Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

I should let this go, but I can't: Do you actually believe you understand what it is like to *live* in a typical ADU because you spent — what, a month? — in a carriage house vacation rental managed by a professional management company? I'm still in awe.

It's not the architecture. It's extremely likely to be managed by someone who's not a professional, has little or no experience managing property, and lives within view. Because it's a single unit, there'll generally be no way to find reviews or references.

I’m a recent homeowner and have rented a couple rooms to Facebook data center electricians. Mason’s description is exactly me. Lower middle class pink collar homebody. By no means an experienced or “professional” landlord. Save us if I’m the solution. At least there’ll be plants.

In housing markets with a healthier supply, a landlord with a single unit who can't supply prior tenant references is going to have a hard time getting anyone to sign a lease. People are desperate here; it's important that there be alternatives to taking these risks.