I'm a realtor in Los Angeles (Highland Park to be exact)  My client is looking for a referral to a company who specializes in building ADU's. Has anyone gone through the process and have a good referral? 

I purchased a property about a year ago. I paid $515000. The property includes two separate parcels each with there own address. One property is about 3 acres that my main house is on and the other is just land with a...

I'm doing a simple 20X20 ADU garage conversion (400 sq. ft). I hired an architect and he did some rough designs. Now he says he needs to hire an engineer. Does that make sense? I'd heard that simple garage conversions...

Good day BiggerPockets landlords. I have an increasingly disruptive problem at a property comprised of a main 2/1 home and a stand-alone studio behind it. Turns out the studio, which is attached to a one-car garage, a...

I'm a first time buyer / investor looking for ADU candidate in the 500-600K range in Hayward / Castro Valley / San Leandro / E Oakland. J Martin has suggested this strategy in the forums; Chris May is also pursuing it...

I'm going to be purchasing my first property soon and I'm currently shopping for a mortgage. What are the top or most important questions to ask a mortgage specialist? In addition, how many days can you get pre approv...

I’m looking into buying a property from flippers who bought a 3/2 on an acre of land for $400k. They built it into a 4/2 with a 1/1 and a studio. They say that the ADUs buildings are permitted, they just didn’t get th...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $860,000

Cash invested: $50,000

Converted detached bedroom into permitted ADU. Bringing in $2,200 for the A...

So I recently had a conversation with an appraiser and he basically confirmed what I already have heard regarding ADUs based on research. He said that basically any home that he appraises that has an ADU built on it, ...

My wife and I just purchased a tear down home on a good lot in 78704 Zilker area to build our homestead.   We currently live in a townhome just down the street from this house.  This lot will support 2,800 buildable s...