I remember I was speaking at a conference many, many years ago when a young Stanford MBA I know texted me saying he was also at the conference and could we talk.

You make more when it's uneven and you can live in the smaller unit.Focus on the asset and the area, as long as you can withstand net negative or breakeven cashflow, and you will gain in appreciation.

Ask to speak with some of their current owners and current/former tenants.

Whenever I speak to a group of students interested in real estate, I always stress the importance of networking and simply asking people to coffee.

@Jennifer Hung can’t speak to Morris Invest, but I can speak to R2R and they have been awesome.

Also, logically speaking, for whoever the owner/developer of the project is, they have much more risk involved and should deservedly be the ones with the profit to gain. 

Profits do not justify their effort even with the ADU addition in this case typically not being hands off .Here is a list of things that make ADU additions a less than optimal RE investment but the value added and starting with tens of thousands negative is a big one that needs to be well understood. 1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

I toi find that your mindset is what makes the day.Read more and dont listen to negative people.

Many though, struggle to understand our market and the US culture of tenants.At the first negative issue, many panic and either want to sell or terminate us:(It can be done, but depends on your team and YOUR management of the manager.

Which is where most fail when they realize how hard it will be.One of my favorite all-time sayings, "Actions always speak louder than words"!