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I find it’s tough to bring California (the Bay Area) in on the conversation because it’s such a different beast from most markets and people have been conditioned to look down on California from what they’ve heard online.

As such the building was zoned B1-1 due to 1 unit intended for retail use.It would be great to see a use case for the conversion that allows convectional financing for the zoning change to residential RM-4.5.

You should have an understanding of what the per door expense is in the market, and then take into consideration the age/condition of the property.If you don't know what to reserve, have a few conversations with property managers in the market and talk to community banks who lend on the asset and ask themGino

  - They're very robust in content (which is critical in conversion on high resistance types of asks, like selling a property).

I would have a deep conversation with whoever controls your onsite sewer..

I'm looking into converting a detached garage on my property into an ADU. I see on LA County guidelines and CA HCD guidelines that, when converting a detached accessory structure into an ADU, the structure can be expa...

If going the conversion route, what are some property features to look for?

Obviously, stuff happens and sometimes it's unavoidable but maybe consider implementing something into your approval process where you require to have some type of phone or in-person conversation with someone before moving forward with approval.