Podcasts about accessory dwelling unit

Living Off Rentals 238 – Ryan O'Connell – Supercharge Your Cash Flow with an ADU Joining us today on this episode of Living Off Rentals is someone who is passionate about the Accessory Dwelling Unit or ADU. Ryan O'Connell is a real estate investor who shows how using ADU's can increase cash flow in short and long-term rental investments. Listen as he shares insights about this topic, particularly the versatility of ADU compared to home additions or the purchase of a second property. Enjoy the show! Key Takeaways [00:00] Introducing Ryan O'Connell and his background [05:30] What is ADU? [14:51] The general cost for ADU [23:26] List of states that allow ADU (https://community.how-to-adu.com/adu-rules-by-state) [27:31] Ryan's take on prefabricated homes [34:31] Multi-unit ADU structures [43:29] Connect with Ryan Guest Links Website – youtube.com/c/howtoadu    Show Links Living Off Rentals YouTube Channel – youtube.com/c/LivingOffRentals  Living Off Rentals YouTube Podcast Channel – youtube.com/c/LivingOffRentalsPodcast  Living Off Rentals Facebook Group – facebook.com/groups/livingoffrentals  Living Off Rentals Website – livingoffrentals.com  Living Off Rentals Instagram – instagram.com/livingoffrentals  Living Off Rentals TikTok – tiktok.com/@livingoffrentals

Joe Gebbia's journey began in Georgia, where his early interest in sports led him to work as a ball boy for the Atlanta Hawks. However, his true passion lay in art, earning him the nickname "art guy" in school as he spent countless hours drawing from comic books. This passion led him to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he discovered industrial design and the work of Charles and Ray Eames. A pivotal moment came when a professor doubted his art project, but Joe secured school funding and proved the professor wrong, showcasing his early entrepreneurial spirit.At RISD, Joe met Brian Chesky, and he felt an instant connection, believing they would create something significant together. After graduation, Joe moved to San Francisco and convinced Brian to join him, leading to the creation of Airbnb. Faced with skepticism and rejection from investors and law firms, Joe drew on his art background to reframe challenges as opportunities. This resilience paid off as Airbnb became a global phenomenon, changing how people travel and connect.Joe's journey at Airbnb taught him invaluable leadership lessons and underscored the importance of creativity and innovation. His artistic sensibility helped him approach problems with a fresh perspective, leading to the creation of Samara, a venture focused on reimagining home design. After Airbnb went public, Joe branched Samara out as a separate company, recognizing the potential in the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) space.Beyond Airbnb, Joe relocated to Austin, Texas, becoming a minority owner of the San Antonio Spurs and aligning his entrepreneurial pursuits with his passion for sports. Committed to making a positive impact, Joe is passionate about causes such as homelessness and environmental sustainability. He also helped establish the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, reflecting his commitment to fostering creativity and innovation. Joe Gebbia's story is one of resilience, creativity, and a relentless pursuit of dreams, inspiring others to embrace their passions and challenge the status quo.*The Founder Hour is brought to you by Outer. Outer makes the world's most beautiful, comfortable, innovative, and high-quality outdoor furniture - ALL from sustainable materials - and is the ONLY outdoor furniture with a patented built-in cover to make protecting it effortless. From teak chairs to fire pit tables, everything Outer makes has the look and feel of what you'd expect at a 5-star resort, for less than you'd pay at a big box store for something that won't last. For a limited time, get 10% off at www.liveouter.com/thefounderhour. Terms and conditions apply.Customers are flocking to your store—do you have a reliable point-of-sale system? Shopify POS is your retail command center, handling payments, inventory, and more. Choose from hardware options like smartphone, tablet, or Shopify's POS Go device. With award-winning support, Shopify helps you succeed every step of the way. Get started with a $1/month trial at www.shopify.com/founderhour.Still using your personal phone number for your startup in 2024? OpenPhone makes it easy to get business phone numbers for your team with an app that works on both phone and computer. It integrates with CRMs like HubSpot and Salesforce, and offers AI-powered call transcripts and summaries. Plus, your whole team can access the same number. Start at $15/user/month, but The Founder Hour listeners get 20% off for 6 months. Visit https://www.openphone.com/founder to start your free trial!Stressed, sleepless, or need a health boost? Try Magnesium Breakthrough from BiOptimizers! It's the only supplement with 7 types of magnesium, each with unique benefits like muscle recovery, heart health, and energy production. All-natural, vegan, and gluten-free. Visit www.bioptimizers.com/founderhour and use code FOUNDERHOUR for 10% off. ***Follow The Founder Hour on:Instagram | www.instagram.com/thefounderhourTwitter/X | www.x.com/thefounderhourLinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/company/thefounderhourYouTube | www.youtube.com/@thefounderhour

Accessory dwelling units – sometimes called “mother-in-law suites” – allow family, friends or tenants to move into an already occupied lot. They're smaller, cheaper and some see them as a fix to Virginia’s housing shortage. But as Brad Kutner found out, balancing local and state authority on the issue is the first hurdle in the […]

Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed two new bills aimed at easing the housing crisis in Arizona. We'll hear why critics are saying it will open the door for more short-term rentals. Plus, why Amazon won't be able to use its drone delivery service during some hot summer days in the Valley. That and more on The Show. 

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On this week's episode of ⁠Orleans: Behind the Scenes⁠, hosts Mia Baumgarten and Mike Solitro welcome Talitha Abramsen, Housing Resources Program Manager with Lower Cape Housing & Accessory Dwelling Unit Resource Center. The Lower Cape Housing & Accessory Dwelling Unit Resource Center is a joint effort between ⁠Community Development Partnership⁠ and Homeless Prevention Center (HPC). Tune in to catch up on what's happening this week and what's coming up next!  Welcome to Orleans! Are you a longtime visitor, lifetime resident, or newly minted explorer? Mia and Mike are here for you with the scoop on happenings in this bustling and beautiful Lower Cape town. Want to know what's driving the initiatives and innovations coming out of Town Hall? Get a glimpse behind the scenes as Mia and Mike introduce you to the fresh faces and dynamic projects around town. Mia and Mike will keep you up to date and informed about all the ways your local government works. For a weekly dose of local news delivered with a different perspective, subscribe and listen to ⁠Orleans: Behind the Scenes⁠.   Contact Talitha talitha@capecdp.org (508) 290-0119 Lower Cape Housing & ADU Resource Center   Events: Snow Library Calendar Orleans Farmers' Market:  Every Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM | Inside at 44 Main Street until May http://www.orleansfarmersmarket.org/ Orleans Chamber Events Calendar April 5, 12, and 19: Town of Orleans First Aid Training & Certification April 9: Orleans Digital Equity Plan Community Meeting --------------------------------------- Connect with the Town of Orleans now on Facebook and Instagram   Contact us at: orleansbts@town.orleans.ma.us

WHAT'S COMING IN THE UPCOMING SESSION? This article paints a rosy picture of Democrats and Republicans working together to solve some of our thorniest issues, from construction defect laws that could spur condo building again to laws making it easier to have an Accessory Dwelling Unit on your property. I've got Minority Leader Rose Puglise at 2:30 to discuss. Read more here.

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In this episode, Cherise is joined by Nicole Blair, Owner of Nicole Blair, LLC in Austin, Texas. They discuss The Hive located in Central East Austin, Texas.You can see the project here as you listen along.The Hive is a 550 sf Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) situated behind a primary residence. To meet City of Austin's pervious cover requirements, the maximum footprint that was allowed on this 6500 sf residential lot was on 320 sf! To accommodate a one-bedroom dwelling, walls creatively tilt from the slab, hugging building setback planes and an angled utility easement at the back of the property, to add volume and opportunities for more square footage where needed — evoking the shape of a beehive.If you enjoy this episode, visit arcat.com/podcast for more. If you're a frequent listener of Detailed, you might enjoy similar content at Gābl Media. Mentioned in this episode:ARCAT Detailed on Youtube

Welcome to the Nomadic Spaces Podcast, your ultimate source for insightful discussions on innovative living , tiny spaces and interior design. In this episode, we're exploring the exciting realm of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and delving into the art of creating a functional and stylish living environment that complements your main home. Join us as we embark on a journey to design your dream ADU.   I'll be your guide through this captivating episode, where we'll uncover the multitude of benefits an ADU can offer and the creative possibilities that come with designing one. Together, we'll explore:   - **Understanding ADUs:** Dive into what ADUs are, why they're gaining popularity, and how they can serve as versatile spaces for homeowners.   - **Customizing for Your Needs:** Learn how to tailor your ADU to fit your lifestyle, whether you're considering it for rental income, accommodating family members, or creating a versatile workspace.   - **Design Principles for Small Spaces:** Discover how to maximize the functionality and aesthetics of your ADU, from selecting furniture to choosing color palettes and layouts.   - **Navigating Regulations:** Get insights into the zoning and regulatory aspects of building an ADU, and learn how to streamline the process.   - **Innovative Design Ideas:** Explore creative design concepts that optimize space, lighting, and flow, making the most of your ADU's limited square footage.   Whether you're a homeowner curious about the potential of an ADU, an investor exploring additional income streams, or simply fascinated by the world of small space design, this episode is your key to unlocking the limitless possibilities of ADU design.

