He CONVERTED a $13,000 Garden Shed into an Entire Home 

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We converted a shed into a 2 bedroom 2 bath home on 5 acres here in Oklahoma. We are mortgage free. Did everything on our own just about. All together we spent maybe around $50,000 for everything.

This was splendid, I remember folks laughing at me, for saying that you could stay in a shed. Edders is doing well.

I used to build those Tuff Sheds for Home Depot. You can get a 2 storey barn style building with a loft for 15k. They also sell a 2-storey cabin for 20k. Those prices are just for the buildings themselves. You will still need to to the interior finishing, electrical, insulation, drywall, etc. but it's worth the money.

The amount being charged across the country for property tax is criminal.

I love what he said at the end. A lot of people just stayed here. With my kids being older now, we specifically take a vacation in the fall to the smoky mountains where we just truly vegetate and relax. The place we go to has a private indoor pool, hot tub, sauna, arcade room, movie theater room, incredible kitchen; where we cook way better dishes than most restaurants.

Figured I’d clean up the comment section. Great setup, great location, great video. Thanks Kai.

100,000 for a shed on ten acres in west Texas is insane. Before California moved to Texas this was 5,000.

Is the title just a bait and switch? I was expecting to see a tour of "an entire home." What I got, instead, was a discussion on the investment benefits of building multiple short-term vacation rentals on a 10 acre plot of land. There wasn't even much of a tour. 🤦🏼‍♀️

He should paint that roof blue.

Love the space! Beautiful design! Also, if they have 10 acres, they can get an ag exemption. We have 10 acres in the hill country and pay $16 a year for property taxes due to ag exemption

Wow Edder what an awesome spot and plan for build-out. LandHacking Goals for sure 🙌🏽 Now if the rest of these counties would catch up on these amazing zoning guidelines 😉🤙🏽

Not too keen on the loft spaces for sleeping, but otherwise a really inviting looking place. Good for him.

This is a genius idea.

Love that he is building more. It could be a huge money maker!!

His outdoor space looks very very similar to our shed tiny house glamping resort. A few of our subscribers messaged us about this video haha. Man of good taste 😛 Well done!

Nicely done, only thing is the larger sharp rocks on the ground should be switched out with pea gravel. Or a combo of both

The loft with the insufficient railings looks like a serious liability. It could also use a couple of egress windows up there.

Holy crap! I had thought of this a few years back. I was going to buy property in Wyoming. LITERALLY the same damn thing. I was going to organize 8-10 large sheds in a circular area with a large circular communal area with BBQ-lounging-fire pit area. They’d still have there own little areas, but all joined in like a spoke-like wheel configuration. Little shed somewhere in the circle with 2 stacked washer/driers. I was going to cater to outdoorsmen…hunters, fisherman. There was going to be an area for cleaning and dressing your game. Possibly having an on site butcher, and refrigeration unit for storage (down the road, timewise a bit) I was looking at between 60-100 acres. I was going to keep a 1/2 acre for myself, with maybe 10 for cattle, 1-1 1/2 for the “compound”, and managing the rest for pheasant and or quail. Basically a kinda self serve, Air B&B type thing. I would have a few people that would do the normal clean up type stuff. I would probably still work EMS until it was really producing, then maybe drop down to part time until I retire, just to keep up my skills and certification. I was going to try to go, at least 80% off grid. My are would be be 100% off grid. At the time, I was going through a divorce at the time and it all just fell through the cracks.

Texas property taxes are awful. A property owner essentially rents their property from the state of TX forever. Not having an income tax isn’t all it’s cracked up to be when the state forces people out of their homes because of property taxes.

Great Video! Why is the land cost not included in the payback and cash on cash return calculations?

He pays more in property tax than I do on my $850k condo in Orange County, CA. That’s insane.

Good presentation. Inspiring. I’m in California and most every city is imposing anti-short term rental restrictions blaming the lack of long term rental housing. You have to do your research if you invest.

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I stopped watching at he bought the property for $900k.

Wow congratulations to this man!

Its very unlikely to find property anywhere in the US where zoning allows a shed to be used for living and is not way out in the middle of nowhere, what to speak of being near a town with so many attractions. Maybe in this case its an exception but its almost unbelievable that such property exists. And unless off grid, bringing water & electric to remote locations can be nearly impossible or astronomically expensive.

