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Mae Garcia Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit aka JADU
19 March 2019 | 2 replies

Hey BP community,Does anyone have any experience with Junior Accessory Dwelling Units or JADU?I’m trying to turn a SFR into 3 units with and ADU and a JADU. Per my city’s regulation in CA, the lot is only allowed one ...

Dean Sexton New to real estate investing. Quick question
15 January 2025 | 3 replies

Hi all, and nice to meet everyone. I just recently went under contract on my first property. Its a 3 bed, 2 bath, main house with a den and attached guest house. Guest house is 1 bed and 1 bath. I will be living in th...

Rick Albert Water Submetering in Los Angeles with ADU
12 December 2024 | 17 replies

Hello Everyone!Right now between my house and ADU, we split the water based on the square footage.  When looking back, that isn't an accurate way to do it for a variety of reasons, plus it is a hassle every time to do...

L Y Question on Owner Occupancy, Rent, Seasoning
3 May 2010 | 5 replies

My wife and I are under contract to purchase a property (single family home on tax record) that has a guest house. Both the guest house and the main house are currently rented out by the current owner.

Being a young ...

Tori Maxell Getting utilities shut off every month, need advice.
24 July 2017 | 5 replies

Hey everyone. First off, forgive me if I'm posting to the wrong discussion thread. This might end up being quite the long post as well since I want to make sure that I'm detailing everything so it makes sense since th...

Eric Yu Used HELOC from Main house to buy first rental property.
4 December 2018 | 9 replies

Hello BP community!I recently used HELOC from my residence to purchase a rental house. Seller accept offer at 10/20, but it looks closing date will after 1/1/2019.  Obviously, HELOC interest start from Nov., there are...

Gary Rodgers Renting out ADU and main house with single solar system
18 January 2022 | 0 replies

I'm working on building an ADU right now, just submitted plans yesterday. The building laws require that we have solar. Where I'm at in California I can install the solar now on the primary house before NEM 3.0 goes i...

Sam Phillips Building and living in ADU to rent the main house
14 March 2018 | 0 replies

We have just started the process of building an ADU (max 800 sq ft) in the backyard of the property we currently live. I can't find any guidance as far as maximizing tax benefits for either the building of the propert...

Manoj Lamba In-law quarter/ADU in Dublin CA worth to build?
5 September 2019 | 6 replies

Is it worth to add rentable in-law quarter/ADU in Dublin CA (West Dublin) house, which costing ~85K or so to build for 300 sq. ft. built up area for the in-law quarter?
How much rent it would bring in and is it easi...

SUSAN COOPER Do I declare income on my guest house
10 December 2016 | 1 reply

We have a guest house but utilities are connected at the main house and there is not a seperate address for the quest house. Do I have to declare the income if I rent it out since the main house is paying all of the b...