There are always exceptions but I have come to the realization that buying a property with an ADU versus building one is the way, way better option for most investors.I am always on the lookout for ADUs, even if they are not permitted because in my limited experience, it is easier to fix what is there than build something brand new.

Since I'm brand new (literally just started looking into REI about a week or so ago) there are some numbers and percentages on the calculator that I find difficult to estimate due to lack of experience in this field.

Brand spanking new to the world of real estate investing but I’ve seen the light and there’s NO going back now.

If you buy a brand new 350k house, do you want to live next door to some ugly looking, leaning house??

@Justine Hoggatt , about the Payrange, can it used on any brand washer/ dryer ? 

In my opinion all these do is lesson your brand.

I've had one real estate agent tell me (while I was painting her home) that for someone who's brand new, it's smarter to start with a duplex and that jumping right into a fourplex would be biting off more than you can chew.I can imagine that's maybe because it's more work and responsibility.. but I'm wondering if there are other technicalities and details that a newbie may not realize right away that made her provide that suggestion. (?)

Yeh.The place was not cleaned well and missing some pretty basic amenities like hand towels and wash clothes, no cork screw, a cheap coffee pot with a decantur with no lid that had to be wrestled in/out because it was from a different brand/model, no welcome page or even instructions for the WiFi password, three towels for a rental set up for four guests, etc.

I am brand new to real estate investing, in fact, I have not purchase my first property yet.

I talked with us bank and they accept them, but not electronically and their closest brand is in ohio...