Just looked his place up and its less than an hour drive from my folks in Fredericksburg. We are in Colorado but Texas has been calling! We just want an all Red state again. Back to our roots. lol

Amazing and inspiring story! We enjoyed the video a lot to say the least.

Very helpful! Thank you!

This place would do will with solar on it to help cut cost once it has all the units built out. An 800 amp service in not cheap to run and each unit could have a couple panels and a small inverter in them to off set their power needs. Hell they will actually make more power than they need when they are not booked and in a stand by mode, saving even more on the power bill.

WOW! Absolutely beautiful!

I just came across your channel this is so smart and so innovative I really enjoyed watching and seeing how some people just see think differently 🤔So Awesome 🤗

I live in Texas and the property taxes are a killer. You will pay on avg 2% of what your home / land is appraised at. If your home / property is valued at $500k, you will pay $10k annually to the state of Texas in property taxes. Its not right.

Great content. 👍🏾.

Congratulations. Now the serious planning begins!

Lovely property. I kept staring at the roof line as I really like how the patio cover was done. Would love a close up so I can see how it is attached.

Love these hopefully I'll get a head one year to get my 1st one going.

How did Edder get funding for the buildings?

I love the interior design!! Wow! Great job! Did he hire and interior designer? 😮

The placement of the microwave may be fine for younger people but for doubt that elderly folk would enjoy it. Find a better placement for it.

This is an amazing idea 💡👏

So Fab!!!! Crazy well done!!!!!!!!!🎉

Check us out in Rainbow Springs FL where I've done this with a $1500 camper for the last 5 years ! I love that now everyone is doing this, I feel great for all those I may have helped motivate to do the same m, 90% of my guests say they wish they could do the same and anyone truly can ! 🎉❤

WOW! In October, I went to my son to a hardware store and walked over to take a real good look the sheds on display! I said to myself, a person could actually sit one on property and finish it off and make a cute small home, which is very popular now! Great idea!

Great video!

Yep. Lived in Austin for 20 years, and my daughter & granddaughters & great grandson live there. My family lives on the coast….. humidity, mosquitoes & people flocking to the coast for vacations

WOW smart guy!

You do a terrific job on giving us well rounded details on zoning and cost. However, we never discussed plans, inspections, and code enforcement. Particularly on that shed structure that’s likely not Title 24 compliant and possibly dangerous (gulp, that “loft”). Would love to understand how this thing stays bulletproof when jealous neighbors/competitors report him. Or maybe in TX they just done care and it’s worth the risk? Or maybe it’s got a CUP for camping and that’s all this is? It’s a campsite, then?

Hey everyone, take out a loan and start an Airbnb. Its low risk and a perfect time to do it 👍

Excellent work Bro

Thanks for this video. Gets the wheels turning😏

He was smart to go over the top with the outside. That's what makes it well worth $250/night compared to other places.

Beautiful

I want to list an airbnb shed, have it attached to a hot air balloon and send them to outer space while they are asleep.

I think you said this is in Texas in the beginning of the video. Go RED states! We live in the liberal state of Colorado and you can not do things like this here. We live in a million dollar home with neighbors right on top of us here in Castle Rock. We are seriously considering downsizing from our over 6000 sqft to a motorhome to travel. My parents live in Fredericksburg, TX and would LOVE us to do that lol This however...brings in revenue where as a motor home will not! Great video with great ideas. His space is beautiful. Love it~

Hi Kai! This a goal. Listening to Pace & joining his lives. I’ve had this idea for yearssssss

One of my issues is land is very expensive in my vicinity but once you start driving 3-4 hours out it gets significantly cheaper for a lot more space to build on. What is the suggested distance for someone who wants to manage short term rentals remotely when starting out?

I have a tiny home that I'm working on. I had the unit delivered and it looks fantastic out of the box externally. However, the inside is a blank canvas. I'm yet to decide what I want to do with it. I'm thinking hunting lodge, man cave, backyard bar. It's on my property that already has a full cabin with utilities, so I'm not wanting to spend money on a septic tank or well.

Andrew, how does a host find cleaners to clean properties out in the areas like Edder's and your properties? I've always wanted to do this type of short term rental tiny homes but never think I can get a renter out there.

i have been having such a hard time deciding on when/where to do this. I currently live in nyc and in school, but the laws here are so crazy and the squatter laws here suck. I am a veteran so I have some money saved from GIBILL.

