Adele Sheets had a plan for her retirement, and it was sitting in her own backyard.
The El Cajon, California, retiree wanted to turn two garages on her property into accessory dwelling units, the small rental homes often called ADUs. The rent would add to her Social Security and a small pension. “So, this was how I could retire comfortably,” she told ABC 10News San Diego reporter Austin Grabish in a Team 10 report this May.
To pay for it, she used her retirement savings. “My 401(k) was my savings,” she said…