That has helped me in REI for numerous reasons.

If your plan is to buy and hope that any property just goes up, I suggest just going to Vegas and putting it all on Red on the roulette table because hoping it goes up is just a gamble if you don’t do the research and have a game plan.

I now pass up properties that I would have bought in my earlier days when I was more willing to be aggressive and gamble because I knew that I was willing to hustle more to make a deal work.

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In the end, we decided not to tent, knowing there was risk the termites could still be active in the addition, or could have fully migrated to another location, but I felt okay with a 90% inspection.Well, I lost on that gamble.

I know of numerous buyers looking for 2-4 unit properties and unless they are in bad shape, someone will buy the properties quick.David

You realize that many of the lawsuits were filed by competitors (proctor gamble).

There are numerous other short comings in ADU additions.  

I look at 100 houses over the span of 6 months and made numerous offers before I found my duplex in west oak park.

But they are pervasive, numerous, and noticeable.