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This 23-year-old impulsively bought a house on Amazon for $26K. Here’s why he isn’t the first and won’t be the last 

TikTok user @hittaa_jeff shared that he purchased the home for a total of $26,280 in a video that has garnered over millions of views and more than half a million likes in one day. (Courtesy: @hittaa_jeff/ TikTok - @unspeakk/ TikTok)

A 23-year-old asked the internet to take his card away because he bought himself a house on Amazon.

TikTok user @hittaa_jeff shared that he purchased the home for a total of $26,280 in a video that has garnered millions of views and more than half a million likes in one day.

“ I bought a f** house on Amazon, a whole house,” he said.

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The home, according to his tracker, will arrive on Jan. 29 at the earliest. The house was originally $24,000, along with taxes that went up to $2,280. 

Interestingly, shipping was free.

“Amazon is a dangerous place. Really? Houses? I didn’t even think twice about it. I just did it. I don’t even know where I’m going to put the house,” he continued. 

And as wild as this story is, it’s not the first. Amazon homes have become all the rage recently where people would rather invest in a tiny “humble home” than spend the rest of their lives paying rent or throwing their life savings to own property.

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And as many people continue to experience the effects of the housing shortage and crisis, this method could be your best bet. 

The company also offers a range of products where a tiny home can set you back anywhere from between $1,000 and $100,000. Some homes are the size of a backyard shed, while others are two-bedroom units.

The reaction to Amazon homes have gone both ways. Some have poked fun at it, others approve and some just have so many questions. 

“Not me going to search the house,” one user wrote. 

“I wish I could buy one of them,” someone else said. 

“You’ll end up spending like 100k cause there’s so much more you gotta get including land, papers cost like $5k…and a whole bunch of other things for it to work, water/electric…etc,” another user pointed out.

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