The square footage is the same and tenants can use the room as a bedroom if they wanted to anyway, but you are also increasing the potential wear + tear by adding another bedroom for added tenants.

these are public records - our records - and are available to us for free, or a nominal production fee.GIS records are usually free as well, eliminating the need for geocoding and including not only parcel boundaries, but a long list of parcel and building attributes, such as grade and condition, sq footage, yr of const, etc. very sweet, and open source GIS software aptly handles the task. re scrapes - you can easily scrape any site that is humanly accessible, even if robots.txt and other means try to keep you out - look at scrapy, beautiful soup etc along with some vpn proxy farms. or you can hire this out. and why scrape when the county will email you an 80mb csv?

And neither was how much square footage is in an acre🙄 

San Antonio also offers (on average) more square footage per dollar than Austin. 

I suppose I could have my realtor take some footage but I feel I'm already using her for so much.

Looking at some of the higher square footage homes in the area and thinking of ways I could split out an ADU to use as an STR and use the rest of the house as a primary. 

I am currently planning a full gut rehab project in Atlanta, GA, and I am looking for a reputable contractor to take on this exciting endeavor.The project involves doubling the square footage of the home by adding a second floor.

What square footage do you have? 

It's the lower number that matters.Residential appraisers rely upon closed sales with a loan that are in past three months with similar square footage.

@Dave Dunaway as long as the units meet code, you're good...we just passed on 8 duplexes where the design called for basement apartments...typically, below grade footage carries less value than above grade...so, for example...if the upstairs is $100/sq.ft. you won't double your square footage at the same rate by putting living space in the basement....and you are basically asking the auditor to reassess your taxes based on the square footage...so you claim it...you pay taxes on it.Most of the other inherent issues are around controlling water...the right thing to do would be to install a perimeter drain and sump...if there is any moisture or water intrusion in the basement (and there will be), you run the risk of mold inside the finished walls...I think my ultimate questions is who would really want to rent an apartment with the bedroom in the basement...even if it is finished, but who knows.