The info bulletins are like cliff notes, so if you want an idea of the rules that's great, but when it comes to test time read the book...So the code for ADUs that deals with FAR says:*The gross floor area of an ADU and JADU shall be included in the floor area ratio for the premises.

Before you fully commit to a market I also suggest testing the waters with a smaller acquisition.

The wrong tenant will make it management intensive among other things, keeping up with collecting rents, the phone calls, plugged toilets, etc.

You're role as an investor is to filter for motivated sellers, and the phone call is your opportunity to determine if a deal is possible by determining if you have a seller who's hot to go.What you're listening for are signals they're willing to walk away for little more than what they owe, or are willing to give up tons of equity just to get the thing out of their hair.And when they suggest terms or a number, you test by asking "Would it help?"

Anyone have a suggestion for testing the apt for meth residue?

We need to get the gas system tested on a rental we just bought.  

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/bp-podcast-197starting-10k-buying-52-units-3-years-chris-heeren/Essentially, it's based on a zero-appreciation, cashflow-intensive model.

I read @David Greene and have been studying intensely to figure out how to do this long distance.

Unless you’ve had it tested (or the prior owners did), you don’t know if it does or does not contain asbestos.

Additionally, Zillow isn't the first big player to test this market, Intuit/Quickbooks tried and shut down without warning.