I think there is something tonight at the great south bay brewery.

I'm Chris, cybersecurity professional, and getting into wholesaling in Austin, TX and Northern California (Sacramento, SF/Bay area), all areas I know intimately. 

I've seen estimates of $200 to $400 per square foot for SoCal with $700 sq ft for something higher end and building up a hill and but possibly higher for San Francisco Bay Area (lhigher labor costs, etc.).  

thanks for your time and help rent to retirement works directly with build to rent developers like us around the country once they are framed up. you are buying properties pretty much at market value but with a hand holding. you can work directly with a builder or directly with them. they are just an intermediary. they take 5% on what we make as a builder but have a large list of investors and a systemized approach to selling new builds. if you want to get a better deal I'd recommend directly contacting builders and building it yourself. fly to the market. spend 2 days, tour new builds, get a feeling for how it's going. if your builder isn't building multiple at a time then I wouldn't recommend working with them. rent to retirement is a well oiled and well run machine. they've had their ups and downs with dozens of transactions in florida but modified their process. they are well known and established and transparent. if you have a more specific market and feel confident in your ability to vet deals try it out. happy to talk more my info is in my signature. we work directly with them to sell new builds and no organization is perfect but I have good things to say about them as a builder and potential build to rent developer that sells build to rent triplexes and single family homes through them to end buyers in California like the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego 

A little bit off to the west is also a solid market where you can find some success in the Tampa Bay Area.

I suggest to a lot of our investors to look at areas such as West Allis, Bay View, Saint Francis, South Milwuakee, and if you want to invest in Milwaukee some good areas are Riverwest, Harambe, and Washington Heights.

I am in the Tampa bay area now but grew up in Kentucky and travelled to Indy many times!! 

As far as I know (fairly certain though not 100%) only JADU is allowed to be converted from existing space, the other attached or detached ADU needs to be new build, at least that's what I heard in the Bay Area.

Good Faith Funding is a popular hard money lender in my area (Green Bay) that lends statewide.

Over the next decade the 'larger' coastal cities like Coos Bay, Lincoln City, Newport and Astoria will continue to mature.