mario soto lost his home in the financial collapse. >> i lost everything. i put almost $300,000 down payment, taxes, insurance, mortgage, everything, and it was gone. >> he began paying off his debts and started over, but didn't want to go down that same path again. >> i realized, well, what if that happens again? that was $300,000 i'll never see again. someone else got it. but not me. >> he decided he wanted to build a tiny home. his last construction project? a birdhouse in fourth grade. >> about a week later, it fell apart. >> but he reached out to the tumbleweed tiny house company, and they helped him build his own. now, on the tumbleweed website, you can order already-built tiny homes, or you could start from scratch. >> the minute i saw one of their tiny houses, i said, "this is it. i'm doing it." >> tumbleweed provides the floor plans, options for just about anything you could think of to make it uniquely yours. >> the plans have details of every piece of material you need. it was a learning process. but my house hasn't fallen down yet. so i think i