00:00I just found the latest prefab home
00:02company trying to crack the nut on
00:03affordable housing in
00:05America after getting the equivalent of
00:07an atomic wedgie in the comments of a
00:09recent video regarding pricing I wanted
00:11to get back on the horse with a brand
00:13new Option I packed a few essentials and
00:15started out on a journey to a place that
00:16I didn't know existed a couple weeks ago
00:18lured by the unveiling of four
00:20prototypes and a flyer that said during
00:22the vent they'd be giving away a
00:28home I am on my way to Los cruus New
00:32Mexico I don't know anything about Los
00:34cruus New Mexico except the name is Los
00:37cruus New Mexico and there is a company
00:40there launching a brand new prefab home
00:41that they're saying will revolutionize
00:43the Housing Industry and solve the
00:46housing crisis so it's reason enough for
00:51well I am in Los cruus New Mexico and I
00:54got to be honest before coming here one
00:56of the questions that I had was why this
00:59is not one of the the traditional prefab
01:01home hubs like Arizona or California but
01:04then I looked at a map and it all
01:05started to make sense one of the big
01:08challenges that people have in the
01:10prefab home industry is shipping they
01:12like something in Nova Scotia but
01:14they're located in California and if you
01:17look at the map like I did you'll see
01:19all of the cities that are within a
01:20one-day Drive of where I'm standing
01:22right now Salt Lake City Houston Denver
01:26Los Angeles Phoenix and the list goes on
01:30it's starting to add up I'm currently
01:32standing at the entrance of Liv BFF and
01:34behind me is a flurry of activity cuz
01:36they're getting ready to unveil these
01:38four models tomorrow so they're putting
01:40the finishing touches on them as we
01:42speak I got toured around a bit just to
01:44see what was going on and talk about
01:46some of the things they're doing and
01:47some of the plans going forward let me
01:50tell you we're in for a real treat today
01:53live BFF is a brand new prefab home
01:55company that just launched in New Mexico
01:57with a line of four prototypes ranging
01:59in size from 256 ft up to 640 ft that
02:04were just released to the public over
02:05the weekend this was a fairly last
02:07minute trip for me and I didn't know
02:08what to expect but tell you what I'm
02:10glad I went some of the plans being made
02:13and the people in place to implement
02:14were very impressive and from what I
02:16could see also very hardworking live BFF
02:19stands for better future forever and
02:21they're on a mission to revolutionize
02:23housing so that every person that wants
02:25one can have a home how they're going to
02:27do that is with a panelized steel frame
02:29system that was designed for Florida
02:31hurricane zones can be stacked four
02:33stories high and finished in a fraction
02:35of the time the company was founded by a
02:37guy named Justin who's been in the
02:39construction and Housing Industry for
02:40years and was apparently looking for a
02:42big problem to solve housing for
02:44everyone on Earth is a task and I'll get
02:46into it a bit more with him in a second
02:48what they've got so far is four
02:50prototypes set up in kind of a village
02:52layout ready to view on a property just
02:54north of Las cruus to show people what
02:56they're ready willing and capable of
02:58building they panel system uses metal
03:01studs that are formed with 100% recycled
03:03material they've got metal siding and
03:05three of the four prototypes were
03:06designed with a large folding glass door
03:08into the living room behind me is the
03:10infinity Suite the newest option in the
03:12small footprint prefab home space coming
03:15in at 384 ft and I think this is going
03:18to be a model that interests most people
03:20so I do have an in-depth video on this
03:22specific model planned the spark noes
03:25version is it's a studio that comes with
03:26a kitchen living space bedroom and
03:28bathroom and of of course the big wall
03:30of Windows on the front to give it their
03:32signature look out of the prototypes
03:34that they've currently built out well
03:36are currently building out the largest
03:38is the Haven it's 640 Square ft in which
03:41they've got two bedrooms and two
03:43bathrooms The Haven was designed to
03:45easily accommodate two plus people with
03:47bedrooms at either end of the home and
03:49the living room kitchen in the middle I
03:51like this layout on a two-bedroom home
03:52because it eliminates the need for any
03:54hul which really opens up the space on
03:56top of the dwelling models they've also
03:58got an accessory space space known as
04:00the dojo it comes in at
04:02256 ft and some of the uses for a space
04:05like this are going to be a home office
04:07a gym a garage or basically anything you
04:10can think of that you need an extra
04:12space for listen I can talk until I'm
04:14bleue in the face about live BFF but
04:16sometimes the best way to learn about a
04:18company is to sit down with the person
04:20that founded it so I sat down with
04:22Justin to learn more about what they're
04:23doing here's what he had to say all
04:25right I'm here with Justin from Liv BFF
04:28there is a lot going on around here
04:30today what's going on well uh today is
04:32our prototype unveiling and uh we've
04:35been working um for the last uh two to
