This place has terrible customer service.

Property management companies and contractors are the people in your business who make or break you.I will send you a private message to refer you to a property management company that is doing good for me.Don't let the bad experience sway you away from real estate.

Expect a custom ADU to take 9–18 months, with 3–6 months for design and permitting and 6–12 months for construction, depending on complexity and contractor availability, and the speed of processing permits.

What would be my best approach, I assume find a private lender and work out some deal with them.

The question I'm up against is what private money is going for these days for a build with this much room for upside.

(We're from California as well) Everything has been extremely smooth so far and their staff has been excellent with their customer service. 

I've heard nothing but complaints from customers AND their franchise agents reegarding the quality of their 800-number service center. 

private money lender How did you add value to the deal?

We were the ideal customer of a real estate investor. 

@Wade Wisner -  Most of the notes that we purchase we keep in our portfolio and borrow against them with private capital.