@James Syed I am not familiar with your county rules.

These methods include: Detailed Engineering Cost ApproachDetailed Engineering Cost Estimate ApproachSurvey or Letter ApproachResidual Estimation ApproachSampling or Modeling ApproachExperience or “Rule of Thumb” ApproachIt’s important to understand the differences between the approaches including which one best fits your property and the reliability of each approach.DETAILED ENGINEERING COST APPROACHThis approach compiles the costs from construction and accounting reports to build a report.

., if this was a 506(c) offering, and the sponsor did not make "reasonable efforts" to confirm all investors are accredited, than that is a direct violation of rule 506(c) from the SEC.If this was a 506(b) offering, there needs to be an existing relationship with all investors before any investment opportunities are shared.  

Well worth the money, plus you will have already factored that expense in to your cash-on-cash requirements to justify a purchase decision)4. 

If I can't hit the 1% rule on a real estate deal then it's not worth my time given my experience and options in the equities markets.

If not you might be stuck with the work and the commitment to doing it since the city would be the ruling party.

Seems they are the type to take advantage and not follow the rules

So pivot to an option that the underwriting depicts a return that justifies the effort and risk.good luck

They are using rules to add multiple ADUs.Here is a list of why adding a single ADU in dingle family  zoned areas in my CA market is typically a poor RE investment:1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

From my experience: SMS has the best conversion but is the most regulated, so it depends on the rules in your market.