@David Zall yes, your city’s website so you can read everything about their regulations and policies for STRs, Airbnb so you can read their policies and procedures, listen to the STR success stories and VR machine podcasts.

I am looking for any recommendations or guidance on the procedure to go about building an ADU.

This information can be instrumental in making informed decisions about potential tenants and mitigating the risk of future rental issues.Setting Clear Rental Criteria:To streamline the screening process and ensure a smooth and efficient rental application procedure, I highly recommend that landlords take the proactive step of establishing clear and comprehensive rental criteria.

If it’s 5 units, you can’t get fha financing.....1-4 units, owner occupied only.I think the standard procedure in TX is to do a contract With 7-10 option period, with a couple hundred bucks option fee non refundable, and EM kicks in after that..

Jason - Whoever make loans to consumers utilizing a primary residence as the collateral, is subject to the SAFE Act and all of the other laws, rules, policies and procedures regulating consumer lending.

Checking occupancy, tenant laws, eviction procedures ALL should have been done long before now to have any realistic ability to make plan.  

I am diving into the purchase process and procedure as we speak. 

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Here's a start: Scroll down to "Tax Sale Information" section http://www.tennesseetrustee.com/node/142 A lawyer's interpretation of the tax deed procedures in TN: http://www.notestinelaw.com/pdf/property_sales_tax.pdf These ought to get you started. 10% is a decent rate for a year and the prospect of getting title to the property after a year (even with the possible 3 year redemption) is pretty good too.

If you have contract questions for example, someone in Seattle is probably not going to be a great resource for you....or if you want someone to show you how to work the local MLS or tell you about local procedures....that's someone in your office, not someone across the world.