First thing to do is check with the city or county to make sure the ADU would be permitted to be a STR.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

Find them in meetup.org, or google in general city name REIA, or state name REIA. 

There's a great monthly meet-up called Space City REI that would be a great resource for you - next one is August 21!

Tybee and Garden City

Also, our property is 10x the size of most in the city at 1.75 acres.

Always know the trade-offs.If you do a long term rental and are OK with potentially weaker appreciation, your money WILL go a lot further in NE Raleigh, Wake Forest, Garner, Knightdale.

@Joseph Braunthis is not unique to Baltimore, i think this is a feature of many cities, including most rust belt cities. 

However, if you are an investor involved in multiple cities, you might prefer a lender who is licensed in various locations.

I was thinking I'd buy an acre of land that has city electricy and water available, and pay that off so that it can be used for collateral one house at a time.