Tiny House Opportunity- Yay or Nay ?

[Jennifer Nesovic]

Hey guys - 

I have an opportunity to purchase a fun little tiny house and finish it to use a as a little Airbnb rental with thoughts of landing in the Mojave Desert area of Southern California??? 

It is super challenging to understand the coding and laws regarding this - and yet I see them posted ALL the time as vacation rentals.

Any one have any thoughts or info....regarding ways around on permitting a tiny house as an Airbnb ???????

Thanks!

[David Frandsen]

One of the concerns I have for clients purchasing a tiny home: (And I'm seeing this play out right now and can update later if it becomes an issue). Disclaimer: My expertise is with ADU's... A client came to us and had already bought a tiny home and is basically completed. The problem is the manufacturers do not help the client go through the permitting process for their jurisdiction (you need permitting to get the utilities run to the tiny home site and to get the occupancy permit). What happens when the city rejects the design because the siding is not properly fire rated (this is just one example). Is the manufacturer going to guarantee it will pass the permitting process? If so good on them. My fear is they are already paid in full and they will not be around to back their product when the permitting process goes sideways. Tiny home manufacturers please chime in and relieve my fears on this.