Americans spend billions of dollars each year on Amazon purchases for their homes, but a new wave of shoppers are now turning to the online retail giant for the homes themselves—little houses that start at just $10,000 each.With the median house price in the U.S. now at $424,950, many people feel that the American dream of owning their own property is an impossible feat.Enter Amazon’s DIY tiny homes—compact properties that can be assembled in less than a day and cost a fraction of the average house or apartment.Some of those who have already purchased one of the diminutive dwellings have been showcasing the process on social media, revealing the truth about what it takes to put them together and how comfortable they really are.One social media user and proud Amazon homebuyer, Nathan Graham, was full of praise for his new property, which he purchased online for just $38,999.Graham, who is known as Unspeakable online, shared a video of himself unboxing his new abode, voicing his shock at how “legit” the home looked when he first opened it up.“There’s a whole bathroom! And a shower!” he and his friends exclaim as they tour the property, before expanding it out to its full size, revealing that the home essentially just “unfolds” and clips into shape.“I’ve never folded a house together,” he notes, before adding: “This thing is so easy to build, you just unfold it.It didn’t come with instructions, and we built it.”Another influencer, Jeffrey Bryant, 23, from Los Angeles, also took the Amazon property plunge, to the tune of $26,000, explaining that he worked with one of the company’s specialists to procure several “upgrades” to the home, including two free couches.Just like Graham’s home, Bryant’s tiny abode also came complete with a working bathroom that features a toilet and shower.
He notes that the ceilings are “very low” but adds that, on the whole, he’s thrilled with his new dwelling.“I’m 23 years old, an...