Personally I’d wait out a softening in this market over winter as these elevated rates suck the wind out of buyer’s sails.

Check out on Zillow 13450 Contour Dr Sherman Oaks and 12149 Hillslope st Studio CityBoth are my designs and built by me in southern CA.Softening up the front with grass, trees and flower beds (along with small colorful plants) will also help the front elevation.

When we applied for the encroachment permit, public works didn't want to grant it because we would be creating a second lateral on the parcel since the ADU is at a lower elevation than the main house. 

It is elevated, so if you opened it, you'd need to step down to get to a step, and then once more to get to the ground.  

We use a VERY specilized master lease on all of our units that is built to keep cost low & keep our profits elevated.

They go in for a doc check up, amd find they have elevated levels of lead in their system.

We looked at things like the grade on the plot, the grade and elevation of the surrounding plots (for things like views), and even what kind of trees were on the plot.

Do you think you can get full price with the current front elevation?

Just giving them a lead pamphlet could cost you thousands in fines, more if the child has elevated lead levels, then you can lose the property to the tenant.If you get cancer, are you going to listen to someone who tells you "You don't need treatment, cancer is only dangerous if it's malignant, yours might be benign, don't worry about it.

We both have solid full time jobs in construction - I build elevators and he's a plumber - with no intention of leaving our positions anytime soon.