A man lived in his car to save $60k in less than five months by spending $2 a day - so he could buy his dream tiny home.
Michael Hickey, 24, from Mooresville, Indiana, set himself the challenge to save the money in six months so he could afford a tiny home.
He decided to live in his Kia Rio and travelled to every state in the US whilst saving his income.
Michael Hickey, 24, from Mooresville, Indiana, set himself the challenge to save the money in six months so he could afford a tiny home.
He decided to live in his Kia Rio and travelled to every state in the US whilst saving his income.
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00:00buying a tiny home within six months challenge day one today i made 288 through posting on social
00:06media i need at least 10 000 for a cheap tiny home around 15 000 for a small piece of land
00:10somewhere in northern florida and to put utilities on the land it's going to cost anywhere from nine
00:15to thirty five thousand dollars step one i need to earn money lots of money like sixty thousand
00:20dollars and divided by six months that's three hundred and thirty three dollars per day most of
00:25my money comes from views on tick tock and live streaming on kick so i need to focus on those two
00:29the most right now to maximize the amount of money i'm making per day step two is to save
00:33every penny possible by sleeping in the car every night i spend twenty dollars a month on a planet
00:37fitness membership so i can shower and refill water as much as i don't buy fast food and i rarely eat
00:41out i buy groceries from walmart i cook everything on my coleman camp stove and i store everything in
00:46a cooler in my trunk today's expenses were 31 on gas i drove from bradenton to orlando florida for
00:51food i ate some meal prep chicken every time i spend money i try to door dash to make the money
00:55back the total amount saved for the tiny home is six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars
01:00we don't want you hanging out in your car no more today i made nine hundred twenty seven dollars while
01:04living in my car it's day 135 staying dedicated to saving for a tiny home i slept in a casino parking
01:09lot last night and as i was getting my window covers put up this guy said we don't want you hanging
01:13out in your car no more no i'm gonna head out okay thank you yeah i'm glad i got kicked out in the
01:19morning and not in the middle of the night now it's time to door dash literally all day to make the most
01:23money possible so we can finish up this sixty thousand dollar challenge and start building
01:27the tiny home in florida after door dashing for 10 hours today i was able to secure 300 but the real
01:32money came from social media views today youtube paid 385 tick tock paid 114 facebook paid 63 and
01:38instagram paid 65 after spending 31 today on gas and eating leftovers my daily profit is 896 my plan is
01:45to door dash every single day in seattle for a minimum of 10 hours until i reach my goal the new
01:49total save for the tiny home on day 135 is 52 047 comment below and let me know if you've watched
01:55every single video in this series so far follow me if you want to save for your goals too let's build a
02:00tiny home starting with these four pieces of steel the first step is to cut the steel then square
02:04everything up making sure everything's 90 degrees then throw down a weld next we took the tape measure
02:11down the whole length of the trailer and marked exactly where our supporter beams are gonna go the
02:15company i'm building my tiny home with is pacifica tiny homes this family-owned company was nice enough
02:20to extend a deal to my viewers 500 off your purchase when you use code hickey 500 pacificatinyhomes.com to
02:27check out more i believe i cut the support beams to 83 and a quarter inch next i had to make this cut
02:32on the support beam so that each one fits in the middle of the trailer perfectly and this is what they
02:37look like when they're installed and welded in place still need to cut up a few more for the middle
02:41there but at this point honestly i was eager to learn to weld so i got set up at a little
02:45practice station and went at it these are some of my first welds ever so don't judge them too hard but
02:50let me know what you think in the comments after hard days of work i was still getting settled in my
02:54own tiny home myself i needed to go do my laundry then i got invited to go play some basketball so i
02:58drove about 35 minutes to the court there ended up being a fight that day but then afterwards we went
03:03and got some food and i puked three times on the way home follow to see day two day two of building
03:07a tiny home i saved 60 000 and 146 days for after leaving my rental airbnb that i'm paying 600 a
03:13month for it was straight to work day one we welded together the trailer and now here on day two we're
03:18starting to lay down the plumbing after a quick gimmick catch i started to cut up some of the pvc
03:22pipe we're gonna need the plumbing for the toilet the shower both the sinks and the washer and dryer
03:26the next step in the process is to get the hot water and cold water pipes installed and since i
03:30haven't bought land yet i don't know where i'm gonna put it so i'm gonna make sure it's insulated
03:34enough to handle freezing weather by the way if you have any land or know anyone that has land let
03:38me know i'm trying to spend like 10k next it was time to get the plywood ready to lay down on the
03:42trailer which consisted of cutting it up cutting some holes and laying down some wood glue next we
03:47drilled about 150 holes and put in about 150 screws this is what the trailer looks like after day two
03:53it's all prepped and ready for the framing after work i went to a baseball game and played some
03:57basketball once i got home i wanted a little midnight snack so i got some chicken and rice ready
04:01here is the finished product i'm trying to lose some weight so i want to cut back on carbs so maybe
04:06no rice next time