“My parents turning their garage into a studio apartment gave me the one thing first-time founders never have enough of — runway,” Lyman told BI. “Skipping roughly $1,500 in monthly rent for almost two years meant I could funnel every spare dollar into Deli, the AI home-search platform I was building — hiring contract devs, covering cloud bills, and stretching our early runway instead of a landlord’s pocket.”
“I had a door I could close for all-night coding marathons and investor Zooms, yet I was still close enough to step inside for dinner or a quick pep talk,” he added. “That mix of independence and family support turned a simple remodel into the launchpad for my startup.”
Christina said the transition to her son living in the apartment went smoothly, and she was grateful she could make things a bit easier for him.
“When he started living outside, in the mornings, he would come in and have coffee before he went to school, even though he had a coffee pot out there,” she said. “Then in the evenings, by the time he got home and showered and worked a little bit, he would be back in and we would all eat dinner together.”
“I thought it was lovely,” she added.
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