ADU University

Episode 1

Jared Basler, AIA

Few people in the state of California know more about the ADU codes and regulations

https://www.casitacoalition.org/

ADU’s made buying or selling property even more complex!

Stephanie Gutierrez is a full-time real estate professional in Southern Ca. and specializes in educating her clients and professionals on the complexities of buying and selling properties that have the ability to construct an ADU. We will be discussing the fundamental issues about working with clients who want to buy a property to develop and ADU and those who are selling where she can market the property with ADU potential.

A conversation with a homeowner who took advantage of the San Jose ADU programs and got the $40,000.00 grant. Tiffany Garcia lives in San Jose and took advantage of the cities pre-approved ADU program (one of the best in the state) and was able to qualify and use CALHFA's $40,000.00 grant. We'll be discussing what is was like, how long it took, and working the general contractor.  

Join host and ADU University founder David Donahue as he discusses the importance of understanding the financing products available to homeowners with Hillary Seiler, a senior mortgage loan advisor and construction/renovation specialist.  We also discuss some of the things to have in place and things you shouldn't do.  

Jon Grishpul and David Donahue discuss hiring a good general contractor and the very important things to know, understand and ask.   Jon is the cofounder of Greatbuildz, a company that pairs vetted GC's with homeowners.  

Our first episode of "Ask The Pros" includes a panel discussion with ADU professionals regarding insurance, financing, building codes and more! Stay tuned for episode #2!  

Contact info for the panelists: 

David Donahue: 

[email protected] 

https://www.yimbyadu.com/

Twitter~TikTok~Instagram ( @yimbyadu )   

Ryan O'Connell: 

[email protected] 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ6g... 

Twitter~Instagram~Tiktok ( @howtoadu )  

Hillary Seiler: 

[email protected] 

Clint Bailey: 

[email protected] 

www.alvaradopacific.com

In California, there are two types of ADUs you can build. A Title 24 (stick build), and a Title 25 (manufactured) ADU. Each provide differences in affordability, added value to your property, and how quick the process will be. Make a phone appointment at yimbyadu.com to discuss what is best for your home.

ADU is a newer concept for most homeowners and a lot of you are learning about how building an ADU can solve a number of problems or just add value to your property. One of the most important questions would be "How can I afford this?" Hillary Seiler from Umpqua Bank explains how you can finance your ADU project.

YIMBYADU is here to serve the Southern California region in the ADU industry. Partnered with the most seasoned manufacturers in the country, we're dedicated to making this process as transparent and easy as possible through experience, not experiment. On this episode, we have our manufacturers, PrefabADU on to talk about our ADU building process and to answer some questions from participants.