I still live in a tiny house and my yearly gross is about $380,000 when all four properties are in operation. This year, I have been working on a house shaped like a ship.
When I was 28, I built my first tiny house. It was in the early 2000s at the beginning of the tiny home movement. Mine was not fancy at all, it was just a shed I built for around $3,000.
Just after I bought my property in Hawaii in 2013 a listing came up to travel the country with the Idaho Potato Commission and a 6,000lb giant fake potato. I love Idaho so much, so I applied and got that job, which was an incredible experience because I got to go all over the U.S. One day we'd be at a tractor parade in a town of 400 and then next day we'd be in Times Square, New York.
I shot a pilot about making the hobbit hole for a TV network and they gave me some money for the film crew and build, but I bought the property and have actually bought 40 more acres in the area. I am planning to build three more hobbit holes, spending $50,000 on the actual home and then another $50,000 on each towards building a road, septic, power and water.An exterior view of Kristie Wolfe's fire lookout property in Idaho.
I would say I spent about $30,000 on the renovation of the potato and installation of power and other infrastructure and when I opened it in 2019, it went crazy viral. The best comment I read said:"The moral of the story is: you might look like a potato on the outside, but you're beautiful on the inside."
Because of COVID, I overcompensated in 2021 and worked the whole way through. I put about 60,000 miles on my truck each year driving to my properties. It is tough and I am struggling with being a bit of a workaholic because I love it so much. Luckily, I have amazing local caretakers at each location, they do so much, because it's not just the turnovers, we have so many special details in each place.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Radio Astronomers Spot Bipolar Outflow from Centaurus A’s Supermassive Black Hole | Sci-News.comAstronomers using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope have produced the most comprehensive image of radio emission from 'bubbles' ejected by an actively feeding black hole in Centaurus A.
Read more »
A giant acorn, a big potato, bologna: Cities get creative with their New Year's Eve 'drops'What do a giant acorn, a big potato and bologna have in common? They’re all dropped in cities around the U.S. on New Year’s Eve.
Read more »
Utah’s housing crisis: Could an answer be in your backyard?Utah's housing crisis: Single-family homes and luxury apartments won’t solve Utah’s housing shortage alone.
Read more »
Pennsylvania house fire that killed father, 2 sons started in Christmas tree, officials say'It is with unbearable sorrow that I share with you this Christmas Day the tragic news that the King family, in a house fire early today, lost their father and two children,' the Quakertown Community School District superintendent said.
Read more »
Dad, 2 sons killed in Christmas house fire; mom, 1 son surviveA father and two of his young sons were killed in a house fire early on Christmas in a blaze that ignited near the Christmas tree, officials say
Read more »
Pennsylvania house fire that killed father, 2 sons started in Christmas tree, officials say'It is with unbearable sorrow that I share with you this Christmas Day the tragic news that the King family, in a house fire early today, lost their father and two children,' the Quakertown Community School District superintendent said.
Read more »