Whoa. Looks like English Creek Hideaway in TN.

What is the building permit system like in the US? is it easy to get stuff built

How can we get a hold of Edgar I have so many questions. Love this!!!

How do you fix felt?

How do we get this to pass inspection?

That’s actually not too bad, for that area & that many units.

Of course you can $13,000 builing,$5,000 wiring, $4,000 plumbing, installation $3,500 flooring $2,000. Permits $400, Advertising $300 Fencing $9,000 Suer tank $3,500 Well $4,500 All just a guess

What kind of zoning allow this ?

In Texas, they tax the hell outta you. My friend had to sell his home because it increased over $1000 a month , he eventually sold his home. Maybe use a land trust & eic ?

Taxes to own property higher than rent? The Government is kinda sick ngl.

Awesome! Im in Texas also and want to do similar on some land we found. How does he deal with safety?

we are going to move back to our 35 acres as soon as our house sells, thinking about doing this with 1 acre let people buy it with $500 down and people having access to 10 more acres for other things, If I can do 3 acres and get $250 for 4 years each let people own the land t can build something like this or a RV that will cover most of my monthly bills which is $1,100 a month

Just so you know, we typically recommend a liquid budget of at least 40k from our new members, as we have found that to be a good starting point to get involved in land hacking, depending on the area, whether or not you already own land, & whether you plan to do a lot of the work yourself or hire it out. Our top priority is to ensure the success of our students in their land hacking ventures & we believe that starts with a sufficient budget.

This is a great project. Can you tell me the height of the shed?

250 a night plus 75 cleaning so a guest is paying 325 a night ?

Anyone have a link to a similar shed? Cant find one with a tall roof like that. Thanks in advance

LOVELY Property Eder!!! ❤ So how much was the raw land??? Kai - that was the most important cost factor that you didn't cover... 🤔 ❓️❓️❓️ Actually, summer is the only time people want to visit Central Texas because to jump into a 72F degree blue hole, you have to have 100F plus temps. Spring water is frigid even in the summer. You should visit sometime @Kai Andrew so you have first hand experience with this part of TX. 😀 This area has the most expensive land in the state as you stated. I'm guessing Eder's 10 acres cost in excess of $300,000. Please correct me if I am not right... I'm figuring it would take him 5 years just to break even and pay off the Improvement. We're not counting the house he built for himself. Was he living in one of the two vacation rentals?

like a lot of the info.. do you have one that doesn't require a million dollar up front investment? Like for the family who doesn't already have a million dollars to spend on land.

Check Zoning and building codes. Some places are not easy government agencies getting more and more in your business. Be careful you must do your dudilligents.

I like how you not trying to show the whole thing lol

I just wanted to see a tour of the place :,(

This is exactly what I’ve been planning to do….years.

New name for a "resort" Crazy how changing an idea, in reality is the same as a resort. Interesting how tiny house is very prevalent in resorts and then many resorts sold to corporations or private parties. 30 years ago sales of resorts increased considerably, and now they have risen again just labeled different.

It’s the land .. if you have land you can build cheap x

Curious, how did this pass code?

This place looks nicely decorated, but I hate the stuff around the bed. All of that foliage stuff would give me the heebie-jeebies. What could be living in there spiders, scorpions? I would not be able to sleep.

Dude showed the Texas desert and said 80% humidity.

$120k in Texas to make that shed how it looks. Wow.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Property taxes in Texas are a pain in the neck. Guarantee you they're more than that "$400" figure that came out of thin air

I’m not familiar with taxes. You’re saying he was paying an extra 1500 a month? Is that a fraction of a yearly total broken down by monthly cost? Is he paying 1500 a month or is he paying it all combined at the end of the year?

So I'm just curious how he funded the initial construction was it cash out of pocket or some type of building loan

900k to buy property wow not everybody has this. Takes money to make money.

I’m just going to say you could build that shed for $5k tops. Why buy a pre-made shed?

Once he builds the other sheds, the individual will have less privacy and not want to stay there for 3 to 4 days. I would love to rent out 10 acres to myself for $350 per day. But I value my privacy enough to squink when I see multiple homes.

200,000 grand.......lol Most of us dont have that type of money bro......

F taxes. Nice stuff!

Got the Idea from Bubbles😂

How can I follow Eder?