It is zoned multi-family and I could do 14 or 15 straight townhouses but the City in question, while they immediately adopted the latest ADU rules, has archaic multi-family land-use regulations centered on a large apartment complex mentality that are costly for infill / middle housing  (1.75 off-street parking spaces per unit, major landscaping requirements, "amenity" requirements, unreasonably large setbacks, etc.). 

We use these door sensors on any large patio doors and you would be surprised how many guests leave the doors open for long (1-5hr+ periods) while trying to cool/heat the house.   

We have been starting the process to get these houses rehabbed but the program is not implemented in every municipality yet and it takes time to go thru the courts.    

Many nightmare stories about house next door a drug house, or issues with that location or street that would not be known until you visit

We have had a lot of applications and several showings but haven't been able to land it to no fault of the house.

We provide housing for Homeless and Addicted people in underserved communities, and in an attempt to revitalize our Downtown area, and expand our Program (part of it is home ownership and entrepreneurship) we need to be able to buy adjudicated properties, or have them donated, then have the finances to redevelop and repair them. 

I recently went to a conference on this and got some insights:- Moderate price appreciation: The Bay Area housing market is expected to see continued, but more moderate price growth.

I would have looked more deeply into house hacking or creative financing and left the mortgage for the first property where it was.

We provide housing for Homeless and Addicted people in underserved communities, and in an attempt to revitalize our Downtown area, and expand our Program (part of it is home ownership and entrepreneurship) we need to be able to buy adjudicated properties, or have them donated, then have the finances to redevelop and repair them.

I bought my first house from a wholesaler in 2004 and flipped it for a 40k profit.