2 friends spent less than $50,000 to start up an off-grid tiny home. Here's how they're funding the lifestyle.

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Savannah is on the left and holds a chicken. Casey is on the right and holds a rake.
Savannah, left, and Casey, right, live in the Southeastern US.

Hey Wanderer

I regretted buying a home and now live out of two suitcases in a $60-a-night Airbnb. I've finally found my freedom, but it's not for everyone.

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Stella Guan stands outsider the tiny home she's renting in LA
Stella Guan, 33, outside the tiny home she's renting in Los Angeles.

Courtesy of Stella Guan

You can move into a 213-square-foot house in a popular tiny-home community near Tampa for $1,400 a month

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exterior of tiny home at Escape Tampa Bay
The home is located near amenities like offices and pool.

Escape Tampa Bay

A retired artist spent $70,000 resurrecting the 'holy grail' of vintage trailers and turning it into a retro tiny home on wheels

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The current owner gutted and restored what he dubbed the
The current owner gutted and restored what he dubbed the "holy grail" of vintage trailer homes.

Courtesy of Dan Reiser

See inside a 3D-printed tiny home being built to help address LA's housing crisis

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rendering of Solar Futures House
Woodbury University School of Architecture is 3D printing the exterior walls of its 425-square-foot tiny home, dubbed the Solar Futures House, as shown in its rendering.

Woodbury University School of Architecture

I got a $20,000 grant to build a tiny home on my property. It was expensive to start, but I feel secure in my old age now.

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A man and woman sitting on the steps in front of a home.
Jean Lowell and her husband sitting outside of their tiny home.

Courtesy of Jean Lowell

Renters 'almost instantaneously' claimed these 200-square-foot duplex tiny homes on wheels near Tampa for $1,300 a month — see inside the units

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tiny homes in Escape Homes' Escape Tampa Bay
Escape Homes has built what it says is the first fully electric duplex tiny home in the US.

Escape Homes' Escape Tampa Bay

A popular tiny-home community near Tampa just added rentals under 400 square feet starting at $1,300 a month — take a look around

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Escape Homes' Escape Tampa Bay and the inside of a unit
The new Palm Court extension of Escape Tampa Bay, Escape Home's neighborhood of tiny homes, includes six new rentals.

Escape Homes' Escape Tampa Bay

California's first batch of 1,200 tiny homes to address homelessness crisis will be built in an abandoned lot in Sacramento — see what they could look like

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California will spend $30 million to build 1,200 tiny homes across the state to shelter its unhoused residents.

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Travelers have been flocking to a European prefab 'invisible' tiny home maker's 4 units in California on Airbnb — see inside the $670 per night home

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One of the four ÖÖD houses in California
Estonia-based prefab tiny home maker ÖÖD now has several short-term rental units in the US.

Sarah and Michael Vestal, @venturingvestals

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