It made me a little sick to know that the seller picked this thing up for 100K less only about 6 months before i bought it but I purchased anyway because if Ive learned anything as an investor it is to run by numbers and not emotions.

The ADU (with a separate address) adds about 700sqft (2BR/2BA) to the existing 1100sqft (3BR/2BA) main home, with the additional sqft and bed/bath count showing up on the property's title report.

I haven't checked the credit in a separate report for myself but received it on Zillow. 

Do you use separated bank accounts?

NO emotions here, strictly math.By pure happenstance, we ran into a different property that seems to make sense financially, but is a little more scary then we thought we were ready for.Local to us, a commercial/residential building is for sale. 4 store fronts street level, 2 apartments upstairs, and 1 large unit upstairs that needs a little rehab to be leased out, as it was occupied on and off by the owners kids for many years.The 4 retail units, and the 2 residentials are all spoken for with good leasing history.

If so, you’re best bet is probably to hire someone separately to fix the problems to save the sale.

Hi folks,How would a person go about getting separate meters for a "Main House" and "1/1 Unit in the back yard"?

Is there a key question I should ask to separate the good from bad? 

Yes we maintain our flipping company in a separate entity as our buy and hold properties.

If you can find a SFH with ADU/MIL/separate living areas and kitchens, that's a huge win.