In this episode of the AZREIA Show, hosts Marcus Maloney and Mike Del Prete bring in local architectural expert Nicholas Tsontakis to discuss the topic of architectural design and the growing trend of additional dwelling units (ADUs) in Phoenix. As a second-generation architect, Nick shares his journey and how he became interested in the field. The conversation delves into the importance of architectural design and the influence of major architects. Tune in to learn more about ADUs and how they can increase cash flow for investors.   Key Takeaways: 02:23 Big design ideas in architecture. 05:27 Zoning and maximizing property value. 08:29 ADU regulations and neighbor complaints. 10:46 ADUs in Phoenix and surrounding cities. 13:45 Zoning research and property analysis. 19:16 Timeframe for design process. 21:31 Residential permit by inspector. 24:49 Stop work signs. 27:18 Tiny homes and permitting. 31:01 Phoenix city skyline and skyscrapers. 33:23 Density and development strategies. 36:59 Discount benefits and free consultation.   Connect with Nicholas Tsontakis LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-tsontakis-4398b32a/ Website: https://dwellboldly.com/   ---- The Arizona Real Estate Investors Association provides its members the education, market information, support, and networking opportunities that will further the member's ability to successfully invest in Real Estate. Join AZREIA here. Is a Career in Real Estate Right For You? Take AZREIA's Real Estate Investing Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment at  

Let's explore the rich investment grounds of Seattle in today's episode with Karl Krauskopf. Discover distinctive attributes that differentiate Seattle from other real estate markets, plus the perks awaiting those who venture into this dynamic landscape by listening until the end of the show.Key Takeaways to Listen forCompelling reasons to invest in the Seattle real estate market Key qualities that you should look for in your tenantsChallenges to increasing deal flow and how to overcome themUnique aspects of Seattle's RE industry that you should know aboutThe process and duration of acquiring accessory dwelling units in SeattleResources Mentioned in This EpisodeAmazonCoStarLinkedInApartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor About Karl KrauskopfKarl got his start in real estate flipping houses. He has always focused on adding value to underserved properties in markets experiencing substantial population and employment growth. Karl has led real estate investment projects of over $20,000,000 in the last four years and now manages nearly $10,000,000 worth of assets. Karl focuses much of his time on strategic visioning and business development, devoting much of his time to investor and broker relations and scaling the business.He obtained his MBA from South Florida. He left a position of ten years to pursue real estate full-time, where he was running strategic planning and business development for a business services healthcare company that grossed $100 million annually.Connect with KarlWebsite: GOLD MFLinkedIn: Karl Krauskopf MBAInstagram: @karl.krauskopfFacebook: Karl KrauskopfTo Connect With UsPlease visit our website: www.bonavestcapital.com, and please click here, to leave a rating and review!SponsorsGrow Your Show, LLCThinking About Creating and Growing Your Own Podcast But Not Sure Where To Start?Visit GrowYourShow.com and Schedule a call with Adam A. Adams

This week we sat down with 25 year old self-made millionaire investor Josh Villareal to discuss how he grew his real estate portfolio to great heights at such a young age. Josh shares his strategies of adding accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to each of his properties and how he has found a unique lane investing in the expensive California market. He has also dabbled in flips, Airbnb, and is in the process of developing a 49 unit $200 million dollar building.Throughout the episode, Josh reveals his early motivations, joining the navy at 17, his goal of retiring his parents, and the lessons he has learned along his journey so far. From his first investment property to scaling his ventures, he provides practical tips and strategies for aspiring investors who want to follow in his footsteps. He shares the importance of mindset, taking calculated risks, and continuously learning to stay ahead in a competitive market.Whether you're a seasoned investor or just starting out, this podcast episode will leave you feeling motivated and equipped with actionable insights to accelerate your own journey towards financial freedom. **If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds and makes a huge difference in helping us land high profile guests on the show. We also love reading reviews to see the impact we're making!Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Click hereInterested in being interviewed on the podcast? Click hereInterested in joining our investor mailing list and investing with us? Click hereInterested in YouTube Automation? Click hereFollow Us: Instagram: instagram.com/weeklyjuicepodYouTube: youtube.com/@weeklyjuicepodTikTok: tiktok.com/@weeklyjuicepodTwitter: twitter.com/weeklyjuicepodPrevious Guests on The Weekly Juice Podcast include: Brandon Turner, David Greene, Tony Robinson, Paula Pant, Chad “Coach” Carson, Heather Blankenship, Jake Harris, Avery Carl, Tim Bratz, J. Scott, Matt Faircloth, Ashley Wilson, Felipe Mejia, Mark McMahon, Robert Leonard, Ashley Hamilton, Zeona McIntyre, Michael Elefante, Michael Zuber, Alex Camacho, Steve Rozenberg, Henry Washington, Axel Ragnarsson, Seth Berger, Myra Oliver, Cody Berman, Shelby Osbourne, Indar Lange, Phillip Vera, Naaman Taylor, Rich Fettke, Brody Fausett, Jerome Maldonado, Brian Luebben, Ana Klein, Diego Corzo, David Toupin, Travis Zappia, Stratton Brown, Dr. Joe Asamoah, David Grabiner, Brian Davila, Mark Jones, Ian Group, Lauryn Williams, Lauren & Kyle Clugston (Rentals to Wealth), Craig Curelop (The Fi Guy), Marc Russell (Better Wallet), Josh & Ali Lupo (The Fi Couple), Brennan Schlagbaum (Budget Dog), Chloe Daniels (Clobare Money Coach), JD Sustar (Finance Cowboy), Rachel Richards (Money Honey Rachel), Shang (Save My Cents), Soli Cayetano (Lattes and Leases), Sharon Tseung, Tyler Wright, Georgiy (Funancialism), Sarah King (Nerds Guide to Fi), Chris (The Stealthy Rich), Kyle Stanley (Fearless Kyle), Savannah Arroyo (Net Worth Nurse), and many more.

Maine's Communities are planning for how to best accommodate ADUs

Maine's Communities are planning for how to best accommodate ADUs

In this episode, Derek Sherrell, who has a background in construction and real estate investing, shares his experience with building Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and using them as a way to generate passive income. He provides an overview of ADUs, including their different types and the importance of researching local planning and zoning codes. Derek emphasizes the benefits of house hacking, which involves building an income stream on a property, such as by renting out a garage or building an ADU. He shares tips for financing ADUs, including seeking out local banks and credit unions, and emphasizes the importance of doing due diligence on contractors before hiring them. Finally, Derek encourages viewers to be creative and open-minded in their real estate investing endeavors and to seek out networking events to build relationships with other investors. If you'd like to meet with Beau to talk financing, book a call here ( http://bookwithbeau.com/ )

Karen & Traci talk about incredible buying opportunities with Ana Gil and Lisa from Century 21 Everest from Palm Desert to our beautiful ocean views here in Ventura County there is lots to talk about!  Next, Matt & Brian from AS-Built Construction give you the inside information on ADU's. They walk us through the process of building an Accessory Dwelling Unit, attached or detached they provide the feasibility, size and cost for your ADU. Matt & Brian will maximize the potential of your property with their years of experience!  Shannon Vasquez, owner of Float Reiki, wraps up the podcast with relaxing reiki, a great gift for yourself or for Mother's Day! Gift certificates are available from Float Reiki!  Another informative and relaxing podcast from Girls On The Air!

In this episode of Architecture, Design & Photography we sit down with Danielle Betts, President at Knickerbocker Group and Julien Jalbert, Architect and Design Studio Leader at Knickerbocker Group. In this episode, we'll be exploring the innovative world of prefab pods  accessory dwelling units (ADU's).More from Knickerbocker Group: Website: https://www.knickerbockergroup.com/ PreFab Pod: https://www.prefab-pods.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knickerbockergroup/ More from us: Website: http://www.trentbell.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/trentbellphotography/ Podcast: www.adppodcast.com

In this episode of the podcast, Whitney Hill, Co-Founder of San Diego's largest accessory dwelling unit construction company (SnapADU), shared her journey on how she and her co-founder have been able to specialize in the local market, serve over 15 jurisdictions in greater San Diego, and create standard plans that can be customized. Whitney discussed the importance of recognizing one's own skill gaps and finding people who do a better job than oneself, allocating roles and responsibilities between partners in a business, and making good hiring decisions. She also spoke about the importance of internal transparency for their company and how they have leveraged content creation to become a leader in the ADU builder market. She shared her strategies for dealing with rising inflation, volatile construction prices, long lead times due to COVID and how they implemented a six-month price lock, helping homeowners feel confident in their financing and budget. For entrepreneurs looking for tips on establishing their business processes and creating a product that meets customers' demands, this episode with Whitney Hill is one to tune into! Whitney's insights on how she was able to grow her business, as well as take inputs from both the market and competitors, to create a successful product. will surely help you unlock the strategies behind your businesses. Listen to this episode now and get the competitive edge! Listen to this episode now and get the competitive edge!

