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What happens when keeping your word becomes your greatest business advantage?
Kol Peterson is an ADU expert, housing advocate, educator, entrepreneur, and author who has spent more than a decade helping shape the accessory dwelling unit movement across the United States. He shares how his environmental planning background led him to champion ADUs as a practical solution for housing affordability, sustainability, aging in place, and wealth creation.
In this conversation, Kol explains the policy reforms that transformed California into the largest ADU market in the world, discusses the biggest barriers still facing homeowners and developers, explores financing challenges, modular construction, tiny homes, RV housing, and reveals why states across the country are now adopting stronger housing policies. He also shares insights from his work with Casita Coalition, AARP, ADU Academy, and numerous initiatives helping drive housing innovation nationwide.
If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to Skip the Lines, leave a review, and share this conversation with anyone interested in housing, real estate investing, ADUs, development, or creating more affordable housing opportunities in their community.
Chapters
00:00 How Kol Peterson Discovered ADUs and Helped Launch Portland's Early Movement
06:10 The Environmental Economic and Social Benefits That Make ADUs a Powerful Housing Solution
15:42 Casita Coalition Statewide Reform Efforts and the Policies That Unlocked ADU Growth
29:00 Financing Challenges Construction Costs and the Future of Modular ADU Development
40:07 ADU Academy Professional Education and the Growing National Housing Network
50:31 Tiny Homes RV Housing Statewide Zoning Reform and the Future of Housing Innovation
Quotes
"ADUs are kind of a win win win win win thing. There's nothing quite like it out there."
"My theory was just I'm going to lean into ADUs because I believe it is an important thing."
"The biggest question today is how do we get better second position financing without touching the first mortgage."
"States are now saying local jurisdictions you can no longer regulate housing because you're doing a poor job of it."
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What happens when keeping your word becomes your greatest business advantage?
Kol Peterson is an ADU expert, housing advocate, educator, entrepreneur, and author who has spent more than a decade helping shape the accessory dwelling unit movement across the United States. He shares how his environmental planning background led him to champion ADUs as a practical solution for housing affordability, sustainability, aging in place, and wealth creation.
In this conversation, Kol explains the policy reforms that transformed California into the largest ADU market in the world, discusses the biggest barriers still facing homeowners and developers, explores financing challenges, modular construction, tiny homes, RV housing, and reveals why states across the country are now adopting stronger housing policies. He also shares insights from his work with Casita Coalition, AARP, ADU Academy, and numerous initiatives helping drive housing innovation nationwide.
If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to Skip the Lines, leave a review, and share this conversation with anyone interested in housing, real estate investing, ADUs, development, or creating more affordable housing opportunities in their community.
Chapters
00:00 How Kol Peterson Discovered ADUs and Helped Launch Portland's Early Movement
06:10 The Environmental Economic and Social Benefits That Make ADUs a Powerful Housing Solution
15:42 Casita Coalition Statewide Reform Efforts and the Policies That Unlocked ADU Growth
29:00 Financing Challenges Construction Costs and the Future of Modular ADU Development
40:07 ADU Academy Professional Education and the Growing National Housing Network
50:31 Tiny Homes RV Housing Statewide Zoning Reform and the Future of Housing Innovation
Quotes
"ADUs are kind of a win win win win win thing. There's nothing quite like it out there."
"My theory was just I'm going to lean into ADUs because I believe it is an important thing."
"The biggest question today is how do we get better second position financing without touching the first mortgage."
"States are now saying local jurisdictions you can no longer regulate housing because you're doing a poor job of it."
Enjoyed the show?
Click here to SUBSCRIBE to the “Skip The Lines Podcast”
FULL VIDEOS are always uploaded on YouTube.
Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@skipthelinespod
📢 Connect with Kol Peterson!
Website: https://accessorydwellingstrategies.com/
Twitter: https://x.com/kolpeterson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kolpeterson/
📢 Connect with me!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanmitchellre/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088499808533
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanmitchellre/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088499808533
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-mitchell-a1493410b
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonathanmitchellre
Twitter (X): https://www.tiktok.com/@jonathanmitchellre
ADU PALS: https://adupals.com
Business Inquiries: [email protected]
#SkipTheLines #ADU #AccessoryDwellingUnit #HousingCrisis #AffordableHousing #RealEstate #HousingPolicy #UrbanPlanning #KolPeterson #SkipTheLinesPodcast #ADUAcademy #CasitaCoalition #TinyHomes #ModularHousing #MiddleHousing #HousingInnovation #PropertyInvestment #SustainableHousing #HousingDevelopment #RealEstateInvesting #BackyardHomes
Support the show
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Skip The Lines Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQlFAYIZJ2w2CUzEtK49jelO9Khn40ZnN