-Boulder and lived there years ago, I can tell that A LOT commenters have NO idea of the cost to live there! Heck, even HGTV's House Hunters had to acknowledge that cost of housing out there. Nice tiny house and lot rent at a cheaper prices than the current regular Boulder SFH prices. BK

@SaintsandSushi

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Most people are comparing where she is at to the middle of nowhere in Texas 🤦🏻‍♀️ She is getting a great deal for the location she is at.

Have two ideas to solve the water pipe issue during cold weather. 1 - Add insulations around the pipe and the space. 2 - Wrap low wattage heating wires around the pipes exposed to the element.

@streetsmartintelligent

7 ай бұрын

USE PEX PIPES they do not freeze.

6:34 She brews coffee the traditional Costa Rican way I love it 🇨🇷

Love this inspiring story of getting a fresh start in a high cost of living area

THIS WOMAN TOUCHES MY HEART . I LIKE HER. MOST BEAUTIFUL TINY HOUSE IVE SEEN SO FAR

Thank you so much for sharing your tiny home! This is exactly what I was looking for on utube! You’ve given me lots of great info. And I love your tiny home also. Best investment. 👏

Totally love her vibe! I’m feeling it!

The developers made really good use of the space! Doesn’t seem crowded. I really like her home I agree with lots of other commenters $175k to build +$750 rent seems high. But I bet this is still a huge step down from what she had.

@ellewms

Жыл бұрын

Especially because the headline is living in a tiny home for $725 a month, with no loan repayment factored in. It's a beautiful home for sure, but $200k for 340 sf home (that depreciates, so it's not an asset) is pretty high.

@daniellevin3056

Жыл бұрын

$750 rent is pocket change in comparison to most major city rents across the country. That's less than a bargain. I know people who pay more just to rent property land for a trailer house.

absolutely LOVE this tiny home 😍

I’m happy she’s happy.

So even when you build or buy your own house you still have to pay rent. 🤨

@user-td7xf3gz4l

Жыл бұрын

To park it in someone's backyard yeah

@monbx90x

Жыл бұрын

She should look into buying some land, but looking at Boulder Co. rental prices I'd rather pay $725 a month than $2000-3000 towards someone else's mortgage.

@michaelduro4651

Жыл бұрын

Very confusing

@michellemarie1197

Жыл бұрын

Yes because she doesn't own the land she is parked on, if she owned land then it would be all hers, I think land is more important than just a building.

Wow. $175k is way overpriced ! She could of got it for $50k and im jealous she has a friend that lend her $90k ! wow

@crucialtaunt5717

Жыл бұрын

Very basic tiny houses go for 50 grand now.

@Whackpacky

Жыл бұрын

@@crucialtaunt5717 really? Then what is the point of a tiny house if it is that expensive?

@Naturefan354

Жыл бұрын

​@@Whackpacky Because they are still more affordable and attainable than traditional and single family homes.

@charleebee9124

Жыл бұрын

If you actually watched the whole video, she got scammed that cost $45k, so her fix cost about 130k which is reasonably current cost

@lgood4970

10 ай бұрын

@@Whackpacky Tiny houses have gotten overpriced. But they also added more luxuries. Honestly, except for the stigma, it's cheaper to get a used RV. Cheaper, more room, easier to get quickly. Used RVs often have low-resell value so you can get them cheaper. They can be moved around and often have more living space. But people are more negative about RVS. But even places that allow tiny houses don't always allow RVS as they don't fit the 'look' of the community or there is zoning against it.

Love your story and of course your "tiny" which looks huge. I really love the kitchen area. Well done. When you get ready to check out Oregon, we have a spot for you in wine country outside Eugene. 🙂

Jen has a very nice friend to borrow 90K from.

Very creative! I loved touring it! Sending you and your children love, light and positive energy! ✨✨☺️✨✨

It really is a beautiful tiny house but $175k. At the end of the day it's classified like a car so a depreciating asset. I used to think $90k was a lot for tiny houses.

@MrGwizyadig

Жыл бұрын

It is lol

Absolutely love this! As a miminalist, I can work from anywhere so this would work. You have a beautiful vibe going on, and the interior is so nice!

175k for a mobile home. Great work.

Beautiful home. I love the design. It's worth every penny.

