Man saved $60k in less than five months by living in his car - to buy tiny home - video Dailymotion

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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.

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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

Man saved $60k in less than five months by living in his car - to buy tiny home

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