Turn your property's free spaces into another earning opportunity with Whitney Hill as we walk you through the ins and outs of accessory dwelling units, what you need to build them, plus ways to scale them quickly so you can start renting your property at a max value today.Key Takeaways to Listen forAccessory dwelling units: What they are and how to build themThe value of business partnershipsTypical size and cost of accessory dwelling unitsCommon mistakes developers make when building ADUsAn update on supply chains and current prices of building materials Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeBuildertrendFree Apartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor About Whitney HillWhitney Hill is the co-founder and CEO of SnapADU, an Accessory Dwelling Unit construction company serving San Diego. SnapADU has become the leading builder of ADUs in San Diego as part of a broader shift in how California is thinking about generating affordable housing. The company designs, permits, and builds 50 ADUs a year and has $15M in revenue. Whitney has been named to San Diego Business Journal's 40 Next Top Business Leaders Under Forty 2022.Prior to founding SnapADU, Whitney gained strategic & tactical experience as a management consultant for Bain & Company and as an operations manager for an industrial supply distributor. Whitney earned a BA in Psychology from Yale University, as well as an MBA from NYU with a specialization in Entrepreneurship And Management of Technology & Operations.Connect with WhitneyWebsite: SnapADUTo Connect With UsPlease visit our website: www.bonavestcapital.com and please click here, to leave a rating and review!SponsorGrow Your Show, LLCThinking About Creating and Growing Your Own Podcast But Not Sure Where To Start?Visit GowYourShow.com and Schedule a call with Adam A. Adams

You know this narrative by now, right? Maybe it's even your story: Someone gets fired up about an issue in their community and starts taking steps to address it. Next thing they know, neighbors are coming to them for advice, momentum is building around this issue, and they're finding a whole community of people who care about that thing, too. This turns into a broader effort to change, not just that initial issue, but also all the Strong Towns issues that are connected to it… Today's guest is Sarah Cipkar, and she experienced her own version of this journey. A few years ago, she decided to take the step to build an accessory dwelling unit in her yard in Windsor, Ontario. An accessory dwelling unit (also called an additional dwelling unit, ADU, or granny flat, among other terms) just refers to any small housing that's added to an existing lot. It could be a small apartment built over your garage or a mini cottage constructed in the backyard of your home. Cipkar successfully built that ADU, found a great tenant, and the property was soon providing income for her family, plus a new sense of community with her tenant, who helped out with watching the house while Cipkar was on trips, shared meals with her family, and more. (Cipkar will tell you about the myriad benefits of ADUs in this episode. This is just the beginning of the list, really.)   After going through the intensive process of not just building the ADU, but first jumping through the many government hoops, permits, and financing challenges to get the project off the ground in the first place, Cipkar was motivated to help others navigate this process, too. She started a pilot project called ADUSearch, which is an online hub where anyone can look up their address and find out what sorts of additional dwelling units could be built on their property. She began this initiative with properties in Windsor, but is now expanding it, thanks to some grants and partnerships, to encompass the entire country of Canada.  ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES ADUsearch.ca website. Visit Sarah Cipkar's website. ADUsearch and Sarah Cipkar on Instagram. Learn more about Accessory Dwelling Units in the Strong Towns Action Lab where you can find core insights, case studies, key articles and more. Backdoor Revolution: The Definitive Guide to ADU Development by Kol Peterson. Send your story ideas and guest suggestions to rachel@strongtowns.org. Support this podcast by becoming a Strong Towns member today.

Let's face it, there is a housing crisis in America.  As housing demand increases, more and more municipalities have begun allowing property owners to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs). These supplementary properties not only help with the housing crisis, they can also help maximize a client's home, and provide a passive income. In this episode Breck, Leslie, and Claire share insight on exactly what an ADU is and why they are popping up on properties all across the county. Here's a glimpse of what you'll learn from us in this episode: What is an Accessory Dwelling Unit.Why there is an increase in cities allowing ADU development. Parameters and restrictions of ADUs.Questions you need to ask yourself in order to maximize your property. Breck's Project Highlight of the Week: West End Bin! (Renamed from Byrere Terrace ADU)Click here for the full show notes of Episode 25. Are you ready to move forward with your own ADU or have more questions? Contact us here so we can put you in touch with the right member of our team. Make sure to follow us on Instagram to stay up to date with all of our new project release and updates. 

Join us in this episode as we talk with Stephanie Gutierrez, an ADU Realtor, Strategist, and Advisor. Starting out in the medical field doing medical billing and insurance eligibility, we dig deep into how she niched down to ADUs by forming her own team back in 2020. We also touched on the SB9 home act of California and how it could potentially take over the ADU space in the future, all about prefab ADUs, the importance of building a team, why it matters who you work with, and how to start in the ADU space with an investor mindset. 

ADU - What Are They, and How Do They Work? [Accessory Dwelling Units] So many people are getting into the concept of building or investing in Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), but they run up against the same problem: local building regulations. Ryan O'Connell saw a gap in the market and transitioned from being a wine expert to an ADU expert and today he runs a successful consulting business, How To ADU, where he gives advice on how to renovate or build yourself a functional and profitable ADU. On this episode of the Investor Financing Podcast, Ryan walks Beau through the legal definition of an ADU and a Junior ADU and lays out some of the elements you need to consider if you're starting an ADU project. You'll learn about your options for turning your garage into a short-term rental property, whether you should do a conversion or a construction ADU, and which cities in the Bay Area have the most ADU-friendly zoning policies. If you're exploring the concept of ADUs as an investment or a construction project, this episode is a must-listen. You can find more great content from Beau and his guests by subscribing or following the Investor Financing Podcast.

JOESPH LAM  There are many ways to increase the square footage of your home.  You can build an addition on to your home, you can add a second story and another way is to build an Accessory Dwelling Unit, referred to as ADU. These are becoming very popular for a variety of reasons and my guest Joe Lam, a realtor, and expert on ADU's is going to fill us in on the various aspects about them. BIO Joseph Lam is a business owner for over 33 years. Mr. Lam helps clients using real estate and modern-day asset class to generate current income and create long-term sustainable wealth. He supports the movement FIRE—Financial Independence, Retire Early! He co-wrote three books and is working on his new book ‘Hidden Money For Homeowners'.  He's closed over $200,000,000 in real estate & loan transactions and he is the CEO of Homeowner Money Academy, INCORPORATED Joseph holds a BS from Oregon State University and an MS & MBA from Binghamton University.  He enjoys reading, traveling, cooking, and good foods, swimming, and a game of Chinese ‘mahjong.'  He married his college sweetheart and is celebrating their 42nd anniversary; their son graduated from Berkeley School of Law & Berkeley School of Public Policy.  Mr. Lam holds a Real Estate Broker License and a Life Insurance & Annuity License. Joseph also speaks Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin). CONTACT                                                          Joe@sanjoseandbeyond.com      www.JosephLamAuthor.com. Website is: www.HiddenMoneyForHomeowners.com  GIFT Free checklist (a download of my top 10 ideas of finding more money in the house.  www.JosephLamAuthor.com MY CONTACT                                      StressFreeRemodeling@gmail.com www.StressFreeRemodeling.com.   www.AuriemmaDesign.com MY GIFT                                                                                        Transform Any Home Into a Dream Home Home                                A guide with lots of ideas and cost estimates for the transformation. StressFreeRemodeling.com/Transform MY BOOK                                                                                Homeowner's Guide to Stress-Free Remodeling                    Available on Amazon

Accessory Dwelling Units: What are They and Who are They For? In this Living to 100 Club Podcast, we explore the topic of Accessory Dwelling Units, commonly called ADU's.  Our guest for this conversation is Lisa De Jesus, a leading authority on planning, permitting, and building these secondary living units on your property. Sometimes referred to as granny flats, casitas, and even garage conversions, the “accessory” in the ADU term refers to an “accessory” to an existing home on a single or multi-family lot. Why is there a push to add ADU's to your property? Are some parts of the country seeing more of these additions? Who are the typical homeowners making this choice? When do city or county zoning laws come into play, and how does one get the proper building permits? What about costs, and what about returns on these investments? And one of the central questions, where does the resistance or pushback come from. Who is not so welcoming to this trend? Stay informed about one of the hot trends to increase housing stock and be sure to tune in. Mini Bio Lisa De Jesus is the owner of ADU Gurus LLC, located in Vista, California. Her company understands everything needed to build an Accessory Dwelling Unit on a single family parcel or a multi-family lot. Her practice offers an understanding of ADU feasibility, parameters for local government acceptance, development impact fee (DIF) waivers, financing, architectural design and construction management. She provides property owners with Structural Plans and Title 24 documentation to obtain permits to build ADUs in any local municipality. Considered the San Diego County "ADU Expert", Lisa is a native San Diegan, a former City of La Mesa Planning Commissioner. She currently sits as a Vista City Council appointed Commissioner on a local Review Board. Her key strength is helping to navigate the complexities of a city's Planning & Building Departments. Lisa earned an Associate of Arts in Spanish from Grossmont College and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from San Diego State University. She has a 20+ year interest in and involvement with local government, specifically in density and in-fill. Items Mentioned for Our Listeners Lisa's website: ADU Gurus

Accessory Dwelling Units: What are They and Who are They For? In this Living to 100 Club Podcast, we explore the topic of Accessory Dwelling Units, commonly called ADU's.  Our guest for this conversation is Lisa De Jesus, a leading authority on planning, permitting, and building these secondary living units on your property. Sometimes referred to as granny flats, casitas, and even garage conversions, the “accessory” in the ADU term refers to an “accessory” to an existing home on a single or multi-family lot. Why is there a push to add ADU's to your property? Are some parts of the country seeing more of these additions? Who are the typical homeowners making this choice? When do city or county zoning laws come into play, and how does one get the proper building permits? What about costs, and what about returns on these investments? And one of the central questions, where does the resistance or pushback come from. Who is not so welcoming to this trend? Stay informed about one of the hot trends to increase housing stock and be sure to tune in. Mini Bio Lisa De Jesus is the owner of ADU Gurus LLC, located in Vista, California. Her company understands everything needed to build an Accessory Dwelling Unit on a single family parcel or a multi-family lot. Her practice offers an understanding of ADU feasibility, parameters for local government acceptance, development impact fee (DIF) waivers, financing, architectural design and construction management. She provides property owners with Structural Plans and Title 24 documentation to obtain permits to build ADUs in any local municipality. Considered the San Diego County "ADU Expert", Lisa is a native San Diegan, a former City of La Mesa Planning Commissioner. She currently sits as a Vista City Council appointed Commissioner on a local Review Board. Her key strength is helping to navigate the complexities of a city's Planning & Building Departments. Lisa earned an Associate of Arts in Spanish from Grossmont College and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from San Diego State University. She has a 20+ year interest in and involvement with local government, specifically in density and in-fill. Items Mentioned for Our Listeners Lisa's website: ADU Gurus

