I've dealt with six or seven property managers in PA in the past, (for 14 years), and this is the first instance I've ever received this pushback. 

@Maureen M.Working with the local government can be a pain, as you are finding out.

Whether it is to build out your own in-house PM company, renegotiate vendor contracts on your properties with your new unit count as your bargaining chip, or just build out a more robust administrative team, now is the time to do it to support your needs for the next market phase.

ADU was the biggest hype last decade and a huge disappointment for many, especially in CA. 1- big pain in the a$$ to get approved and then built. 2- super expensive in CA.3- often it reduces the value of the main home on resale, because most people want a normal private home and not some white elephant with a weird back cottage or no garage due to ADU.  

It is helpful to know that those growing pains and close calls/huge frustrations can still amount to gold.

We are a 3rd party administrator hired by an investor to help with communication, paperwork and deal flow throughout the transaction. 

I will say that once the floor was down, and we found the raised spots from the debris that didn't get cleaned properly, I noticed that repairing the floor is much more of a pain than I expected it to be.

To take measure of self, to learn and improve from "education via pain". 

Adding an MBA to a stem field degree is significantly better than adding one to say a business administration degree. 

However, while the separate LLCs are the best choice from a legal/liability perspective, from an accounting and administrative standpoint, the multiple LLCs will likely result in higher administrative costs.