Not trying to self promote MAREI, but discuss the model and answer the question.

Depending on location permitting fees for ADUs have been waived to promote growth.

When someone asks for a referral in the regular forums, it causes a lot of self-promotion which clogs up the forums and makes it difficult to find the information and advice the forums are here for.

Reminder, there is no deal making or self promotion allowed in the forums outside of market place.

I'm a fresh landlord and every time I come across home warranty promotion I wonder if it's better to spend that ~$50 for a peace of mind and also I can take that out of my capex/maintenance budget?

This is mostly because any mention of your company or what you do and bigger pockets deletes your post or comment and says its self promotion.

(Bigger Pockets :)Sharing promotes accountability!

The first being that the shorter the hold period the higher the IRR and the velocity of money is increased.The second is that the majority of a sponsors compensation comes after a capital event (sale/refi) when they get into the "promote" or carried interest. 

Our only knowledge with Real Estate investing was with my relocations due to promotion or needs of my company (sell our home & buy a new one).  

Never thought to look for potential partners (especially with all the promotion given to hard money lenders---even though hard money isn't the best for rental deals from what I've found).