Unless the designer has a good social/online footprint with designs I like, I would think twice before hiring them no matter what others say.  

Your knowledge in construction, design, and different strategies will be a big help to the community.

Regardless of socio-economic status, a significant proportion of wealth is concentrated in prime real estate, especially in these areas.

They designated certain streets not for STRs and others for STRs.

Right now there's huge concentration, but as this continues to build out and we see north of the high 30s GW by 10 years from now it'll be almost a requirement to keep some type of locality based risk assessment and to diversify. 

It just takes good design.

Looking to talk to someone who’s had experience adding a bonus room/sunroom in San Diego. Need some advice and some recs! Image for reference.

Rather than concentrate on the initial cash flow, concentrate your effort on markets that have indicators of strong rent growth.  

Also you could start with local Plan-printing companies as they're always printing plan sets for architects and designers before they go to county and after the county comes back with changes.

I absolutely love the design aspect of the projects.