Today I had the honor of speaking with Dawn Parr. Dawn and her husband were tired of working the 8-5 in nursing administration and sought a way out of the corporate rat race.
In 2015 they began building a tiny home on some property they owned in Lubbock Texas, and in 2016 sold their big home, downsized their life, and quit their jobs to begin building their new lives from scratch.
Dawn, her husband, and their daughter Tesla, now own and operate 6 tiny homes on their 2 acres of land and are continuing to build more homes for their guests to expand their tiny village.
Dawn’s story shares so much such as breaking the fear of comfort to design their own lives, the struggle of uncertainty and a lack of a primary source of income, and what it takes to run and scale a tiny village.
Check out Dawn’s listings:
1. Not being pet-friendly limits your clientele
2. Become a visionary, if you have a passion for something start saving for it now.
3. Use furnishedfinder.com to find traveling nurses.
4. Use Airbnb to supplement those shorter days
5. Use outreach to find people who are looking to stay for longer-term and convert those people into direct bookings.
6. Offer guests a 30, 60, 90-day plan.
7. If you live next to the property, offer extra services like a pet or plant sitting.
8. Build on land and invest your returns into something that will last a lifetime.
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