Australian couple’s A$100,000 tiny rental now earns about A$200,000 a year

When mortgage repayments suddenly become the biggest expense on a dream property, adding another building might sound like an unlikely solution. For Sunshine Coast homeowners Sibel and Yalcin Karaman, however, a 6-metre-long glass pod on their farm has become a surprisingly powerful income generator. According to Real Estate website report, the couple invested about A$100,000 in the prefabricated tiny home after rising mortgage repayments put pressure on their finances. What took only three days to assemble has since developed into a sought-after short-term rental, bringing in about A$200,000 a year with occupancy running at roughly six nights out of seven.A tiny home with a big returnThe Elsewhere Pod sits on the couple's Sunshine Coast hinterland property and measures about 6 metres by 2.4 metres, states the online report.