Each option has its pros and cons, and I'm hoping to get some insights from this community to make a more informed decision.Option 1: Building an ADUPros:Increased Property Value: An ADU can significantly increase the value of my primary residence.Control and Proximity: I can closely manage and maintain the property since it's on my land.Potential for Higher Rent: ADUs in bay area can fetch a good rental price.Flexible Use: ADUs can serve multiple purposes – home office, guest house, or rental unit.No Additional Land Purchase: Utilizing existing property means no extra cost for land acquisition.Foundation improvements: I will get an upgrade for my foundation which increase house stability.

I would like to rent it out to traveling nurses or corporate rentals since there is a very large Navy Base there and also 2 hospitals.

We use Rentec Direct and really love it.It collects our rent, applies late fees, deposits our rents in our bank account, tracks expenses, screens our tenants, markets our properties, generates forms we can send out for docusigning by our tenants, tracks leases, and much more.  

I rent a unit as long term but I thought the building itself would be a great plan.

We have had noticable success increasing our Direct Bookings using this approach.

Hello, I think it’s really awesome that you’re just now beginning and you are already coming to the forums to learn so the first thing you need to do is to continue to stay on the forms and you also need to be reading all of the bigger pocketbook and start listening to their podcast to soak up as much knowledge as you can and as long as you do that, you will have all the knowledge you need to start and regarding your question I do not advise to buy a single-family house just to live in it without a rental property aspect so it’s OK if you want to live in the house as well but you will have to either get a multifamily property or you could also buy a single-family home and rent out the other rooms  now see when you have a property that you use just for your family then you have to pay the mortgage every month which is building your equity, but that responsibility is solely on you whereas if it has some sort of rental property aspect, there will be other people helping you build that equity if you were to buy a property just for yourself that is something that will be taking money out of your pocket every month while as a rental property if you buy right will be putting money in your pocket every month the only exception to what I just said is if you buy a property for yourself or just for your family to live in, you could do a live-in flip to where as you’re living in the property you rehab it while your living there and if you buy right with enough knowledge, then when you turn around to sell the property, you will make profit

Now, take that to 80% and drop the credit score 50 points and the rate increases by quite a bit, but generally, you're looking at a higher rate for non-QM. 

We actually rented the unit back to the existing tenants for as long as they wanted to stay because we didn’t have to do anything to the unit to start generating income.  

These improvements modernized the home, boosted curb appeal, and increased market value.

I have a SFH in Hamilton County (the house I lived in and rented out after I moved) and 2 SFHs on the East side of Indy.