It’s charming, beautiful and perfect. Divorce is hard enough and now she has stability and can bring her HOME with her. Best of luck in the future❤❤❤

I remember seeing her home on another channel and loved it then and still love it now! I hope she sued the pants off the Craigslist guy.

175k is not expensive. Think for a second before reacting! An average sized house with an equal level of detail, cabinetry, in every corner and on every wall would cost at least $300-400/sqft to build. This house includes the main expensive items: a bathroom, kitchen, and millwork; It's just packed more densely. One can easily imagine spreading all that expensive detail across a 1500sqft home, and still be luxurious.

@ClownWhisper

Жыл бұрын

Look I'm happy for her but a 175,000 dollars you can build a very nice home anywhere for that if you spend $175 on a single-family home in a normal run-of-the-mill neighborhood you could sell it for $300,000 easily I have friends of the family that just built a home on 20 acres in upper Michigan on the Manistee River it's so beautiful it's breathtaking and they'd spent 120 on the entire building cluding the perking the land for septic. And it's a beautiful glass front A-frame log cabin with everything and it's not small by any means. I think 175,000 is absurd. Yes I'm happy for her and if I could meet her I would gladly move in with her she's gorgeous LOL wow I can't believe I let that slip but no 170 $5,000 and then to have a $750 monthly bill on top of it too much

@brandonleesanders

Жыл бұрын

175k on a depreciating trailer is TERRIBLE!!!

@ellewms

Жыл бұрын

A regular home at $300-400/sqft is still far less than the nearly $515 she paid.

@ChannelCreator

Жыл бұрын

@@ClownWhisper you absolutely could not “build a very nice home anywhere” for that price, especially not Boulder. Apples to oranges trying to compare building a home in Boulder, where land alone is MINIMUM $1 mil, to building one in Manistee Michigan

@Whackpacky

Жыл бұрын

175k is not expensive if you are rich. But for someone with an average income, 175k is expensive, especially for a 1-person house on wheels. Tiny houses are cool, but the whole point is that they are affordable for people with lower income.

Jen get trace heating. That will stop your pipes from freezing in the winter.

😂 How do I find a friend who's in that tax bracket 😂

Amazing video, such a unique perspective of home!

She is my inspiration. God bless her!!!💝🕊

its cool she did this but arguing that it is "affordable" is misleading. for instance, no one I know can give me a loan of 90K. If you do not already own a home you can't split the cost of the sale with your husband... most Americans COULD not afford this.

175k???????? Absolutely NOT!!!!

Mobile homes are cheaper and you get a whole house. But that's "trashy" I guess.... rich people are such a confusing bunch.

It’s actually bigger than my Manhattan apartment! However, ultimately it seems pretty ridiculous to put so much money into a depreciating asset that you still have to pay rent on the land for.

@TheRoundBox

Жыл бұрын

On the other hand.... It becomes a math calculation for many. Pumping money today into a mortgage, with current rates, years of interest payments, and in a single-family housing market mostly in decline, at 51 this lady probably did the right thing for herself. As an 'asset', you're correct, will probably never appreciate. So like a car, that type of home is a 'tool', and that's how it should be seen. There are many other categories of asset investments available that, at this stage in her life, she can indeed explore and choose from. (Words from a Gen-X person.)

@lulupiink6698

Жыл бұрын

It’s on the same level as someone paying thousands of $$ monthly on something they will never own.

@vetgirl71

Жыл бұрын

Let’s be realistic , even if she owned the land, she would still have to pay property taxes. 🙄🤷🏾‍♀️ So if she is paying for renting the lot, it’s the same equivalent of paying property taxes, which by the way increases , also utilities and property upkeep. No matter what you own, there will always be some type of expense you would need to pay for owning that residence.’ It sounds like Colorado is expensive to own property, so I’m sure the property taxes are also high to pay too. I live in New York (Long Island suburbs) & property taxes can range from $6,000 (school & general taxes) to $20,000 and up depending on the community. As long as you live in this world you will be paying for some type of expenses to survive and make ends meet.

@revekat2053

7 ай бұрын

@@vetgirl71yep and some people have HOA fees on top of that.

