You need to start with one step, get that information, then understand each choice's highest and best value.Do you have debt on it?

Remember, understanding your bill can save you money!

Also, since there is a huge gap in the industry in teaching people how to understand development and the different options we've launched an education arm to help bridge that gap so it's not just the "big guys" with deep pockets that can be a developer. 

Key is to really understand the areas you want to be in and your goals to make sure they align.

My current understanding is that ADUs may offer better cash flow, although they may not necessarily provide superior appreciation compared to condo investments, considering the anticipated decline in interest rates over the next couple of years.Thank you for your expertise and guidance!

We've done about 2000 ADU's in the Southern California area, and I am also building roughly 20 ADUs currently in San Diego, I'd love to help you understand the process and how I can help.

If you don't fully understand the investment, do not invest. 

I'd be willing to live in it which appears to have some benefits for a condo conversion depending what town you're in.The thought being that we could buy a duplex/triplex/quad, convert it to a condo, and sell off the remaining units leaving me with (at the end of the day) an affordable housing option.Here are the condo zoning laws that I found for Sunnyvale: https://www.huduser.gov/portal...My understanding is that they don't do condo conversions with <3% rental vacancy rate, but it looks like it was 3.1% from the most recent HUD market analysis for my area that I could find: https://www.huduser.gov/portal...Does anyone know someone who has done a condo conversion in the Bay Area?  

@Nate P.Your profile hints that you are living abroad.If you are a US citizen - you want to make sure that the CPA you work with understands the foreign earned income exclusion(FEIE).If you purchase a property and are expecting valuable feedback on how that property will impact your tax return, you will need to provide a rough profit and loss projection(rental income and expenses) along with purchase price to have a conversation with your accountant so that they can provide you good feedback. 

These are, or should be standards in design and build, that translate to any and all economic markets:1 - Treat the design as the first few times (changes) you will build, and pay for, the house.2 - Treat the design as a system, made up of a series of interacting systems.3 - Understand that design is a series of decisions, with each decision impacting more than just the immediate decision you are making.