Originally from Denver, I predominately grew up outside of Houston, TX where I also obtained my architecture degree.

However, he installs new 30 year architectural shingles, Stainless appliances, hardwood and tile floors, newly painted interior and exteriors, and more.If you are going to own a property on a street of mostly rental homes, I'd suggest that you stand out from the crowd.

You will need to learn all of these components of a development deal: land acquisition, site selection and sourcing, zoning and entitlements, architectural design management, deal underwriting, financing, construction, leasing, property management, and sale or asset management. 

You'll need to check rents, operating expenses, soft costs (architecture/engineering), development impact fees, and financing costs.Getting land comparables is good, but you only have what other sites sold for, not necessarily that those sites sold with your zoning, land use, and density.

But I am an interior designer (I work at a local architecture firm), and I'm willing to help with any interior design or decorating issues/questions you may have!

I wound up contacting a GC and got a rough estimate of $33,000 for the addition, including the permits, but not architectural plans.

Reminds me of one of my favourite architectural firms - LOT-EK.Check them out here: http://www.lot-ek.com/

I have an Architectural Engineering degree from Missouri S&T, 6 years of experience with a Project Engineer role in commercial construction companies, and a knack for interior design.

Since graduating with an architecture degree in '09 I've been mostly involved in construction management, but my true passion lies in real estate development.

Hi All,just got put onto this site by an investing colleague of mine - what a phenomenal resource.I am looking at a 4-plex, it'll be my second rental purchase, already have one established, albeit SFR.When I look at comps the nearest 4 plex units are all 2 bed 1 bath, and one sold as recently as Dec 2014, so is a good guide for me.What is a good strategy to estimate value in the 4 plex of interest to me which is 3/2 as it's the only 3/2 layout compared to the other 2/1's.I have averaged number of rooms and applied this to larger 4 plex, eg sold for value divided by 8 (2bedx4 units), divided by 12 (2 bed, 1 bathx4) , then multiplied this by 12 (3bedx4) and 20(3bed, 2 bathx4) and I have also used square footage ratio's to gain a value on the larger property.Are any of these methods feasible and if there's a better method, I'd love to hear it.For the record, these comparative units are all in the same subdivision, are architecturally similar, so direct comparisons in this case are pretty close.Thanks in advance,Michael.