House Hacking with an ADU / In-law suite

[Brett Simmon]

Good Morning Everyone!!

Last year my wife and I purchased our forever home, this was before I found the BiggerPockets website and since then I'm looking at our forever home through a different lens. We have a 5 bed / 3 bath with an attached 2 car garage; there is also a detached 3 car garage. One of my ideas to get my feet wet into real estate investing is build an ADU / In-Law suite in about half of that detached garage. The ADU would have its own driveway, and back yard that is already partition with a lattice fence. My biggest concern is having my wife only a few yards away from a rental property.

Does anyone have any experience or advice with a rental ADU?

Would the ADU increase property value or is the detached garage more appealing to buyers?

Thanks,

Brett