Additionally, home had been neglected for a while but with a few good hands-on deck it was restored to its intended beauty.

I think I have a good case, but it's really hard to find an attorney to take it nowadays—all the good ones are fully booked and hard to reach.Any suggestions or recommendations on how to approach this issue would be greatly appreciated, as I am a new landlord.

If she offers additional information that resolves the issue, then you can consider whether you want to try again.

You are sitting on a lot of equity and a 2.8% makes it tough to pull that out in addition to a huge HOA fee.

Additionally, I got to network and build relationships with other multi family investors and real estate professionals.

PM us if you need additional assistance.

That is a requirement in Washington and likely in your state also. btw  - as a best practice, I suggest you avoid comparing applicants to each other.

Ponder each of these   Make sure you understand the implications of each  1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

I'd suggest possibly extending the house hack to another duplex or quad. 1-4 units are residential so will be easier to finance. 

In addition, the city of San Diego has very unfriendly to LL tenant laws.