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The Modern Hunt Camp: Why Container Cabins Are Replacing the Old Wood Camp
Author: Gareth Dobbs | Read Time: 6 min | Updated: August 2026 Anyone who's owned a wood-frame hunt camp for more than a few seasons knows the routine: open it up in the fall, find out what the mice, moisture, or a leaky roof got into over the summer, patch what you can, and hope it holds through winter. That maintenance cycle is exactly why a growing number of hunters and landowners are moving to a modern hunt camp cabin built from steel instead of wood. Remote Land Is W
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What a Container Home ADU Actually Costs (And How Long It Takes)
Author: Boma Properties | Read Time: 7 min | Updated: August 2026 Adding a guest house through traditional construction can quickly become expensive and time-consuming, especially once permits, contractors, and design decisions start stacking up. A container home ADU cost works differently, because most of the unpredictability that drives up a traditional ADU budget — contractor coordination, weather delays, change orders — happens off-site in a controlled production enviro
6 days ago4 min read


Stay in a Container Home Before You Build: Inside Boma's Try-Before-You-Buy Program
Author: Boma Properties | Read Time: 5 min | Updated: August 2026 Nearly every container home company will show you a rendering, a floor plan, or a finished-project photo gallery. Almost none of them will let you actually sleep in the product before you commit to building one. Boma does — and if you decide to move forward, the cost of your stay gets credited toward your build. Here's how it works, and why it matters more than it might sound like at first. Two Real Propert
Sep 23 min read


Why Operator Experience Builds Better (Hospitality-Grade) Workforce Housing
Author: Boma Properties | Read Time: 6 min | Updated: July 2026 Most companies pitching data center workforce housing have never spent a night in the product they're selling. Boma has a different starting point: before we ever built a workforce housing unit, we were already operating our own short-term rental properties — real guests, real bookings, real feedback on what breaks and what holds up. That operator experience is the single biggest thing that separates Base Camp
Aug 254 min read


Why Container Homes Are Becoming the Go-To Airbnb Investment
Author: Boma Properties | Read Time: 6 min | Updated: August 2026 Most people shopping for a rental property are still looking at the same standard playbook: buy a house, buy a cabin, buy a duplex. But the fastest-growing part of the short-term rental market isn't standard housing at all — it's unique stays. Travelers are actively choosing distinctive, experience-driven properties over conventional options, and a container home Airbnb investment is one of the more efficient
Aug 214 min read
Data Center Workforce Housing Buyer's Guide
Author: Boma Properties | Read Time: 8 min | Updated: August 2026 Workforce housing has quietly become a critical-path procurement decision on nearly every rural data center build. But most GCs, developers, and housing operators are sourcing data center workforce housing for the first time, without a clear framework for how to evaluate options, size a campus, or time the decision against the broader project schedule. This guide walks through the practical basics: who's buyi
Aug 47 min read
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