The best route is ignore that measly $200/mo cash flow your spreadsheet tells you need to have.

I've learned to ignore some of the noise and many of the long time BP posters have helped me out tremendously.

If he says no, just ignore him and be persistent.

My view is HCD will likely tell PGE that they cannot require the addition of the meter, but if PGE ignores the guidance, HCD has no bite (ie will not do anything about it in any time frame that can help you).I want to recommend you get the ADU separately metered.  

Permit application was far easier than Escondido and Escondido inspections let you pick between am and pm but the request seems to be ignored.  

@Brian Batista You're going to need to find a title company that is ignorant of of FHA policy. 

Let's just ignore the fundamentals of the real estate and/or negotiating a good basis in property we purchase and focus solely on how we can acquire real estate without any of our own money.

They will work for the same folks over and over again and ignore incoming SOS calls.

If I place complete trust in my PM's knowledge and expertise, but they take advantage of my ignorance, how far does it have to go to become fraud?

You are ignoring the point - every instance that you describe of how each country became communist covers a short period of time and ignores the history that preceded the takeover.