The main thing that pops out at me every month is that less than half of my payment goes to paying the principle down, over half goes to the interest, taxes, and insurance, ect. 

I can't say there's anything that helped me network effectively other than to say it's a contact sport & you just have to go out there and do it.

And that is one of the main things I wanted to get RentRedi for in the first place. 

I believe it to be a little Southern California hidden treasure for cashflow, mainly class C but if you know what you are doing its a really good option to invest locally in CA with decent returns.

Your main issues will be eggress, as usual in a basement.

I have considered adding an ADU in the back, but since I am limited to 75% of the main house square footage, this is also probably not worth it.     

@Alex Messner, your decision, amongst other factors, mainly depends on you and your wife's financial profile. 

Hey @Stephanie Medina, so it sounds like this is the sewer main line right?

The first main purpose of real estate investing(or any other investing) should be the return you are getting.

@Rich Davis "The difference is I'm in Maine, where the evictions laws lean landlord friendly.