Quote from @Devin Peterson: Quote from @Hassan Tejan-Kella: Hello all I'm a 6 year investor mainly involved in long term rentals.

It's technically not an ADU if it's the only property on land as it's an accessory dwelling unit to a main unit.

That main thing would be to look at their area of focus.

Hi @Philip Jones,For the refinance aspect, the main factors will be the FICO Score, cash flow of the property, and as-is value.A Higher FICO will let you get a larger loan size and lower interest rate.Good Cash Flow will ensure that your property will be profitable for you and enable you to get the max loan size that your FICO allows for.The As-is Value will play an important role in making sure that you meet the minimum requirement for a DSCR loan of 100k, but also in making sure that the rehab work that has been done provided significant value add.

I think the main issue is believing that unsecured prom notes are Guaranteed. unless I saw the note and the note stated that ( which I highly doubt) the return of funds and payment of interest solely rests on the full faith and credit of what was invested in and the sponsor..

I realized we would not get the same valuation as the main home but at $130k for 440sq ft I did not realize we could be in a negative equity position.  

Rent controls will be a real issue if you are planning it as a rental investment which in fact reduce the value of the main house as a rental.

The main issue with rental basement is water if it has water issue usually it is a simple fix .Clean gutters ,discharge gutter  water away 10" away from foundation, make sure you foundation soil is slopped away from it .If you need to buy soil get a clay mix .Cut back any tree too close to the foundation look at the drip line that's how far the limbs are out from the tree .If all that is done still has water buy a sump pump  carry the water to day light away from foundation 10" to 15" .

I have 4 long term rentals in my portfolio and I am mainly focusing on investing in single family homes in Traid, NC. 

You won't be able to get the renters' names, but you can look up the unit numbers by putting in the main address into the tax records and it will show all the apartment numbers at that address.