This week we are joined by Andrew Silverman, Chief Operating Officer at Mosser Companies. We spoke with Andrew on the recent trends in the growing Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) market especially in high-density areas such as San Francisco, California. Learn more about Mosser Companies at https://www.mosserliving.com/ About the Apartment Academy: The Apartment Academy podcast is hosted by Leonardo247 founder, CEO, and Professor of Property, Daniel Cunningham. Each 20 to 30 minute episode features an insightful and educational conversation with a leader in the multifamily industry. Check out all the episodes and subscribe to get the latest episodes as they release here: https://lnkd.in/gkajWmFS

Meet Paul Wells, an experience semi-retired real estate developer and leader in the ADU movement.What's an ADU, you ask? It's an Accessory Dwelling Unit.Granny Flats, Casitas, Mother-in-Law Units, Backyard Houses, Guest Houses - whatever you'd like to call them, Paul has seen and done it all in the ADU space, and we're extremely fortunate to have had Paul on the podcast for an informative chat about ADUs.The laws and the policies that bring ADU to life are still developing every day. Some municipalities actively encourage ADUs, while others are still working out their opinions.Paul and Rory have an excellent conversation about where ADUs are working quite well (California and Colorado, for example), helping solve housing shortages, barriers of entry, retaining generational wealth, and supplying ways for generations to remain together on the same plots of land. They discuss the benefits of having professionals that understand the process of working with a city and a county, not just to get building permits, but to create effective and efficient designs that makes sense to that municipalities involved.Fast forward to about 28 minutes into the episode, and you'll hear Paul detail the steps and questions that he asks all of the people who contact him asking: "I'd like to build an ADU - where do I start." It's a fascinating list of questions and considerations! In this episode, we talk about:-- What is an Accessory Dwelling Unit?-- How Paul stumbled into the ADU world-- What world events caused Paul to pivot into real estate full-time-- How massive action can lead to massive success-- Paul's success with foreclosure and "subject to existing financing" investing-- The value of mentorships-- The 4 primary types of ADUs (+ a bonus type - Fonzie Flats!)-- The big roadblocks to building ADUs, even where it makes perfect sense-- Why it's important to learn the ADU regulations for your city and county-- Why should a community turn around and actually embrace ADUs?-- Multi-generational living and how ADUs might be a better option than senior livingGetting in touch with Paul:Paul on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/paul.wells.96387Paul on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/coloradopaul007/ADU Class - aduclass.comEmail Paul - workingcolorado@gmail.comJoin Jason Muth and Attorney / Broker Rory Gill of NextHome Titletown and UrbanVillage Legal in Boston, Massachusetts for another episode of The Real Estate Law Podcast!#realestatepodcast #nexthome #humansoverhouses #realestate #realestateinvesting #grannyflat #realestatelaw #accessorydwellingunit #building #adu #casita #guesthouse #backyardhouse #adurules_____________________The Real Estate Law Podcast is hosted by Jason Muth and Attorney / Broker Rory Gill.This podcast and these show notes are not legal advice, but we hope you find both entertaining and informative.You can follow our sponsors here:NextHome Titletown Real Estate on InstagramNextHome Titletown Real Estate on FacebookNextHome Titletown Real Estate on LinkedInAttorney Rory Gill on LinkedInThe Real Estate Law Podcast, because real estate is more than just pretty pictures and law goes well beyond the paperwork and courtroom arguments.Support the show (https://www.urbanvillagelegal.com)

Spencer Burleigh is the founder and president of Rent the Backyard, a Y Combinator-backed startup that's aiming to solve the housing crisis in the Bay Area and beyond. His innovative approach involves building pre-fabricated ADUs (or additional dwelling units) in the backyard of people who have them. The result? Affordable housing for the people living in the backyard, greater population density, less wasted space, and extra income for homeowners. It's a really cool win/win/win that's taking off, and it just might be coming to an area near you soon. Let's learn how this man saw a big problem and came up with a solution, getting the attention of Silicon Valley's top brass.  Show Notes/Highlights: beattheoftenpath.com Follow me on Instagram: @therosspalmer Subscribe on YouTube.

