Quote from @Brandon Ly: Hi @Adam MayberryFirst off, thank you for offering to answer any questions we have regarding SB9/ADU. 

If someone made that offer to us, we would either reject it or expect the owner to get it completely right.

I just worry sometimes when I see too much gung ho... and maybe not enough practicality, so I try to step up and offer a little advice from my 7 years in the business.

EXAMPLE: a local HC has a single comcast email address for their entire office - mysteriously, they seem to be always losing emails and asking us to resend multiple times.The good news is they finally increased their max rental amounts a few years ago, so they are now more competitive. 

If so, offer that price and if they doesn't like it let them be someone else's problem.

Not sure I can offer any help, but if you need advice or direction, I'm happy to help if I can.

I'd go on ABnB and see what your competition is doing that you can copy.Maybe a Firepit out front (as long as it's not a fire hazard), maybe a cornhole set?

I offered to buy the property from the $28B foreign company which kept them from having to tear down the buildings to mitigate the vagrant problem and also from their obligation to pay the rail road for the long term lease.

Local banks typically offer lower interest rates but might require a solid track record and detailed financials.

Assuming the Oakland rental market continues to remain stagnant/competitive with newer buildings going up, is property appreciation the only way to increasing wealth with my building?