Wanted: New homes for over 2,000 massive metal shipping containers that once served as a makeshift barrier at Arizona's southern border. Price: $500 to $2,000 each. They may come with stains, rust ...

A company in West Michigan is creating homes, swimming pools and everything in between, all from old used shipping containers that they source from across the Midwest.

The government paid $6,700 for each 40-foot container but can only sell them for about $2,000.

They are popping up as tiny homes as well as restaurants and cafes all over the country, but are used shipping containers a cheap and safe way to build yourself a house?