., so both the construction and legal processes are different from what I’m used to.

New lenders come with risk, because you don't know their process. 

It gave me the chance to ask more open-ended questions about their daily operations and really understand their process.

Due to item 1, adding an ADU can require years to start achieving any return (once the accumulated cash flow recovers the initial negative position).4) Adding an ADU is a slow process.

But the other most important thing is that you absolutely need to find a seller of the land that will wait for your rezoning process before you close. 

Takes all of the possiblity of negotiation out of it, super simple process. 

HI Nina,I consider this to be a phase of the leasing process.

The exception to this is a very little-used process called a leasehold exchange, which seems to fall out of favor more and more with the IRS as years progress since the first private letter ruling was issued back in 2002, I believe.

So, if you want the process to happen fast, you’ll likely want a pro by your side.

@Greg Kasmer @Anthony Taylor  The reason that Property Managers have this fee is because they normally allow their owners to have too much control over the process.