Small by American standards but for the rest of the world that house is huge but I don't mean it wrong. Is beautiful and I would love to have one like that

This is supposed to be a good thing? $175K for what should of been a starter home if America took housing affordability seriously. Not to mention $175k and no land to go with it. crazy.

@desktorp

Жыл бұрын

CNBC is for yuppies

Kudos to her, very tidy, well groomed, and exceptionally beautiful 😻

What a beautiful home 😍

I would love her floorplan! I need to build one myself and in LOVE 😍with the kitchen! Good for you Jenn! Hope you stay happy with your new life! 🥰

This is honestly sad. My family lives in a 1,700+ sq. ft. home on 1 3/4 acres of land for 125 dollars less per month. The state of housing costs in this country now is atrocious to say the least.

@TimeIdle

Жыл бұрын

Sad is a state of mind.

@SaintsandSushi

Жыл бұрын

And I bet your family lives in a less educated rural area where is common to find those type of properties for cheap. This woman lives in a very wealthy and safe area of the country…what she pays for to live there is a fantastic price. Not everyone wants to live in ghetto areas where things are cheap and with no real prospects.

You could have built a house in any normal neighborhood for what you paid for building that out. I mean you could have built a very nice log cabin kit home Ali private piece of property for that amount of money. A friend of mine bought acreage on a little river in the middle of nowhere upper Michigan built a beautiful A-frame log cabin it's like a storybook village and they paid about 120 including perking the septic. They're only monthly cost is taxes and internet in Texas on sold state land is absolutely nothing out there

@SaintsandSushi

Жыл бұрын

Keyword is Texas in the middle of nowhere. Not everyone wants to live in the middle of nowhere specially in Texas. She lives in one of the most desirable and beautiful places in the country and she has every modern convenience close by.

@asinglewomanontheloose5590

Жыл бұрын

Confused. How did we go from Michigan A-frame to Texas internet?

@daniellevin3056

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. That fact that Winters are brutal & water hoses freezing etc. Not worth the time & money.

@daniellevin3056

Жыл бұрын

​@@SaintsandSushi You can still find affordable housing & have convience, just not in popular places. It's common sense it's going to cost a price.

This is so beautiful ❤ So much of her life back, I can only imagine 🙏

That’s a lot of money for not even owning the land

@paulamattiereed3728

Жыл бұрын

You right about that but the house is such a beautiful one

@youknowwithMartyKauffman

Жыл бұрын

@@paulamattiereed3728 yeah, it is really nice house. She just needs to find her own land.

Seems like a bad investment - $175,000 + $650 rent to park it.

The problem with this sort of idea being viable in a lot of areas with really high housing costs is that these high housing costs are not based on the size of the home so much as the value of the *lot*. For example, the 0.13 acre lot that my house sits on is worth about $600,000 with no house on it at all. At best you could fit two of her homes on my lot with some room for parking so now you'd have two homes on $300,000 lots. That's just not tenable for cheap living. Sure, you could move these small homes out into the outer suburbs and get those values down quite a bit, but now you are just increasing urban sprawl, traffic, etc. Notice how she says she lives "near" Boulder. Don't get me wrong, its a great idea and the mobility of this platform goes a long way towards solving the problem with people buying homes they probably shouldn't because they need economic mobility, but it won't work so well in a lot of places either. At least, not yet.

Good for you Jen !

Greetings from the other side of the world. Your video inspired us to do something similar in another country, another continent....hopefully with the same amazing result.

She resembles the actress that played the first Lady in Scandal. Very nice. I wish her continued success with her endeavors. Tfs

@nellychildish

Жыл бұрын

Bellamy Young! I couldn't put a finger on who she looked like. You're so right.

@abbyc.4215

Жыл бұрын

@@nellychildish Mellie/ Bellamy! The eyes and teeth, I can see it a little, but probably a bit more if they had the same hairstyle.

