Couple Buys Trophy Business for $40K, Lives in 1957 Airstream Dumpster Deluxe
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- ā¢Heather and Levi Schoonover bought a family trophy business for $40,000 and relocated from northern Idaho to Boise.
- ā¢They lived inside a half-finished 1957 Airstream trailer within the warehouse for a year while reviving the business.
- ā¢After launching paint-and-sip events and opening a franchise during Heatherās pregnancy, they balanced parenting with running multiple businesses.
Heather and Levi Schoonover boldly swapped their stable jobs and nice Northern Idaho house for a dusty Boise warehouse after snagging a $40,000 trophy and medal business from Levi's late uncle. Despite the first-year humble net revenue of $35Kāless than the truck they considered buyingāthey camped out in a half-finished 1957 Airstream trailer parked inside their new metal kingdom for a full year. Heatherās side gig hosting free paint-and-sip sessions out of the warehouse next to their mobile home birthed their next venture: a franchise paint studio, launched just as she discovered she was pregnant. Rocking rental properties, bartending husband shifts during paint nights, and multi-business balancing acts ensued ā welcome to being tired, but free.
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(1 of 3)Trading a decent house for living in a half-finished 1957 Airstream inside a trophy warehouse is peak adulting hustle disguised as a midlife crisis.
Nothing screams American Dream like turning your uncleās dusty trophy business into a paint studio while living in what looks like a haunted camper.
They bought a $40k trophy business, crashed in a rusty '57 trailer, and called it āfreedom.ā Meanwhile, Iām still paying mortgage.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 3/30/2026 | Author: Kelly Burch
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