On today's week-in-review, Crystal is joined by Executive Director of The Urbanist, Doug Trumm. They discuss the death of the missing middle housing bill in the legislature and why creating affordable housing requires creating more housing, the legislative worker sickout in response to their Democratic bosses failing to pass legislation allowing them to unionize, Mayor Harrell's State of the City address and the Partnership for Zero plan to address homelessness in downtown Seattle, the end of Seattle's eviction moratorium and what that means 10,000 tenants at risk of eviction, and the end of vaccine requirements in King County. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Find the host, Crystal Fincher on Twitter at @finchfrii and find today's co-host, Doug Trumm, at @dmtrumm. More info is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.   Resources "Why Washington state's missing middle housing bill died” by Joshua McNichols for KOUW: https://www.kuow.org/stories/why-washington-state-s-missing-middle-housing-bill-died   “Over 100 Washington Legislative Workers Call Out Sick in Protest of Working Conditions” by Rich Smith for The Stranger: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2022/02/16/66845792/over-100-washington-legislative-workers-call-out-sick-in-protest-of-working-conditions    “Harrell Pledges SPD Staffing Surge in State of City Speech” by Doug Trumm for The Urbanist: https://www.theurbanist.org/2022/02/16/harrell-pledges-spd-staffing-surge-in-state-of-city-speech/    “Mayor Bruce Harrell Made a Bunch of Promises in His First State of the City Address” by Hannah Krieg for The Stranger: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2022/02/15/66787839/mayor-bruce-harrell-made-a-bunch-of-promises-in-his-first-state-of-the-city-address   “Private Donations Will Fund “Peer Navigators,” Launch Plan to “Dramatically Reduce” Downtown Homelessness” by Erica C. Barnett for Publicola: https://publicola.com/2022/02/17/private-donations-will-fund-peer-navigators-launch-plan-to-dramatically-reduce-downtown-homelessness/    “Seattle's eviction moratorium to end” by Ashley Archibald for Real Change News: https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2022/02/16/seattle-s-eviction-moratorium-end    “Warning of ‘wave of evictions,' Sawant calls for extension of Seattle eviction moratorium” by Nick Bowman for MyNorthwest: https://mynorthwest.com/3351303/kshama-sawant-extension-seattle-eviction-moratorium-february-2022/    “King County will close rent assistance program to new applicants as money dries up” by Heidi Groover for The Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/king-county-will-close-rent-assistance-program-to-new-applications-as-money-runs-out/    “King County to drop COVID vaccination requirements for bars, restaurants on March 1” by KING 5 Staff for KING 5: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle-king-county-vaccine-mandate-business/281-7a9b5968-f579-4a15-b486-49161cf4ef52    Transcript [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington State through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Today we're continuing our Friday almost-live shows where we review the news of the week with a co-host. Welcome back to the program today's co-host, Executive Director of The Urbanist, Doug Trumm. How are you doing, Doug? [00:00:51] Doug Trumm: Great. Thanks so much for having me. It's always fun to be on this podcast - it's the best podcast in town, I think. [00:00:57] Crystal Fincher: Well, thank you so much and I am a huge fan and always informed by The Urbanist - so great work, you and the entire team. I wanted to start off talking about where we're at in Olympia and in particular, some things that did not go very well - some bills that were really widely supported, certainly that I was a fan of, dying. The first being the middle housing bill that did not make it past cutoff. It looked like it might have had the votes, but it did not ultimately get a floor vote. What happened here? [00:01:39] Doug Trumm: Yeah, that one really hurt. We got pretty invested in that and hoping this would finally be here. And we knew it'd be uphill since they've tried before and it's failed, but having the governor behind it, it seemed like there was a little extra energy this year. But it totally just crapped out in the finish line. We kind of had a proxy vote for the Accessory Dwelling Unit reform bill that did make it through and it's going onto the Senate. So we kind of have a good sense of which Democrats jumped ship - we can lose some of them, we have a big enough majority. Republicans tend to oppose this kind of stuff - even though they like markets, they don't like cities, so it kind of cancels out. And they don't really like markets when it counts. So this one - a lot of the legislators on the Eastside - they didn't vote for the ADU bill, the Accessory Dwelling unit bill - so it's likely they didn't vote for the missing middle bill because that was even more density in single family zones. Even though there was all these measures to make it measured - whether it had originally started at the half mile of major transit for most of the changes - and that got watered down, it wasn't enough - watered down to a quarter mile. Just between some of those more, I guess, wealthy suburban legislators and then you had Association of Washington Cities banging the drum against it and really turning up the heat against it. It seemed like they put enough headwinds to stop it. And of course The Seattle Times deserves a shout out on this one as well - they hate anything that might offer more affordability to people who are don't already own homes. [00:03:26] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, absolutely. And this was so important because it was key to the discussion of housing affordability. And also conversations about housing affordability are also tied to those with homelessness. We don't have enough housing for the people who have moved here and continue to move here. What we can't do, even though oddly sometimes people seem to suggest it, is just turn off the spigot of new people entering into our communities. People move here, businesses start, they hire people, they create jobs, which lots of people talk about as a wonderful thing. Jobs for the people who are here - plentiful jobs is a great thing. But for people to move and live near where they work, they need housing near where they work. And we have been behind on keeping up with the amount of housing that we have, in comparison to the people moving here. That makes housing more expensive. We can't have a conversation about making housing more affordable without also making it more plentiful. All types of housing - this particularly addressed middle housing, so just market rate as - and market rate doesn't specify a price point, it basically means not subsidized - just as any to developer would build. It was so important to get moving on this - had a ton of momentum. You talked about a number of people who had advocated against it. There was also a piece that Joshua McNichols from KUOW wrote yesterday, talking about what went wrong and a lot of people are looking at Representative Gerry Pollet - [00:05:03] Doug Trumm: Rightfully so. [00:05:04] Crystal Fincher: - from Seattle's 46th legislative district, in North Seattle - and attributing the failure to his insistence on the watering down that you talked about. And basically saying, there was an agreed upon framework that did seem to have broad support and potentially the votes. But once his insistence on watering it down happened, the coalition that had been carefully brought together, and everything had been stakeholdered, and some broad agreements that were previously made were broken - and everything fell apart. In this article, it says Pollet, his changes, "took all the air out of the room ... Once you start amending what had already been agreed upon, it throws a wrench into it, and all of a sudden, this person doesn't like it, this person's not going to vote for it, and it just becomes a mess." Certainly, lots of people, lots of entities who are invested in high property values and exclusionary zoning, advocated against it. But it really is unfortunate to see that it didn't make it this year and that every city is on its own to try and address this affordability problem. And it would've been so much better to have the opportunity to spend the next year with a unified approach across the state to get more people able to afford more housing in more places - it really does benefit us all. [00:06:36] Doug Trumm: And it's really bad out there - I don't know if people who own homes have - I guess maybe they're checking their value on their home occasionally for kind of investment purposes. But we've seen home prices go up 20, 25, 30% in one year - that's insane - that kind of pace - we're going to be San Francisco very quickly. I don't think that's what we want to be - a place where only rich people can live. It really was - the timing was right, I think - and hopefully next year they can pick up where they left off. But I don't know what these legislators are looking at that they don't see this as a crisis. Because there's just not many options for people who don't own homes. [00:07:21] Crystal Fincher: There really is not. Another major issue in Olympia that seemed to have broad support - a bill with a ton of co-sponsors - you would assume given how much Democrats have talked about the importance of supporting workers, supporting unions, about workers having protections, about that being a core Democratic value and one of the things that sets Democrats apart from so many others. And so many legislators just continually talking about how important that is - that the bill to allow legislative workers to unionize would be a sure thing, would be no problem. Unfortunately, that's not what happened. And that bill, which seemed to have enough votes to pass, was prevented from making it to the floor and therefore appears to have died. Unless Speaker Jinkins brings it back by designating it Necessary to Implement the Budget - without legislative workers, I think, they would have a hard time getting out the budget and implementing it. [00:08:30] Doug Trumm: That's a good point. That's a good point. [00:08:32] Crystal Fincher: But unfortunately, as it stands now, the speaker has not indicated any desire to do that and the rhetoric has been, from the legislators - it's so close, there are just a couple things that need to be ironed out, and this year we just didn't have the time to do it, and we'll get to it next year. Which is odd because Joe Fitzgibbon was also talking about being a leader in initially introducing legislation similar to this in 2012, so if it's been worked on since 2012 - [00:09:06] Doug Trumm: 10 years now. [00:09:07] Crystal Fincher: Why is it not already ready? What is going to happen in the next year that hasn't happened in the last 10? And how are you looking your workers in the eye after talking about how important it is to allow workers to unionize, how important unions are in protecting workers and building strong families and communities, and making sure everyone has a livable wage and working conditions that are not hostile - that if bad things happen, there's fair recourse and a process that people can follow. And just say, "But not you. Not when it comes to us." This is infuriating, personally. If you follow me on Twitter, it is just hard to see how this doesn't look hypocritical. Just absolutely hypocritical. And in response, a hundred workers called out sick in protest of those working conditions. We'll see where that goes, but my goodness. How did you read this? [00:10:16] Doug Trumm: I mean, I knew that they weren't well paid, but it was shocking to me looking again at what they're listing these jobs at - still - in the year 2022. They're listing these jobs at like $42,000 to start or something like that. These are people who have to split time between Olympia - and the example they gave was someone going back to Bellingham - that's not a cheap place to live. There aren't many cheap places to live in this state. It's been expecting people to live off of $42,000 and they work insane hours all year long because when they're not in session - and when they're in session, they're expected to be at beck and call basically - but when they're not in session, they're expected to do constituent services. So it's a full gig for them even if the legislators themselves have their side hustles and their jobs they go back to. I just think it's a basic fairness principle and so many government workers do get the benefit from unions. But the people really in the trenches of making our government work better, hopefully - but they're the ones who would do it if we can - they're not getting those benefits. And it sort of reminds me of the same principle we just talked about in the housing bill, where they're for progressive things so long as it's not in their backyard. And once it's in their backyard, they kind of walk away from that. I really want to see people just start leading where it matters the most to them - start being the change they want to see in their backyard. [00:11:57] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. This is another issue where - yeah, Republicans aren't in favor of it - they're not at the front of the union parade, certainly. But Democrats have majority in the legislature. And so this is an issue where if Democrats are aligned, it happens. So who is the Democrat, or Democrats, who are opposing this? That has been opaque. And what is the party's - if not responsibility, but just kind of obligation and stance on an anti-union Democratic legislator? Should they be a Democratic legislator? Is that consistent with values? What does that say for where the party is? Lots of talk about big tents - but parties are based on values and built on coalitions around values. And some things may differ, but there are things in the party platform for a reason. There is a statement of value and principles to say - anyone can sign up if you agree with what we stand for - these principles. Certainly, allowing workers to unionize is one of them. To your point, legislative staffers work really, really hard. There are lots of stories about working 20 hours of uncompensated overtime a week, especially during session. They are working to death. If your model is based on exploiting workers - having them work for more hours than originally bargained for, in a way that turns out to be not a living wage, when you look at the hours that they're putting in and the demands of the job - why are you allowing that? That is actually completely in your control. It is not good for policy - to have policy making rely on the exploitation or the reliance on paying workers less than they deserve, less than they need to afford the basics of life. These are kind of the core basic things that we talk about and it's just - [00:14:16] Doug Trumm: Yeah, and there's a huge amount of turnover - Rich Smith's article in The Stranger pointed that out. And that's not good for policy making either. These are jobs where - if you can - in your first year, I'm sure you're just learning the ropes. If you can get someone who's been there for a handful of years, they're going to be able to really do a lot more with the position, really. Because they're the people really writing the laws and digging into these pieces of legislation, so it's just such an important position to treat like such a throwaway - like intern out of college kind of job or something - that's just an afterthought. We wonder why union rates are dropping. If Democrats aren't willing to stand up for stuff like this, what hope is there to sort of defend our rights in the private market and everywhere? This sort of erosion of unionization is sort of something we have to fight on a lot of fronts. And this is just an easy one that should be a gimme. [00:15:20] Crystal Fincher: Should be a gimme. Should have been an automatic. But for some reason we are having a challenging time with that. Next up, we will pivot to the City of Seattle - Mayor Harrell gave his State of the City speech this week and unveiled plans in a number of areas, including a surge in police staffing that he's planning. What did you take away from that element and from the rest of his speech? [00:15:50] Doug Trumm: In a way, there was some that was refreshing at this speech - I'll start with the good. Mayor Durkan's last speech was 6 minutes long and as you could expect, didn't hit on much. This