Folks, I'm aware that this is not Jen's channel so she may not even read this comment especially since it's been quite a few months now but I personally think that she spent way too much money on this tiny home given what she ended up getting in the end but also spends way too much money for rent as well. This is obviously a personal opinion and I'm aware that everybody can have a different opinion so there are potentially not going to be a lot of people that will agree with me or maybe there will be. But, spending $175,000 on a 10 foot wide by 34 foot long home that sits on a trailer frame and some trailer axles like this is just a lot of money. It's a lot. Especially if you consider what you could build for the same amount of money on some land somewhere. Yes, I'm aware that if you were to build this on land somewhere that you would have to spend money on the land and that has obviously increased over the years as everything does and I'm also aware that the cost of the materials involved to build these things has gone up as well. I'm not ignorant to the fact of these things going up in price over the years. I've actually done quite a bit of research on various tiny homes or RV and camper style homes or other homes that are on essentially a flatbed or fifth wheel trailer type of platform. Also, before anybody gets the wrong idea and thinks that I'm just saying that these are on a typical camper platform, just know that I'm aware that these are not built on the same type of platform since these are typically a lot heavier in nature so they require a different type of foundation or trailer platform to begin with. I'm well aware of this so there's no need to comment saying that I don't know what I'm talking about because I have done a lot of research and I'm aware of what goes on with building these things. I have also hauled quite a few different campers and trailers the last few years of my life so I'm familiar with how they are pulled or operate as well. Again, I understand that everything has gone up in price over the years but this price of $175,000 is just astronomical in my opinion. I'm not saying that these small tiny homes should only be $50,000 or $60,000 and that approaching the $70,000 or $80,000 or even $100,000 is completely unreasonable. Again, I understand that the costs of materials has gone up and you obviously have to pay somebody for their time to put it together whether it's an individual that is doing this on their own as a sole proprietor just building these few units a year completely on their own or, if it's a company doing this and having to pay their employees to put these things together and then have a little bit of profit on their own as well. I get that. But a $175,000 price tag is just completely insane in my opinion. Again, I'm aware this is my opinion and others may disagree. The other thing that I think is ridiculous is that she is paying $650 a month for rent and this does not include a place that provides shelter for her and she actually provides that on her own with this tiny home. This is just paying for the space for her to be able to have her tiny home on and get a few utilities included. In my opinion, I think paying for renting a space to have a mobile home or camper or something like a tiny home to sit on has gone insane as well over the years. It used to be that you would spend $10 to $15 per night or maybe $20 per night and it would include utilities as well as electrical and now these various campground sites are charging anywhere from $55 to $120 per night and this DOES NOT INCLUDE the shelter to stay or live in. You are providing your own shelter with your own house so why in the heck are these places charging so much money for renting a space that's just providing space and a little bit of utility usage? I'm a business owner of a few different businesses and have had other ones over the years and I totally understand that businesses are typically in business to make a profit. That's fine. I'm totally aware of that and I'm not against business owners making a profit. But $650 per month and just including some of the utilities and only allowing a space for this home to sit on is quite astronomical in my opinion. I'm not saying it should be $50 a month or $100 a month but maybe a few hundred dollars a month is the range that it should be. Again, just my opinion. Otherwise, if you're going to spend this much money per month then you just as well try and find an apartment to rent and have them provide the shelter for you. Or, get a loan for a home. I'm sure I'm going to get some people that will come and say there's no way that you can get a "decent" home or apartment in Colorado for under $1,000 per month for rent unless it's a complete pile of crap but I guarantee you that there are probably a few apartments or homes around Colorado where she's at that would be less than $1,000 a month or really close to this and they wouldn't be total piles of crap. I understand that you can make the argument that if she was paying rent for an apartment then she wouldn't have anything as far as equity since she has this tiny home and that would be something that she would own eventually so she has value in that. I get that. But, the amount of money is just extremely high in my opinion. If Jen happens to see this comment, she can obviously decide if she wants to respond. I'm aware that she has already spent her money and she got the loan from her friend so my comments probably really don't matter because it's not like she's going to take the home back or try to sell it because she is probably content with the situation that she has. And that's fine. If she is totally happy with whatever the situation is that she is in, then good for her. Obviously it doesn't affect me so my opinion doesn't really matter in that regard. I'm just simply speaking out loud to try to make people think about things as a whole. I understand that if you're an adult then you typically have to live somewhere and paying for a place to live isn't free whether you're paying rent or paying a loan for a mortgage to a bank or whatever. So, I'm aware that you eventually have to pay money to somebody somewhere in order to have a place to live. That's fine. But for what she got, I think $175,000 is just insane. Again, I'm not against these various tiny home manufacturers or builders making a profit and I'm not saying it has to be only $40,000 or $50,000 to build a home like this but $175,000 is a lot. I'm thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of $80,000 to $100,000 is fair. I am also aware that some of the additional or increased costs are because she may have decided that she wanted to have the finishing or fixtures or trim a certain way and this could have added to the cost. I am also aware that she has a 10ft wide home compared to an 8 1/2 foot wide home so this increases the costs as well. This also increases the costs if she needs to have the home moved because it would require oversized permits to be able to move from state to state and you have to plan your route accordingly versus just pulling this down almost any highway, interstate, or other roadway. It's not as simple as it's over eight and a half foot wide which is the typical minimum requirements that doesn't require additional permits. Also, since this home is larger, she would likely have to pay even more money to have somebody transport it if she doesn't have her own vehicle to move it because this would typically require something like a one and a half ton pickup like an F-450 or 4500 or larger or potentially a semi truck to move it or transport it safely. You're not going to want to do this with a 3/4 ton truck and I think even a 1 ton dually truck is potentially not going to be safe enough for this to move without issues.

