This is such a crucial conversation for families today.As someone who has personally witnessed my grandparents and great-grandparents navigate their later years, and the difficult decision of moving into assisted living facilities, the points you've raised about ADUs truly resonate.Enhanced Quality of Life: You hit the nail on the head with "Proximity with Privacy."

Remember the story about cooking a frog--raising the heat in the pot slowly so the frog doesn't realize it's getting cooked until it's too late?  

Wondering if there is anyone who runs/operates assisted living residences around here. Would like to chat and pick your brain. 

I found success by having a mentor, a solid support system, and a community of experienced operators around you.My partner and I went through the program and ended up closing a 240-unit self-storage facility.

1. 25 years ago I came across an auto repair facility for sale - asking price $350,000.  

So someone who is looking purely to maximize potential return (and has unlimited time) is unlikely to find this a good fit.A great book for newbies (and pros too), is: Sean Cook's "Investing in Real Estate Private Equity: An Insider’s Guide to Real Estate Partnerships, Funds, Joint Ventures & Crowdfunding"The author has sat on both sides of the table on billions of dollars of real-estate transactions.

I would look for something by Steve Cook. 

This type of financing facility is meant for short term uses of liquidity.

Typically, this kind of lending from banks/depositories is as a secured facility at the portfolio level and structured as a warehouse line.

I’ve been in commercial real estate for several years now, and have done everything from facilities work to training and directing a staff of commercial managers.