Building a 4,000-square-foot, three-story duplex with a 1,000-square-foot ADU could cost about $1.83 million, including construction and permits (excluding land).

.🔹 Ideal in Any Market – Whether home prices are rising or falling, lease options allow you to lock in today’s price while benefiting from future appreciation.Other creative strategies—like seller financing, subject-to deals, and the BRRRR method—can also open doors, but lease options remain one of the most powerful, low-risk, minimal cash out-of-pocket ways to build a portfolio.

Still can be very beneficial for a new investor but personally I think not as good as a service as they had with their exclusive listings where they had inspections already done, rent rolls available, and you can complete the entire offer/acceptance via their platform rather than being handed off to an agent. 

Quote from @Franklin Marquette: When building ADUs, do they generally create value uplift for the property in the same way that the main house is valued?

Telling sellers everything wrong with their house and justifying your offer with repair costs doesn’t build trust—it kills it.

Another strategy you can look into is building out an "in-law suite" or ADU.

From a lady that gave up a pantry and then requested her husband to steal from the garage space to build a pantry :). 3.

If you can buy a house with a small cash flow and there is room to build a duplex on the back of the lot, then you get free dirt. 

@Jimmy O'Connor I noticed that only trendy bars and coffee shops was one of your top mentions… I think you should also consider school district - at least when it comes to building a rental portfolio in these areas.

If you want to build out a portfolio of multi-family rentals that cash flow to the point of not having a W2, that's one thing.