Christian OsgoodCEO, Multifamily Strategy · CEO at Multifamily Strategy

Free Land - this guy is CRAZY #realestateinvestment #multifamily

6 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Christian Osgood talks to a real estate investor about detached accessory dwelling units (DADUs). Recent code changes allow DADUs up to 1,000 square feet, but by excluding closets and stairways from the count, you can get nearly 1,200 usable square feet. That's enough for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home on land you already own.

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For a new investor or newer investor, tell us first of all, what is an ADU? And then let's talk about how you're getting the free land.
Yeah, so an ADU is an accessory dwelling unit. And actually what I typically try to do is DADUs, or DADUs, what I call them, and that's a detached ADU. So basically it's freestanding structure. It looks exactly like just a small house. And now with the new code, they could be up to 1,000 square feet. So basically I try to— Can they be that big now? Yep. Yep. If it falls under the new Urban Growth Act. So, and actually I'm kind of figuring out a little bit more and more as I go. I don't believe closets are counted, stairways and stuff like that. So you can, if you're strategic, squeeze them up to like 1,200 square foot, which is pretty awesome because basically just a regular 3-bed, you know, smaller 3-bed, 2-bath house, which is pretty sweet.