Do what the old-timers did and learn to do better as you grow.

Sense check on the rents of my units: 5 BR 3 bath coach house with 1 parking spot ($2,500), 5 BR 2 bath duplex down ($2,450), 3 BR + den 1 bath unit with brand new kitchen, plus parking spot ($1,450).

Al 2 bed 2 bath units with updated open kitchens and modern baths, some with deep tubs!

We updated key areas like the kitchen and bathrooms, improved the property's curb appeal, and addressed any necessary repairs to ensure the home was move-in ready.

I just stop talking and just followed and spoke when spoken to And he low balled me Mind you i have a new kitchen new bathroom room all new plumbing and electrical i gutted this house to the studs and my house is almost $40k lower if sold at this price cheaper then lowest house over here that sold 

If you are asking about a JADU, the 150’ is to be used ingress/egress only   You cannot use it to push out a kitchen (except possibly if you placed a door there).JADU have even worse valuations than the poor ADU valuations due to the owner occupancy requirement for renting.  

My husband was just looking at his roast (light was on, didn’t touch the oven) and it shattered right in front of him, with me in the kitchen behind him.

You can do the same on a different street and get $1200 or less and maybe have a hard time renting it.

I m an agent who works with New Western and I would like to offer you an explanation, first we are the ONLY reliable wholesale market supplier who will show you everything at front, we offer a package ,this property package which is btw free ,has ALL the information for you to make an informed decision, but we are not an education center provider, second we didn’t keep your money and disappeared we helped you to get a deal maybe not a good one for you , that’s why is always good to either be a realtor contractor hard money lender otherwise you will ALWAYS be spending extra money on those people, we deal with savvy buyers and few times will deal with first timers and the reason we don’t deal much with unexperienced is because first timers need time and they are quite slow and our houses are gone normally in a couple of days if not hours now we SELL A PROPERTY every 13 minutes if we are that bad ask the another thousands of investors who uses us some monthly and we ALWAYS recommend to buy with a general contractor opinion or due diligence is on our contract.Reading your story is just a sad victimization of a poor decision and again we never advertise for the best deals just a deal if you don’t want it let it go and look for another one next day or so ,what for you was terrible for an experienced person not at all , there is always exit strategies BRRR DSCR buy and hold etc  one thing for sure you never loose in real estate maybe you make less and it’s fine onto the next ! 

I plan on building a duplex (so 2 kitchens and 2 living rooms).