Beautiful home! Well done!

Freedom is priceless. She has learned that. 💝

My husband of 30 years asked for a divorce to go back to his ex-wife who he was married to for less than a year in 1986-87 time frame. I am devastated. 😢. Hopefully I can land on my feet. God has a plan for me I’m sure. This was inspiring. Blessings and Peace ✝️❤️

It’s more than $725/month all totaled up. It’s $725 for lot rent and utilities plus whatever the mortgage payment is.

haters may hate, but shes the one living the dream

@jasminecontreras7341

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Most people don’t see this as living the dream

@moff_gideon

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This wasn’t even her dream 🤡

Great job! It's amazing how small spaces can be creatively designed to be so functional! I can relate as I converted my 10x20 foot garage into a tiny house! I made a video about it to inspire others!

At 10 feet wide you're not really going anywhere with that house on wheels. It's oversized and requires permits and pre-planning to move.

You are an amazingly inspiring young woman and mother. SUGGESTION: Perhaps your builder, using your approved design, could build this tiny house for other consumers. I am definitely interested - unfortunately, I live in SC and options in this area are slip.

@OTs_PreciousPups

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I’m also in SC but right under Charlotte sometimes i see them on Facebook market place

@fischeji

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Google Utopian Villas

God bless her 😍

You Got the right idea. Super Genius.

Her history is amazing

Congratularions🎉 she made a decision and stuck by it. Possibly cheaper then renting, at least she owns the asset and can rent it out or move it to her own backyard when she buys a larger house.

"affordable housing" *spends $170,000 on a camper*

@jambajoby32

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Lmao exactly!

You get what you pay for in life, she didn’t cheap out while building, this is obvious by the beautiful interior

WAIT, so $725 doesn't even account for any of the 175k spent to build that? Geeez, so basically if you had to pay that 175k over time you'd be paying: $2,000 (725 + just over 1,200), and that 725 number is not fixed and could go up at any time. This does not sound like a good deal to me.

BRAVO, good for her and her kids!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

You can pay 175k for a real house though. And most of us don't have friends to loan us 90k. I thought a point of tiny homes was supposed to be affordability.

@ChannelCreator

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You couldn’t buy a studio apartment in Boulder for that price. This *is* affordable for the area

@asinglewomanontheloose5590

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It is very affordable for her area. Please tell me though, where you can get a house that is not a total fixer upper for $175,000. Those start at $500,000 & up in my area.

@ahyes589

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Not in Colorado you can't...

@Whackpacky

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@@asinglewomanontheloose5590 It is like saying 2 million apartment in bay area is affordable for the location. 😂 So only “affordable” for the rich.

@asinglewomanontheloose5590

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@@Whackpacky I'm not saying it's right. However, some can afford a $200,000 house (if they can find one) or some can afford a million dollar house. Everyone has differenct income streams. I just don't think it's right to judge. It's her choice and her money.

175000 Wow that goes against EVERYTHING TINY STANDS FOR!!!!

It's confusing to say the least. Why not move to a proper house in a lower priced area? 175k is a lot of money for this

This tiny house is so cool

Wouldn't it be easier to buy an RV

Looks awesome actually

Praise God she's happy and enjoying life...