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association with declarations, covenants, restrictions and bylaws, Paffrath told the EDC. "I'm in real estate selling houses, and I see a need and an issue with our monetary system and the cost of things, of housing," Paffrath said of why he is creating this development. "The only way to get things affordable is to get really efficient with the size of a structure." He used Ikea sample layouts as an example of compact living space, noting Ikea's sample floor layouts are in areas as small as 300 square feet. "I could live there; everything I need is right there — bathroom, kitchen, living space, entry — it's all there. All you need to do is just loft or go a little bit bigger for a bedroom, and that's effectively what this is," he said. As for what inspired him to pursue this development, Paffrath said he was at a real estate convention, and one of the "Realtor of the year" nominees was a man who focused on tiny home communities for veterans. He explained the difference between what that man was doing and what he is doing is that his development is geared more toward the private sector, noting there are a lot of tiny home developments taking place throughout the country. He also said that a key to being successful is finding little pockets of real estate that can be inexpensive enough to keep land costs down, but be close to city infrastructure. "It's going to be difficult to just build them one at a time because of the amount of infrastructure that is required to support them all as a building project," Paffrath said, noting he will likely pre -sell about half the units in order to begin the project. Once started, he hopes to have the development completed in two to four months, he added. Each building and a little bit of property will have its own property identification number that will also be attached to a garage in the bay of garages, he said. The rest of the development will be common areas.