You should considered talking to an architect who has done ADU work in the area to knock out some of the easier questions that are explicitly stated in CA legislation. 

This would probably either be a "knock-out refinance" where the new loans pays off the $175k remaining balance on the home OR it would function as a fresh purchase loan, funding your brother's purchase from your grandmother.

Knock out some honey-do lists.

Having said that, improvements will only go so far to bring in more rent than what your market bears, so if the numbers look better to sell it because you've created a knockout home, why not? 

We flip our properties very fast, my crew can knock out a full rehab in weeks.

@Cole Brunet Given the current business climate it may be a good time to knock out the 90 hours of post-licensing.

In this case the fighter can either to go for a knockout now or stay away for a while, his choice will have knock on effects for the rest of the fight but the fighter needs to make a decision or get punched in the face again.To bring this back to the workplace.

If they had a full tear off maybe two but full crews knock out roofs in a day on the average sized home

But with our equity, we could easily knock out half the mortgage.

Took two weeks to furnish/decorate and knock out the rest of the maintenance items from the inspection.