Which I have done. it. all.To top that all off, the insurance company made me put a new roof on both structures (I think the roof had a bit of life left in it, but ok) - another $11k - and the main house needs around $6k worth of electrical that the previous owner didn't do properly ("fully remodeled" my ***).

Not guaranteed, but very safe and boring national level companies that will not go out of business anytime soon.

You can plug these values into a mortgage calculator and BAM, out comes estimated equity. unless these companies are getting credit level information you have no way of actually knowing how much equity is in the home ( unless you see their bank statement.. )

If they use third party companies for these services?

Do you have any recommendations for a property management company?

I thought I would share this, as I've seen a lot of posts recently about how to start a property management company. 

2) Do you hire a property management company before or after you purchase the property? 

The city's growing number of people and its economy might also help raise home values and the cost to rent.Start by looking at your equity, research the rental market in Lubbock, check out properties with tools like BiggerPockets rent calculator, talk to local pros, look into money options, and choose if you want to run the place yourself or get a company to do it.

If not please delete this post.Can anyone recommend an architect company who is familiar with ADU and is responsive, organized and creative in problem solving?

The lenders I've spoken with start asking for documentation "to validate the financial viability of the business" even though there's clearly more publicly available information from these companies than any kind of private investment.