speech was 32 minutes long, so in length, he wins. And he mentioned 8 Councilmembers by name. He's really trying to sort of, at least symbolically, repair some of the relationships with Council that Durkan really ran into the ground. And sometimes Council was an equal partner - they would spar on issues - but oftentimes there was some real strange hills that were died on that [inaudible]. So Harrell, at one level, just looks like an improvement over Durkan, but that's a low bar or thing. The amount of actual policy detail in the speech was low and that's not completely abnormal. But this is also a mayor who ran on how ready he was to hit the ground running and I haven't seen a lot of that yet. He teased his announcement yesterday of "Partnership to Zero" in that speech. And we now know what that announcement was - it's a $10 million donation from different corporations and rich people to run their peer navigator program. But it's only for one year, so I don't know. As far as the whole scale of the homelessness crisis, that's not a big deal really. I mean, it's a little help, but this is a billion dollar problem with a $10 million donation. He said he was going to basically bring everyone inside within a couple years, and that's not the pace that we're on right now. Really the biggest focus of his speech was giving SPD more funding and staffing them up. There was a lot of big rhetoric about how important that would be - response times going down - but the factor remains that there's really constraints that he has on how quickly he can staff up. So netting an additional 35 officers like Mayor Durkan aimed to do, and that was hoping that attrition rates slowed down - that's not going to lead to a dramatic difference in response times. Especially if there's also all this hotspot policing and all this other stuff going on as well - that all takes resources. They're pulling the same lever, but there's only so far that that can take them. I think there's some definite potential holes in his plans emerging. But it's still too early to tell with the scant amount of details exactly where he is headed and how that might kind of come apart. [00:18:43] Crystal Fincher: At least rhetorically, there's some attempt to identify issues with each councilmember that they can work on together. Coalitions are really important in politics - you don't pass policy without them. And coalitions are often around issues, and some issues you may agree with and some you don't. If you can work together with a councilmember, and it's not just friction for friction's sake, or berating out of grudges, certainly it is good to find ways to accomplish - there's so much that needs to be done. There was a lot of talk about not needing to - looking at parks and encampments of parks and the stress that we don't need to choose between treating people with compassion - compassion is becoming a word that is one of those words that's so overused - but treating unhoused people with compassion and finding them housing and clearing out parks so that regular people, people in neighborhoods with houses and resources, can enjoy them. Which is always interesting rhetoric, but that set up up with a number of these things - that we can make more people in this city feel more safe and take on issues of police reform, and have more cops and do the surge. These issues and tensions - that have been tensions for a reason, because at the end of the day, there are some choices that are very clearly made and others that aren't - but upfront saying, we can try and do this all together. Certainly, with the announcement on the $10 million for the Vision to Zero - the response to get people, particularly in downtown Seattle, housed. If you just say that as a goal, it's wonderful. One thing that we know we all need, are people to work with the population. And so funding folks who can meaningfully connect people who are out on the street with the services that they need is great. The most important thing that unhoused people need is housing. They also need all the other services to stay in that housing. But there is no solution to homelessness without housing. He had brought up that they're relying on the 2,000-3,000 units of supportive housing that's supposed to come online in the next year to two years. He also had a caveat in there that that timeline might be put in jeopardy by concrete companies not coming to an agreement with their workers and so that's got to be taken care of. We had a conversation last week on this show where - I think it was last week - Heather Weiner pointed out that, instead of just saying this may be delayed, and you guys should get back to the table and figure something out - as if they hadn't been kind of doing that the whole time. Back in the McGinn administration, he said, "Hey, either work gets done on time or we're fining you according to the contract that is there. You have an obligation to have a workforce that is prepared to work on this project. That was part of the deal. Come to a fair agreement and get to work." And putting pressure on the companies who are most in a position to make that happen. Harrell has chosen not to go that route - and just to say, get back to the table - and if it doesn't go well, has basically put an asterisk by a number of the things that they're trying to accomplish. And say if it doesn't, looks like that's going to be what I'm going to point to as the reason why. We'll see how that progresses. We'll see if we're going to do something different this time than we did before. And I think there is a recognition in some of the rhetoric that I heard from him that - like Durkan's peer navigator program was kind of a farce - in that, the term "offering services" actually didn't technically mean offering services. It means that they kind of went down a checklists and, do you need this? Do you want housing? Do you want to go to a shelter? Oh, well, the shelter may not accept their pet, their shelter doesn't let them enter after 8:00 PM, but they have a job that lasts beyond there so they can't go. The services may not fit what they need at all - they're not services available to them, but that could still qualify as offering and refusing services. I hope we see something different this time. I hope we have a bigger conversation about philanthropy not being a reliable or effective way to fund basic necessities in society. And that looking at the JumpStart Tax - is a much more effective solution. If these companies would just pay the taxes that they would fairly owe, we'd have more than enough money to address this. This is actually a tiny drop in the bucket. [00:23:50] Doug Trumm: I'm sure some of that $10 million came from corporations that were a part of that lawsuit to try to block JumpStart, so it's sort of - they're going to give you some crumbs and they try to take back the loaf. It's definitely frustrating and it seems like some of these issues - we just need a firmer stand, it can't be mealy-mouthed on it. If he wants this concrete strike to end, like you said, take a stand and do what McGinn did. I'm sure we could have the strike done a little quicker if there was pressure of fines. And on homelessness, I don't know where these encampments are supposed to go, because we know we don't have enough shelter to bring everyone inside at once and WSDOT wants them off there right-of-way, as we saw in that announcement and Harrell was excited about that. We want them out of parks and we want them out of downtown, so basically the three main places where encampments are. They're going to need a lot of shelter and housing if all three of those plans are going to be realistic, because that encompasses the majority of encampments. [00:25:04] Crystal Fincher: There are a number of organizations involved in this. A number of people in orgs who do have experience both lived and professional on how to address this - I hope they are listened to as this takes shape. There's going to be work done on how specifically all the funds are going to be allocated, there are some broad strokes - around 30 navigators pointing towards this amount of housing, in this year timeframe. We'll see how that unfolds and we'll definitely be following it as it does. But - [00:25:38] Doug Trumm: And sweeps are definitely happening, and what those folks tell us is that - that damages their relationships, especially when they're last minute. We were hearing of a lot of a last minute sweeps where they say, "Oh, this is sidewalk, so we can clear you at any time - one hour's notice." That's what I hear from Real Change and other folks that are doing that work, is that the pace of sweeps - we can call them removals if Mayor Harrell prefers, that's his preferred term - but to hire all these peer navigators and say, "Good luck. We just shuffled everyone around. Go find them." I don't know. That doesn't seem like the most efficient way to do that. [00:26:17] Crystal Fincher: We will keep following it. The other significant news which arrived earlier was that Mayor Harrell announced that he is going to end the eviction moratorium in Seattle at the end of February. And after that, the tsunami of evictions can once again resume and folks can be evicted for nonpayment of rent. As we know, lots of people - through no fault of their own, through no fault of their company - wound up out of a job for an extended period of time because of the pandemic. This was a widespread problem that necessitated a widespread solution. The goal of the moratorium was to - one, as lawmakers were trying to figure out, Hey, how do we get out of this solution? No, we can't leave landlords, especially small landlords, just holding the bag for potentially a couple years of unpaid rent. But it really is damaging to our entire society to allow people to lose their housing, and all of the problems become more expensive for us to handle when a person does that. The consequences to society when a person does that are much more expensive than just publicly doing what it takes to keep them in their homes. A solution was made. Funds were provided and distributed at the county level. Unfortunately, the county started to distribute that - and even with a slow start, the eviction moratorium was extended to help the county catch up with the problem. Unfortunately, they caught up and they ran out of money. There are over 10,000 tenants in King County who are on the list who qualified for assistance, but unfortunately, they just ran out. There has been no appropriation from anyone to backfill that. We know that we're dealing with around 10,000 tenants, who as of March 1st, can be evicted. We're doing this at a time when we're just trying to get our arms around, as we just discussed, the problem that already exists. It feels like we're trying to mop without turning off the faucet. We're just going to increase the pressure of the faucet while not doing much more mopping. It would be great if we just turned the faucet off. It'd be great if we just stopped the possibility of people being evicted and figure out how to backfill this funding, so we can maintain the stability of our regional economy, of our neighborhood businesses, and all the rest. How do you see this? [00:29:12] Doug Trumm: Yeah, I was also kind of flabbergasted that they didn't at least try to top up that eviction protection rental assistance program, as they ended the moratorium. I was hoping there would be more of a seamless hand off. But that program being out of money as they end the moratorium just seems like a bad idea. I don't know what the urgency to end the moratorium is - it's been in place for almost two years. We have a lot of data that it's been very effective in slowing the pace of evictions, in the time of great upheaval and economic turmoil and public health turmoil. I don't know why landlords suddenly need to be doing this. I mean, certainly there's been this program that was helping them too - as far as the eviction protection rental assistance program - gave them their income back. Putting more money in that would've been a win-win. But I don't know. Yeah. It's certainly likely to lead to displacement and likely homelessness. Just digging yourself in deeper, like you said. I hope that they may reconsider. I know, Councilmember Sawant's already introduced legislation. Morales sounded pretty concerned about this decision to end the moratorium so soon. There are programs in place like the Winter Eviction Moratorium that help a little bit, but not as extensive as the full eviction moratorium under the mayor's ruling. I don't know. It's going to - I guess we're just deciding the pandemic's over, as we're seeing with mask mandates and then other stuff. I know people emotionally are ready, but I don't know - this whole follow the science stuff - I'm not sure if that's exactly what's happening right now. [00:31:12] Crystal Fincher: Well, I mean, lots of people have talked about - there is a difference in between the statements - the number of cases are falling, is not the same as the number of cases are low. In fact, we still have caseload that is much higher than most other points during this pandemic. Spread is not low. It is lower than it has been. We have fallen off of our most recent peak, which is the highest peak we have had so far. We still have a lot of people in our community - people under five, immunocompromised people, just people who are vulnerable - who are relying on the rest of us still being protected, and providing protection, and providing accommodations to make sure we keep everyone safe. That has seemed to fall out of the conversation. Just kind of - it's time and if you don't like it, if you don't feel safe, then just stay home. As many people point out, especially for people who are disabled, who have chronic illness - sometimes they're relying on home health aides coming into their homes. They don't have to be masked if they've been exposed other places. You can't even stay home and avoid the risk. But we actually shouldn't be encouraging a society where some people are not allowed to participate in it. And the conversation just about living with the pandemic, as now it's endemic, does not mean you just throw up your hands and do nothing. It means that you take the precautions and the preparations to say, okay, this is a thing and let's figure out how we can operate safely for all of us. Let's make sure that we're preparing for this next variant - there's already news about a B2 variant of Omicron that may be more transmissible and more dangerous healthwise than the original - because we're doing nothing to stop the creation of all of these variants. I feel for people in that position, I feel for people in our community. I still am not in the place where I am comfortable just throwing caution to the wind and saying, "Everything is fine. We don't need any precautions anywhere." Removing the vaccine mandates - [00:33:43] Doug Trumm: Yeah, that was shocking. [00:33:45] Crystal Fincher: - from restaurants and different places. I feel for our frontline workers and retail workers, who now are going to be in a really difficult position once again - having to weigh their own safety, the safety of family, or people that they may live with or be in constant contact with, and an increasingly hostile public to public safety measures. And the onus being put on them to negotiate that, while making low wages. We're just asking so much of them. It just puts even more pressure and stress on it. We will continue to talk about this and pay attention to what's going on - and just try and be good community members and make sure all of us have the opportunity to participate in society and thrive. With that, we have arrived at our time today. Thank you for listening to Hacks & Wonks on KVRU 105.7FM on this Friday, February 18th. The producer of Hacks & Wonks is Lisl Stadler with assistance from Shannon Cheng and our wonderful co-host today was Executive Director of The Urbanist, Doug Trumm. You can find Doug on Twitter @dmtrumm, that's D-M-T-R-U-M-M. You can find me on Twitter @finchfrii. Now you can follow Hacks & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts - just type "Hacks & Wonks" into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get our Friday almost-live shows and our midweek show delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, leave us a review wherever you listen to Hacks & Wonks. You can also get a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced in the show at officialhacksandwonks.com and in the podcast episode notes. Thanks for tuning in. Talk to you next time.

