Authorities are investigating this as a potential terrorist attack.

I've been running the numbers on different properties using a variety of online calculators for properties that I initially thought looked like there may be potential.

More ADU supply = more comps, potentially higher valuation.   

It's probably unlikely anything too bad would happen excluding natural catastrophes but why take the risk if the profit potential isn't there?

The potential is tremendous and the risk is relatively low, but few seem to latch on the work to get them setup.Cheers!

There are a few different ways to make good money with rentals but cash flow is typically the smallest of the income streams for rental properties.Now, an exception is if you scale a medium/large portfolio of rental properties that have zero debt, then you have the potential to cash flow enough to put groceries on the table.When you're getting started, you have to get cash flow in place via high cash flow / low CapEx business models.

That's a potential of 5 - 6 months where the tenant doesn't have to pay me a single dime and will be squatting in my house for free.

.• Use some equity from the sale to make this transition smoother.I’m torn between maintaining our current home as an asset and buying  a new smaller house to use as a rental after we move back in versus simplifying and focusing on a single upgraded property Considering factors like market trends, potential equity growth, and quality of life, which path do you think would be most beneficial?

The seller will lose some rent, potentially incur costs to evict, possibly costs to clean out the units depending on your sales agreement.

You can call it lazy, but perhaps also they don't have the resources to take on the potential number of small cases like this.