Your goal is to plant the idea in their mind and create a situation where selling to you feels like the easiest and most logical solution for them.If you haven’t already, the first step is to get pre-approved for a mortgage so you know what you could afford if you were to purchase the property conventionally.

Still having this same problem as of 1/28/2025.Just applied for a HELOC and was approved.

All in all it ended up taking just over 2 months to get the plans approved because everything had to be done by email.

If you can add a legal ADU at $25k in the Austin area then you should add it.  

If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.

They do have you approve different settings that prices your property at the 50th percentile of your market or 75th percentile etc.

J Scott, one of the more respected authors/authorities on BP, provides scenarios in which wholesaling can be done legally and ethically.  

If you are a legal property manager in your state the owner should have the unfettered ability to allow you to act as his/her agent to enforce the lease, whatever provisions they may contain plus whatever your state laws allow.

In Illinois, when an agent does that, there are functions normally expected of the realtor that they are legally prohibited from doing.

Hi @Christopher J Driscoll I am doing something quite similar to your approach, my ADU permit should be approved quite soon, I am still waiting on my last LADWP clearance.