To learn more about the City's ADU program, please visit the ADU program website.Visit the Mayor's website at SJBackyardHomes.com

In this episode, we discuss how much-added value an appraiser will give your property once you add an ADU. It is surprisingly very low and it is something you need to look at before you decide to build an ADU. --- Resources: How to Buy Land Guide Custom Home Building Cost Guide Custom Home Floor Plans ADU Building Cost Guide ADU Floor Plans Home Remodeling Cost Guide

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021  This episode was full of information on multiple topics. In the first segment, Debbie and Heidi start by discussing FHAs in relation to Mortgage Insurance (MI) and how to get rid of that MI. Debbie says the best way to get out of the MI is to refinance, and that it should be done immediately due to interest rates currently being low and property values being high. They go on to discuss Conventional Loans and what the various options to choose from when wanting to remove Mortgage Insurance. They jump into the subject of Escrows and what that is. Heidi explains that Escrows are Property Taxes & Homeowner's Insurance, and that they are constantly changing on an annual basis. They drill down on this subject along with explaining the issues new homeowners will run into when cashing a “property tax refund check” by their current Lender. Debbie says to put that check into an account that cannot be touched, and let it stay in the account for at least 12 months to see if it must be paid back. She also recommends calling the Lender that issued the check in the first place to see what that check is for. We move to the second part of the segment where Debbie brings in Loan Officer Cindy Russon to discuss Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). Cindy talks about “Junior” Accessory Dwelling Units and the benefits of those along with normal ADUs (a separate structure from the home). Debbie expands on the details of an ADU by discussing its required square footage in relation to the structure of the main house. They get into HOAs and the rules and regulations (mainly in California) on how ADUs can now be used efficiently due to the restrictions being lifted. Debbie says that the process for getting ADUs in place would most likely be a Cash-Out Refinance to build the ADU, and then a second refinance (after the ADU is built) with a better interest rate on your home since it will now be worth more due to the ADU. Debbie says that Cash Out Refinance-Loans are better than Renovation Loans because the homeowner is 100% in charge of how that money is spent, especially if the homeowner has sources for building a proper structure for the ADU. Debbie and Cindy both say that the best way to start this process is to connect with them today! Check out the Mortgage Mom Radio online merch store! The beer mugs are insane! SHOP NOW Book your free phone consultation today, BOOK NOW We are LIVE on YOUTUBE every Wednesday @ 1PM PST. Interact with us LIVE while we record! Ask us your questions right in the comments or call in and you will be patched through to the studio. Text "MOM" to 844-935-3634 for a weekly link to join when we get started. Mortgage Mom Radio equips you with all the mortgage education that you could ask for right at your fingertips! Listen to our Podcast with hours of shows and topics, download our PHONE APP loaded with every mortgage tool that you could need, and finally, watch our HOMEBUYER WORKSHOP SERIES on YouTube! Debbie Marcoux is licensed by the Department of Financial Institutions under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act, NMLS ID 237926, also licensed in AZ-0941504, FL-LO76508, GA-69178, ID-167867, IL-031.0058339, NV-57237, OR, TN-184373, TX, WA-MLO-237926

Meet Modal Living modern beautiful homes built fast efficiently and green creating cash flow out of empty space!We chat with Jerry Goble from Live Modal. They are builders of manufactured homes used as ADU's, Accessory Dwelling Unit.Imagine...adding a home to an existing income property and getting $3000 more in income per month...You know on a multifamily you can add TWO ADUsmaking you $6000 more in income?Why not increase cash flow on assets you already have?Imagine...having an extra room for guestsImagine...having a separate building as a home officeImagine...having a place for your in-laws or maybe for you and you rent out the main house...Imagine...building a 1,000 square foot building without disturbing the neighbors and in a FRACTION of the Time it usually takes to build from the ground up  and at a FRACTION of the Cost.WHAT IF you did not have to source or supervise any contractor to do it? That's what you get with Live Modal.From feasibility to building the home to putting in the pad. Their price is all in. This interview will show you if it is right for you and if your property qualifies.Athena Paquette Cormier#modalliving #jerrygoble #adu #accessorydwellingunit #athenapaquette

Summary: Charles Dillard and I talk all about Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and their re-emergence in Raleigh.Show Notes: Welcome to Dirt NC where we talk all about the places and spaces of North Carolina and the people who make them awesome, I am your host Jed Byrne.Throughout my career in engineering, construction, finance, and development, I have covered just about all sides of the land use ecosystem. This show creates an opportunity for me to share what I have learned with you as well as introduce you to some of my  friends, both new and old who are doing transformative work.With each episode of Dirt NC my goal is to make sure you walk away learning something new about land use. I promise to keep it simple and straight to the point.If you ever have a question for me, please reach out on Twitter at @Oakcitycre________________________________________________________Today I had the chance to chat with Charles Dillard, who is an Urban Planner with the Urban Design Center, which is part of the City of Raleigh Planning Department.  We talk all about ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units).  We talk about the specific niche in the housing landscape that he believes ADUs and only ADUs can fill.  We discuss the barriers to building ADUs and what the City is doing about them.  We also discuss housing affordability and displacement, which all growing cities struggle with, and what measures are being explored to help alleviate those issues.  About Charles: Charles is an urban designer and planner with the City of Raleigh's Urban Design Center, where he is a member of an inter-disciplinary team working to envision a more equitable, sustainable and beautiful Raleigh. Drawing on his diverse background, Charles is a core member of Raleigh's effort to reimagine what our neighborhoods and public realm can be. Charles manages the city's Accessory Dwelling Unit program, a comprehensive set of regulations and incentives that will make Raleigh the southeast's most ADU-friendly city.Prior to joining the Urban Design Center, Charles was an Urban Designer with RATIO in Raleigh and a planner with the New York City Department of City Planning.Charles holds a Master's in City and Regional Planning from UNC-Chapel Hill and a Master's in Landscape Architecture from the University of Toronto. Additional ADU Links:City of Raleigh Resourceshttps://raleighnc.gov/business/content/PlanDev/Articles/Zoning/AccessoryDwellingUnits.htmlReport 02 - Accessory Dwelling Unit Programs and Regulatory Tools (Download)Other City WebsitesSan Mateo County CA - https://secondunitcentersmc.org/Seattle - https://aduniverse-seattlecitygis.hub.arcgis.com/Pre-Approved ADUs:Seattle - https://aduniverse-seattlecitygis.hub.arcgis.com/pages/galleryLos Angeles - https://www.ladbs.org/adu/standard-plan-program/approved-standard-plansAffordability/Anti-Displacement Reso

