Honest clarity
before you commit.
Independent advice on homes, ADUs, lot splits and investments — grounded in real construction and underwriting experience, not theory.
$499 for 60–75 minutes, paid at booking. Written summary after the call.
A clarity call covers
- Your actual situation — the property, the plans, the numbers, the options on the table
- An honest read on the risks, the upside and the blind spots
- A clear recommendation on the next step, including wait or walk away
- A written summary you can hand to your spouse, agent, lender or contractor
No listings. No commission. No obligation to build with anyone.
Four decisions people get expensive advice on
Bring whichever one you're sitting on. Most people arrive with two of them tangled together.
Buy
Is this the right house at this price? What the condition, the report and the deferred maintenance actually mean in dollars.
Build
ADU, new build, lot split or SB9 — what the lot will really support, what it costs, and how long it actually takes.
Remodel
Scope, sequence and a reality check on bids, allowances and change orders, before you sign a contract.
Invest
Underwriting, cap rates and value-add math on small multifamily and rentals — stress-tested, not spreadsheet-optimistic.
Everybody else in the room gets paid on the outcome.
Good agents earn it. But "should you buy this at all?" is not a question their pay structure rewards.
A bid is a sales document. It tells you the cost if everything goes right, which it rarely does.
That's the whole product. If the honest answer is don't do this, you'll hear it in the first thirty minutes.
One person on your side of the table, start to finish.
I'm Srikanth Kasa. I also run Kasa Developers, a Bay Area design studio — renovations, kitchens and baths, ADUs and interiors. We handle the design, source the materials, and work alongside the trades so what gets built matches what was drawn.
That's where the cost ranges and the "that bid is missing something" instinct come from: real drawings, real material pricing and real bids on live projects, not an online estimator. Fifteen years and 25-plus projects sit behind that — and most of them were my own money on the line, which is why I'm careful with yours.
The independence rule
I don't build, so there's no version of this where steering you toward construction pays me. You hire your own licensed contractor and contract with them directly.
If you want Kasa to handle the design or the materials, that's a separate agreement you're free to decline — and the advice on your contractor is the same either way.
What having an advocate actually looks like
Come in at any stage. Most people call once they have drawings they're unsure about, or three bids that don't match.
Feasibility, before anyone draws
What the lot, the code and your budget actually allow. The cheapest change is the one made before there are plans.
Design direction
Choosing and briefing the architect or designer, then reading their drawings against real cost so the set you permit is a set you can afford to build.
The permit path
Which department sees it, what planning will push back on, what gets a project stuck for six months and how to avoid it.
Bids and contractor vetting
A scope written so bids are actually comparable, and licence, insurance and workload checked before you sign. Fifteen years of watching who shows up, who disappears at rough-in and who is straight about change orders — I'll tell you both lists.
Through construction
Change orders, payment applications and schedule slips reviewed as your representative, and the work checked against the drawings. You still hold the contract; I read it with you.
What I don't do
I'm not a contractor and I don't build, supervise or take a cut of the work. You hire licensed contractors directly. Where plans need an architect's or engineer's stamp, that's theirs to give — my job is making sure what's drawn is buildable at your number.
Selected track record
Owner-builder, investor, client projects. Not a résumé — the reason the cost and permit conversations go faster than you expect.
Bank-owned purchase, expanded and gut-remodeled as owner-builder. My own home.
Out-of-state investment properties, owner-financed.
Bought a lot, carried it through entitlement and permits, sold to a contractor.
Market purchase and flip, San Jose.
Attached ADU, start to finish.
15+ kitchen, bath and whole-home remodels: design and trade coordination.
Two ADUs, planning and coordination.
Bend, Oregon: bought, remodeled, rented, held a year and sold.
Two off-market duplexes in Austin, Texas — four doors. Remodeled and rented, in partnership.
Limited partner in multifamily syndications in Texas and Indianapolis.
Bought a property with subdivision potential, ran the initial layout planning, sold.
Off-market flip, Warm Springs, Fremont.
Off-market purchase sourced for a client, expanded and taken back to the studs.
Complete rebuild, Fremont.
Four projects in progress.
[What they were about to do, what the review found, the real number, what they did instead. Use a real project and real figures.]
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Three steps, no discovery-call theatre.
Send the situation
Address, plans, bids, inspection report, rent roll — whatever you have. Five minutes of forwarding, no forms.
Sit down for an hour
Video or in person. I've already read your material, so the time goes on the decision, not the background.
Leave with it in writing
A written summary: the options, the risks, the numbers, and what I'd do next if it were mine.
Flat fees, published up front.
Fixed price, agreed before we start. Complex or multi-property situations are quoted, not guessed.
Clarity call
- Review of your specific situation
- Risks, opportunities and blind spots
- Clear next-step recommendation
- Written summary after the call
Decision package
Most chosen- Deep-dive on the property or project
- Options analysis: renovate, ADU, sell, hold or lot split
- Cost and timeline ranges from real jobs
- Risk checklist and decision framework
- Optional 30-day follow-up check-in
Ongoing advisory
- Your representative from design through permits to final walkthrough
- Architect and contractor selection, scope written for comparable bids
- Change orders, payment applications and schedule reviewed
- Material and finish guidance
Straight answers
No. You pay a flat fee for the advice, and that's the only money that changes hands.
No. I'm not a contractor and I don't build. You hire and contract with your own licensed contractor, and I have no financial interest in who that is.
In person across the Bay Area — Santa Clara, Alameda and San Mateo are where I know the planning departments, the trades and the current pricing. For investment underwriting and decision framing, distance matters less and I take remote calls; I've owned and operated in Texas, Oregon and the Midwest. What I won't do is pretend to know a permit process I haven't worked in.
No. This is independent consulting. I'm not an appraiser, home inspector, contractor, attorney or real estate broker, and nothing here replaces those. Part of the job is telling you when you need one, and which kind.
Before you spend six figures, spend an hour.
One call is usually enough to tell whether the plan on your table holds up.