Mind you, I'm a professor at a state university, proud of being a life-long public servant, from a family where women were expected to become teachers.

Once they're onsite and working, adopt a servant-leader mindset. 

In short, they don't like it.Rather, civil servant's #1 priority is their pension and the codes are explicit about zoning uses, so they're not going to be flexible about much of anything, which seems to be a universal.

High Self Awareness and 2.A Servant Mindset.   

I like what you speak to in your profile-humble, servant leadership and taking care of your people: that’s the name of the game! 

I have just one SFR at the moment, but I’m very serious about buying multi, I’m trying not to get impatient while I wait for the right property.Also, by the way, we’re public servants united in REI!

Residential occupancy in a detached accessory structure is permitted by members of a household occupying the primary structure, or domestic employees and the immediate families of such employees.If I'm reading this correctly, in the separate garage apartment scenario, I wouldn't even be able to legally rent out that space to someone other than a family member or employee.Section 11.8.9.2.A.2 The second kitchen shall be used only by the residents or domestic servants; andSo if you decide to add a kitchen to a basement suite but don't get it legally permitted as an ADU, then you basically can't rent that out to anyone.Thanks for your help, Bill.

They are public servants and as members of the public they are serving themselves well

Folks also need to be the master of their debt and not its servant.

I’ve worked with Mauricio of Servant Engineering with good results.