The local branch manager got involved, couldn't understand what I was explaining either, didn't want to admit it, and got defensive and shut down when I tried having my attorney explain it to her in a different way.

& track my job costs against each category so I can compare my budget vs actuals and calculate the variances.For example:Electrical Budget: $4,000Electrical Actual: $6,300Variance: +$2,300This process is more tedious because you have to breakdown each invoice or receipt and allocate the costs to each Category, but it really helps you understand where you are spending your money and why you went over budget.Otherwise, it sounds like you are having trouble measuring employee productivity?  

That said, I completely understand your concern about deals looking "too good to be true" when you’re putting in 50% down.To avoid this, it’s best to analyze properties as if you were using more traditional financing (20-25% down).

There are sophisticated syndication investors contributing on BP, who have set up professional standards of due diligence and investment criteria.  

I would recommend investing in something that you understand. 

Originally posted by @Sidney Wilson:I understand that it is sometimes easier to have a broker do the work to find a lender, but the 1% + I always paid to brokers was a fairly significant cost.

@Monica Juarez-Gonzales Adding to prior note that @Michael Plaks has created the best resources and content, bar none, to help investors understand how to approach Cost Seg.

My goal is to understand the current demand and rental potential for ADUs in this part of the city, as well as the costs involved in building.

If I understand you correctly you are stating that transferring the properties to the revocable Trust, then transferring them to the LLC would not trigger the due-on-sale clause?

There is almost no understanding CPM- several multimillion dollar coliving start-ups have FAILED b/c they saw the demand for coliving w/out seeing the need for a respective form of property management (see HubHaus, Common, Starling, etc).