If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.

Renting and eating the loss is a gamble on future rent increases, but the market and high costs might not make it worth the stress.

Predicting appreciation seems like a big gamble to me.

Quote from @Michael Smythe: @Steve K.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

You will get a more accurate response if you provide all the details in your post such as1.

You can expect to pay about $5k per year or so, depending on where your unit is and how much you pay for it.I can give you more accurate details and help run numbers on your unit with you, if you like.

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.

All of my assumptions were based on that 2 unit residential and are fairly accurate between rental rate and ARV. 

Does anyone have a recommendation for a lender that values ADU's in CA "accurately"?  

Doing Build-4-Rent without all this, is GAMBLING not investing.