All About ADUs

Custom deliveries for trade associations in the real estate, building industries and beyond.

Email the ADU Training Coordinator below to receive information about scheduling your Association’s custom delivery of ‘All About ADUs’.

This training is for trade associations looking to support their members to become leaders in the emerging and growing ADU and middle housing development industry.

Increasing numbers of prospective home buyers, homeowners, and developers are interested in building ADUs. Professionals on the cutting edge of this emerging development trend can better serve their clients by understanding site eligibility, development process and costs, and the return on investment of ADUs locally.

This course is intended to help industry professionals understand the basic planning and building regulations for ADU development and provide some insight on local ADU regulations.

Earth Advantage, Accessory Dwelling Strategies, and That ADU Guy partner to provide advanced curriculum for the building, real estate, lending, appraising industries, and beyond, to catalyze the development of infill housing in alignment with new statewide legislation being passed across the country.

This course has been offered for continuing education units in Oregon, Washington, and Arizona and is the prerequisite for completion of the ADU Specialist Exam and Designation through Earth Advantage.

Learning Objectives

Understand what makes a property ADU-ready / eligible.

Learn what is involved in the process of getting approved to build an ADU.

Analyze taxation, valuation, and financing options for ADUs.

Understand the ADU design, permitting, and building process (attached, detached, and garage conversion).

Access to resources to help clients plan for their ADU (including a budget sample, contract types, development rebate programs, and more).

Gain insight on your local ADU regulations.

Get answers to your ADU-specific questions.

The Trainers

For Real Estate Professionals and Government Agencies
Kol Peterson | Owner
Accessory Dwelling Strategies

Kol is the owner of Accessory Dwelling Strategies LLC, a company dedicated to ADU related education, advocacy and consulting. Kol edits and manages and AccessoryDwellings.org and BuildinganADU.com, websites that address ADU policy issues, best practices, and feature an array of ADU projects. He also teaches ADU classes through Earth Advantage wherein brokers can earn an ADU Specialist Designation. Kol also runs Portland's city-wide ADU tour, and does ADU related teaching, speaking and consulting for a variety of audiences.

For Building Professionals and Real Estate Investors
Derek Sherrell | Owner
That ADU Guy

Derek Sherrell is a real estate investor, ADU builder, and endurance athlete with over 25 years experience in the building/development trade. His first ADU build was a high school project in 1996. That led to a carpenter apprenticeship and a career as one of the youngest licensed building contractors in Oregon. Today, Derek consults with homeowners and investors on how to plan, design, finance, build and hold ADUs. This year, Derek founded ThatADUGuy.com and began an open-source video series designed to guide homeowners through the process of building or converting their own ADUs. He is a guest speaker for events large and small and has been featured on BiggerPockets, One Rental At A Time, The Intelligent Investor and many other top REI platforms. As a pioneering ADU developer, builder, and investor, Derek brings one of the most comprehensive skill sets to any ADU discussion or instruction. He spends his days running, skiing, talking about ADUs with homeowners, policy makers, builders, and anyone else who will listen.

Attendees will have the opportunity to earn the nationally-recognized 'ADU Specialist' designation and display their ADU expertise to the market. They will join the network of over 1000 professionals across the nation who have leveraged the designation to add valuable credibility to their business and tapped into this growing market with the backing of an organization that has trained and accredited thousands of professionals across the country on sustainable building practices.

Cost

Registration includes a free e-book written by our ADU course developer, Kol Peterson: Backdoor Revolution - The Definitive Guide to ADU Development.

$3000

Minimum for up to 50 registrants, not inclusive of the ADU Specialist Exam. Will your group exceed 50? Reach out for large group pricing details! Small group? Let's chat!

Registration for the ADU Specialist Exam to achieve the ADU Specialist Designation will be offered separately to attendees at a discounted rate.

Email the ADU Training Coordinator at ADUTraining@earthadvantage.org to receive information about scheduling your Association’s custom delivery of ‘All About ADUs’.