City planner, building department, engineering technician (for second address), public works (second water meter if we want go that route) and Electrical Utilities Department will all be involved on new construction and all will want to get their piece of the pie (at least in my city).Additionally, if we want to have a separate water meter and the ADU was plumbed separately a second water meter could be installed.

-> Funding: you can consider as options mortage brokers who can scout/compare the best offers in the market and you can also consider public funding programmes that exists as an incentive to renovate and bring houses to the market, either for tourism or traditional rental.As an example, on the traditional rental there is a funding program ("Arrendamento Acessivel") that funds up to 90% of the project and can be used to cover part of the renovation costs, as well as, part of the purchasing.

And of course, these would be hard to answer in a public forum.  

I threatened GEG that we would go very public with this if they didn't fix the situation, and they said, "Go for it.

I have seen some properties on MLS that I contact my realtor and they may know right away the reason it isn't selling from showing it previously, or they can review the realtor comments that aren't viewable by the public on MLS.Other potential reasons I have seen properties listed on MLS for a long time. 1) Some investors may not be comfortable inheriting existing tenants.2) It may be it is a class C neighborhood. 3) Structural issues.

They are usurping your property for the benefit of the public.

Public forms are not the best place for asking legal questions since it's rare to find a unified accurate answer, so hopefully the video helps. 

The reality it's not somewhere in between when it hits the public. 

Since you want to come on here and make comments to the public  show us proof where we cut corners and didn’t bring things to code because a tenant is living in your house right now comfortably.

I think it would require a major asset heavy backer to provide the confidence the investing public needs to scale to profitability.