most of the auction sites have different policies concerning biding and most do not play fair Hubzu for instance extends bidding for way past the end deadline and they still reserve the right to not accept the bid  The good news many times the winning bidders fail to follow thru and the property is back on the market  It is a game rigged infavor of the sellers 

Legal zoom is really cookie cutter company creation.

@Ethan HanesIf I listened to everyone who told me I couldn't do something, I'd still be welding on the oil rigs in Saskatchewan, Canada. 

ADUs are a case by case basis and I would not trust a cookie cutter sheet from a company because I am educating myself on the building codes and they are tricky.

They have a cookie cutter, small scale project. 

Other's think that it's a casino rigged by the powerful, and only fools invest in it.Which is true?

Lesson Learned: Filter your contractors, I had to fire someone off this project because of poor work and rigged references and pictures because my normal people weren’t available.

On a more serious note, she adds: “People hate cookie-cutter, and this is far from it.

It is easier to get offers accepted on new construction but it is still competitive.Looking at it from a lending perspective, if you are using 3% down conventional, new build would definitely be easier but if you are more of a cookie-cutter, straightforward borrower, then resale will be comparable. 

etc.However, cameras, lighting rigs and editing have evolved so that the California sunshine isn't nearly as needed as it used to be, and as you well know, tax credits in other cities can make it much more lucrative to film elsewhere.