Look through the file and see if you can find a Building Permit or Certificate of Occupancy that demonstrates that the extra units were added legally - most likely prior to the creation of zoning in that city.

Which should mean you can wholesale that property, and the buyer would need to close on the property prior to the lender selling and closing on the sale with another end buyer.As I said, tricky, and the details will depend on the specific situation.

This is for any CA ADU built prior to 2025.  

I also have single family houses that qualify for the exemption.Just be sure you gave your tenants the proper/required notice that you were exempt (which is explained in greater detail in the link I referenced in the prior post).

Always think of exit strategy prior to buying. 

Do not offer a rent credit prior to the work being done, as it will never get done.

Our prior CPA missed the filing. 

We're just now beginning to see many of these programs creep back into the market although at much more conservative terms than prior."

If you can find at least one of those prior to the appraiser coming to the property he or she would likely be very thankful.

A landlord who allows her sons to enter the home without warning (once while I was showering, I woke to a snake under my bed and the walls and other areas full of nasty bedbugs that were there prior to my renting.