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We help real estate agents expand their pool of buyers by quickly analyzing development potential of listings.
Buying Real Estate
Buyer's Agents have to negotiate their commission with the Buyer
How to afford to buy a house in California if you make $150,000 or less
Top 5 Things to consider when buying an existing house
What is the Difference Between Condo and TIC?
Which one is better? Owning or renting your unit?
Selling Real Estate
10 Steps to become one of the top 1% Real Estate Agents
3 Key reasons why Realtors use Development Potential
How Realtors are affected by NAR's Settlement Agreement of $418 Million for Commission Claims
What Is Wholesaling and How to Make a Property Sell Fast?
Zoning Analysis that Adds Value to Realtors' services and real estate properties
Investing in Real Estate
How to Get a Repeatable Real Estate Investment Strategy or the BRRR Method?
How to Make My ADU a Profitable Investment
What Is the 70% Rule and How to Find Untapped Profit?
Developing Real Estate
Types of Improvements
10 Steps to Build an ADU on your property
10+1 Things to Consider Before Starting Your ADU Project
Here's how large a house could be on a lot and how much it costs
How Long Does It Take and Who Can Help You Complete a Vertical or Horizontal Addition?
How Much Value Does an ADU Add to a Property?
How to save time and money when building an addition or expand your house in Berkeley
I Want to Put an Addition on My House. Where Do I Start?
Important Things to Consider When Adding More Levels to a House or Expanding Vertically
Important Things to Consider in Home additions or Expanding Horizontally?
Pros and Cons About Modular Construction vs. Stick-Build Granny House
Pros and Cons Between Horizontal and Vertical Expansions
Step-by-Step Guide in Designing a Home Addition to Increase the Existing Spaces
Tips to convert your Garage into Livable or Finished Areas
Top 10 Improvements That Add the Highest Value to a Property for the Highest ROI
Top 10 Improvements to Rehab a Property for the Highest ROI
Top 10 Low-Budget Improvements That Add Value to a Property to Sell at the Highest Price
Top Benefits of an Accessory Dwelling Unit, Granny Flat, or Backyard House
Top Things to Consider When Designing an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) or granny house
What Is the Difference Between a Condominium, Apartment, and an Accessory Dwelling Unit?
What is the Optimum Building Efficiency Ratio and Why Do We Need to Calculate it?
Types of Units
Guide in Designing a Home Addition to Add More Units
Pros and Cons of Transforming a Single-Family House into a Multi-Family Building
What Is the Difference Between Market Rate Unit and Below Market Rate (BMR)?
What Is the Difference Between a Residential Unit and an Accessory Dwelling Unit?
Dimensions and Measurements
How Are Residential Buildings Measured for Sale Purposes?
How are Residential Buildings Measured for Construction Estimate Purposes?
How are Residential Buildings Measured for Rent Purposes?
How are Residential Buildings and Properties Measured for Property Assessment Purposes?
How large are the typical residential units per MOHCD
What Are the Typical Sizes for a Single-Family Home?
What Are the Typical Sizes of Each Room?
What Is a Duplex and the Typical Size?
What Is a Fourplex and the Typical Size?
What Is a Triplex and What Are the Typical Sizes?
What is the size of the house I could build on my lot?
What's the Difference between Net Floor Area (NFA) and Gross Floor Area (GFA)?
Permits
How Long Does It Take to Get a Permit for an ADU in California?
Step by Step Process and Fees to Get Permits for a Local-Mandated ADU
What are Development Entitlements?
What is ministerial approval process or streamline permit process?
Construction
What Are the Steps to Build an ADU?
Costs
How Much Does It Cost to Build a Granny House?
How Much Does it Cost to Build Up and Things to Consider When Adding More Levels to Your House?
How Much Does it Cost to Building a New House and Important Things to Consider?
How Much Does it Cost to convert your Garage into More Living Spaces?
How much does it cost to build out and things to consider when adding more area to your house?
Financing
How Can I Finance Building an ADU or Types of Loans Available for ADU
How Can I Finance to Build an Addition to My House or Types of Loan Available for Additions?
How to Finance and Pay Off the Cost of an ADU?
How to get FREE money to finance a home improvement project?
I Want to Fix and Flip a House. Where Can I Get the Money?
What Are the Local and State Financial Incentives for Adding a Unit?
What Are the Local and State Financial Incentives for Building a Multi-family Building?
What Are the Local and State Financial Incentives for an ADU?
What Kind of Loans Are Available for Purchasing a Vacant Lot and Building a New House on It?
Zoning Regulations
Design Scenarios for Properties Developed under SB-9
Forget about Upzoning! Now, it's Zoning awareness
How building per SB-9 compares with ADU: complete guide of benefits and pitfalls
Primacy of the State Housing Law over the Local Conditional Use
Recent Changes to California ADU laws
What Are Development Agreements?
What is Public Hearing Process?
What the new SB-9 housing law means for single-family zoning in California
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