Tiny homes can be a great option for the minimalist lifestyle and affordability, but don't let the cost of insurance take you by surprise. A new study shows a huge difference in the cost of tiny home insurance depending on where you live and the risks associated with that location. It's still cheaper overall to insure a tiny home than it is a larger home, but insurance will take a bigger bite out of your housing budget if you live in a high-risk area.Hi I'm Kathy Fettke and this is Real Estate News for Investors.Tiny Home Insurance Cost AnalysisValuePenguin did a cost analysis that compared insurance for tiny homes and larger homes across the nation. (1) Tiny homes are generally around 400 square feet in size. ValuePenguin compared those to homes with 2,100 square feet. It found that on a national level, the average cost of insurance for a standard-sized home is 106% more expensive than it is for a tiny home. So tiny home owners are saving money on insurance, but will also be paying more than other tiny home owners if they live in certain states.The analysis found that the most expensive state for tiny home insurance is Oklahoma, due to the risk of natural disasters like tornadoes and severe storms. If you have a tiny home there, it will cost an average of 242% more to insure that tiny home than it would on average in the U.S. That said, ValuePenguin says it will still be 68% less costly to insure that tiny home than it would be for a larger home, in Oklahoma.Tennessee, Kansas, Texas, and Colorado are also among the least affordable states for tiny home insurance. And rounding out the top ten states for high-cost tiny home insurance are Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina, and South Dakota. But regular homeowners insurance is also expensive in these areas due to the frequency of natural disasters.So tiny home owners may be saving money compared to their big-home neighbors, but not compared to tiny home owners in other low-risk states.Reducing the Cost of Tiny Home InsuranceValue Penguin suggests one way to reduce the cost is to opt for a percentage-based deductible. Choosing a 2% deductible might cost slightly more if natural disaster strikes, but the premiums will be lower than, say, a $500 deductible. It's worth checking those figures if you are in the market for tiny home insurance, and it appears that a growing number of millennials and baby boomers are doing just that.In a tiny home market update by porch.com, it says that millennials are drawn to tiny homes because they are less expensive, offer location flexibility for remote work, and are eco-friendly. (2) Baby boomers also see an advantage to the tiny home as they downsize from long-time family homes, to something cheaper and easier to maintain.Zoning laws are also changing in places like California, to accommodate the tiny home or what is known as an Accessory Dwelling Unit or ADU. And companies like Boxabl are working on the manufacturing of pre-fabricated, fully equipped tiny homes that can be easily transported to their destinations, and set-up within an hour, like pop-up greeting cards. We just did a story on Elon Musk downsizing to a Boxabl casita. It's episode number 1091, if you'd like to check that out.The porch.com analysis also shows where it's the cheapest to buy a tiny home. North Dakota is at the top of that list, where the average tiny home is about $28,000. But if you go by the price per square foot, it's Arkansas at $109 per square foot. North Dakota is fourth on the list for the price per square foot at $150. Boxabl casitas are just under $50,000.You can check out the data in more depth by following links in the show notes at newsforinvestors.com.And please remember to hit the subscribe button, and leave a review!You can also join RealWealth for free at newsforinvestors.com. As a member, you have access to the Investor Portal, where you can connect with a network of resources including experienced investment counselors, rental property providers, property managers, lenders, 1031 exchange facilitators, attorneys, CPAs and more - and they aren't on the referral list unless they come recommended by the members of Real Wealth Network.Thanks for listening. I'm Kathy Fettke.Links:1 - https://www.valuepenguin.com/most-and-least-expensive-states-tiny-houses2 - https://porch.com/advice/state-of-tiny-home-market

Realtor John V. Pinto and Senior Loan Officer Abel Fregoso of Homebridge Financial Services talk about How To Use a FNMA "Homestyle" Loan to finance the construction of an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) or Jr.ADU. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-pinto2/message

Realtor John V. Pinto and Senior Loan Officer Abel Fregoso of Homebridge Financial Services talk about How To Use an FHA 203k loan to Finance the Construction of an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) or a Jr.ADU. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-pinto2/message

Realtor John V. Pinto and Senior Loan Officer Abel Fregoso of Homebridge Financial Services talk about How To use a Home Equity Loan to finance the construction of an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) or a Jr.ADU. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-pinto2/message

Realtor John V. Pinto and Senior Loan Officer Abel Fregoso of Homebridge Financial Services talk about using a HELOC to finance the construction of an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) or Jr.ADU. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-pinto2/message

Do ADU's need fire sprinklers installed when you build an ADU in San Diego County? This is a common question we get when we start working on getting plans drawn for accessory dwelling projects. Brian gives information on whether or not you need to have fire sprinklers installed as well as how the law differs in Poway, CA compared to the rest of the county.

Realtor John V. Pinto and Senior Loan Officer Abel Fregoso of Homebridge Lending discuss why you should consider building an ADU (or Jr ADU)  and obstacles you may face when seeking financing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-pinto2/message

Learn more about the process of installing a septic system on a small lot when building an ADU (accessory dwelling unit) in San Diego County! If you have any questions please feel free to give us a call or submit an inquiry on our website.

In this conversation, we talk about how DJ found his passion for financial literacy, how he's got into helping people through real estate and what he thinks about the Accessory Dwelling Unit opportunity. 

Learn how you can set yourself up for the ability to build a future Accessory Dwelling Unit, large barn, or other building without having to re-tie into the electric once you decide to build.

Brian Freeman talks about what setbacks you have to be in compliance with when building an accessory dwelling unit in Poway. To view our completed custom homes and whole house remodels follow this link! https://tfgonline.com/custom-homes-san-diego-county/ Request a Project Consultation here! https://tfgonline.com/request-a-project-consultation/ Download FULL Accessory Dwelling Unit Building Cost Guide - https://tfgonline.com/accessory-dwelling-unit-adu-building-costs-guide-san-diego-county-ca/ Download Popular ADU Floor Plans - https://tfgonline.com/accessory-dwelling-unit-floor-plans/

Brian Freeman talks about the sewer fees that you will have to pay if you need a new septic system when building an accessory dwelling unit (adu) in San Diego County. To view our completed custom homes and whole house remodels follow this link! https://tfgonline.com/custom-homes-san-diego-county/ Request a Project Consultation here! https://tfgonline.com/request-a-project-consultation/ Download FULL Accessory Dwelling Unit Building Cost Guide - https://tfgonline.com/accessory-dwelling-unit-adu-building-costs-guide-san-diego-county-ca/ Download Popular ADU Floor Plans - https://tfgonline.com/accessory-dwelling-unit-floor-plans/

Brian Freeman is in Escondido, CA and talks about the layout for an accessory dwelling unit, septic system and primary dwelling on less than an acre. To view our completed custom homes and whole house remodels follow this link! https://tfgonline.com/custom-homes-san-diego-county/ Request a Project Consultation here! https://tfgonline.com/request-a-project-consultation/ Download FULL Accessory Dwelling Unit Building Cost Guide - https://tfgonline.com/accessory-dwelling-unit-adu-building-costs-guide-san-diego-county-ca/ Download Popular ADU Floor Plans - https://tfgonline.com/accessory-dwelling-unit-floor-plans/

Aaron Norris is joined this week by Brent Johnson. He is a residential accredited appraiser, mortgage valuation for CIT Bank. The bank serves several different markets in Southern California, which we'll talk about. He does government relations for the San Diego chapter of the Appraisal Institute and has over 40 years of experience. He was on the panel in San Diego when we did Yes In My Backyard talking about accessory dwelling units, and thank you very much for adding so much interesting flavor about one of the biggest issues right now in California, which are appraisals. Aaron and Brent will discuss ADUs, the appraisal process for them, when he first began working with them, the SRA designation, CIT's protocol for ADUs, the standard way realtors and appraisers are identifying them in the MLS, the AMC structure, and much more on the real estate radio show and video.   The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.Video LinkRadio Showhttp://www.thenorrisgroup.com/

Brian Freeman talks about septic systems and what type you would want to use when building an Accessory Dwelling Unit! To view the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Building Cost Guide please visit: https://tfgonline.com/accessory-dwelling-unit-adu-building-costs-guide-san-diego-county-ca/ To view Popular ADU Floor Plans please visit: https://tfgonline.com/accessory-dwelling-unit-floor-plans/

Sometimes, having too much lot area can cost you money with maintenance alone, so instead of losing money, why not make some through that vacant area? An ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) can easily be one of the go-to options in these situations. Kristi Cirtwill, Hoarder Homes Specialist and the President of Cirtwill Investments Inc., joins […]

After doing some traveling with her husband, Cami and her then-boyfriend (now husband), decided they wanted to buy a home with house hacking potential. Listen in to hear how their accessory dwelling unit house hack shaped their financial foundation and transitioned with them through several phases of life. For more information, visit the show notes at https://fibyrei.com/S1E4   -----------   Get the House Hacking Quick Start CHEATSHEET. https://fibyrei.com/HHStart   ----------------------------------   You can check out the best way to learn about real estate investing, and house hacking at https://fibyrei.com/learn   ----------------------------------   Check out the Ultimate House Hacking Guide Article. https://fibyrei.com/hhguide   ---------------------------------- The House Hacking Podcast is brought to you by FI by REI, whose goal is to help you achieve financial independence through real estate investing. https://fibyrei.com/

We're kicking off a mini-series today that's all about ADUs. An ADU is an Accessory Dwelling Unit - basically a bonus dwelling on your property that's separate from the main residence. I wanted to dive into this interesting little investing opportunity for you, so today's guest Kassidy Benson is here to tell us all about her experience with ADUs in a busy rental market. Kassidy Benson focuses on working with investment minded millennials and their baby boomer parents buying in Denver city center neighborhoods. She is a skillful negotiator, strong client advocate, informed on market trends, and an expert in Accessory Dwelling Units. In this episode, Kassidy and I talk about how she learned about and became interested in ADUs. She also discusses the challenges she's encountered, why she's been educating her neighbors on this opportunity, and how you can start investigating whether this investment might work for you, too. Find complete show notes and more information at therichergeek.com/podcast.

Colorado Springs City Council holds an Accessory Dwelling Unit Town Hall Accessory Dwelling Units? Affordable Housing? Home Owners Associations? The city superseding HOA rules? Aging in Place? Staying in your home? Renting out part of your house? Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit? Living with your adult children and grandchildren? Caregivers? What does all this mean? The post Peak Town Square: An Accessory Dwelling Unit Town Hall Nov 19 2019 appeared first on Studio 809 Podcasts.