Anchored Tiny Homes
Bottom line
- Total investment $114K – $185K including a $60K franchise fee.
- Average unit revenue of $1.7M/year (median $196K). Estimated payback in 0.2 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 52/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 24 loans (below the industry average).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one Anchored Tiny Homes unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
73%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Anchored Tiny Homes units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$341K
on $1.7M purchase
Total debt
$1.4M
SBA $0.9M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Anchored Tiny Homes franchisees develop, construct, and sell tiny home units within protected territories. Day-to-day operations include site acquisition, permitting coordination, construction project management, customer sales, and delivery logistics. Franchisees typically work with builders, land developers, and individual home buyers to deploy prefabricated or custom tiny home solutions.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 11 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Extreme early-stage growth (7 units), undisclosed financials, franchisor distress signals, and unverified profitability claims create substantial risk despite strong reported unit economics.
Score breakdown · what drove the 52 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 7 units in system with extreme 500% YoY growth suggests instability and unproven scalability
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status (False) indicates potential financial/operational distress at franchisor level
- 03MINORHigh royalty floor of $3,500/month (~$42k annually) creates significant fixed costs even during slow sales periods
- 04MEDItem 19 (Financial Performance Representations) not disclosed — cannot independently verify claimed $959k average net income
- 05MINORMassive gap between average revenue ($1.7M) and average net income ($959k) suggests 56% net margin claims lack supporting documentation
- 06HIGHTerritory protection meaningless if franchisor fails; going concern status contradicts long-term viability
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
19 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Anchored Tiny Homes · FDD (2024) PDF