Should we put down a 20% deposit for our first home, or should we put down a smaller deposit and use the leftover cash to pay for an ADU that will generate supplemental income?

No I wouldnt I dont over pay knowingly ever but for someone who wants to supplement their retirement with out having to deal with houses all over the place over paying for the house next door might just work for them.

You can supplement your income with representing buyers and sellers while working on investing.  

I'm from Kansas City, MO and I'm interested in learning about real estate investing for the purpose of getting some supplemental passive income.

I am currently a business owner of a sales and marketing company looking to earn supplemental income via a buy and hold portfolio of residential homes.

(Plus finding these really cheap or discounted houses don’t seem to exist in my area) Eventually, I would love to have the REI supplement my full-time job or at least give me an exit strategy.Although, quite boring I am finding that a slow growth of properties isn’t always the worst strategy as I feel your safer by not leveraging as much right up front.

Hello,My name is Lance Wilkins, my wife and I are looking to get into real estate for supplemental and future income.

I did not pay for incomplete work, I put them on notice that I was supplementing the work force, I had to put material on the project and deducted from the contract.

But if you're middle aged with family / kids and want to use the cash flow to supplement lifestyle, take the less riskier investment of B/C SFR's.I for one is in a similar cross roads; currently weighing in the opportunity to buy a C-grade 106 unit vs. a 16-portfolio SFRs.

Now (recently) having sold that house, we're looking to reinvest the equity into flips (when the numbers/market allow for it) and rentals (preferably small multi's or small apartment complexes) - with the goal of building up a rental portfolio that supplements the W2 income (maybe one day near retirement it could replace it?).