04:38three months on uh building a prototype
04:41Factory facility as well as really uh
04:44working through an irritative uh design
04:47process and we have four buildings here
04:50um that we've uh got uh completed um
04:54under construction and are working
04:57towards creating a panel I system uh
05:02electrified and ready to rapidly deploy
05:06uh for quick assembly in the field our
05:09ultimate goal is to give um access to
05:13every inhabitant of Earth uh the access
05:15to housing wow okay and what were you
05:18doing before you got into the prefab
05:20home industry that's a great question so
05:22I've been a licensed contractor for uh
05:24over 20 years since I was 18 years old
05:27actually and um have spent a lot of time
05:31uh working around uh Advanced
05:34manufacturing as well as uh building
05:36government uh Works projects for public
05:39schools and and different
05:41entities and I uh was trying to find
05:45what combination of experience and
05:49um manufacturing and kind of how can I
05:52bring all those together to develop
05:54housing for for all the inhabitants of
05:56Earth and and that's kind of what led to
05:58this an assem L line type uh
06:01manufacturing process so that uh we can
06:04really reach scale and ultimately
06:07deliver the homes faster uh at a higher
06:10quality and a lower price point than
06:12currently available okay speaking of
06:15price point a lot of people who tune in
06:17to watch my videos they're looking for
06:19affordable option definely is that
06:21something you're going to be able to
06:22deliver on yeah we really uh think that
06:25ultimately we will be able to um get the
06:28price uh well below the national average
06:32uh square foot price currently we're
06:35around $22 a square feet for the
06:37buildings that we have here uh but we
06:40expect that uh as we continue to develop
06:42the product to just rapidly decline um
06:45through effectively scale economies of
06:47scale okay there's going to be people
06:49watching this from all over the world is
06:51there a limit right now to where you'll
06:54deliver um I think we'd be happy to
06:57deliver to any jurisdiction uh in the in
07:00the world effectively that um has a need
07:03for housing that we can meet the local
07:06requirements now there are a lot of
07:09different choices in the market right
07:11now what differentiates what you guys
07:14are doing here to some of the other
07:16companies that are building right now I
07:18would say um we are heavily focused on
07:22the building of the machine that will
07:25build the machines ultimately so we want
07:28to make sure that we focused on the
07:31panelized system so that whether you
07:34call for a 5,000 ft home or a 500 square
07:37foot home we can rapidly deploy those
07:39panels that are easily uh connected
07:42together and we are still working
07:44through those uh patent processes for
07:47the quick connections of the electrical
07:49and the way that the uh wall assemblies
07:52and the roof assemblies kind of Nest
07:53together I don't want to take up too
07:55much more of your time but I want to
07:57know before I look around here today is
07:59there anything that we should be looking
08:01for that you're especially proud of man
08:03the framing system is incredible the
08:06fact that uh I've built homes in the
08:08past and to get a a say a 3,000 squ ft
08:12home to a ready for framing inspection
08:17State I would expect that to be a four
08:20to five week uh process and that would
08:24include you know assembly of the frame
08:26uh and sheeting the exterior with wood
08:29and then uh getting the walls insulated
08:32and and ready for framing uh that
08:34historically like I said would take four
08:35to five weeks and now that that same
08:37process just on the framing can be done
08:39in a day or two wow so again a 10x
08:42improvement over what's currently out
08:43there and that is what we are heavily
08:45focused on is how do we cut out all the
08:48inefficiencies um and really drive home
08:50a high quality product and one more I
08:52know you are literally just putting the
08:54finishing touches on the infinity Suite
08:57you might not have all your costs in
08:59just yet but can you give us a price
09:01yeah definitely so on our website we
09:03already have uh the pricing available uh
09:06for the two-bedroom two bath it's uh
09:08129 um the Infiniti Suite I believe is
09:1386,000 and the dojo that we're sitting
09:16in now this is a more of an accessory
09:18dwelling unit here um used for maybe a
09:21yoga studio if you don't have the room
09:23in your home or uh you know at at home
09:25barber shop at at home business it is a
09:28very small Point space that offers a lot
09:31so um this one I think starts at 56,000
09:34all right sounds good I'm going to have
09:35a look around live BFF is a brand new
09:37prefab home company on a mission to
09:39revolutionize housing so that everyone
09:42on Earth who wants a home can have one
09:44they've released their first four
09:46prototypes but that's just the tip of
09:48what will be available they have some
09:49massive goals and important missions so
09:51I think they're going to get a lot of
09:52interest in what they're doing this is
09:54literally just the beginning for Liv BFF
09:57so I'll be following along with what
09:58they're up to and posting updates right
10:00here on my YouTube channel that's all
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