I second the suggestion of retaining a geotech engineer.

The best background for folks in this industry is civil engineering, architect, trade specialist and so on.These are two very different skillsets. 

You need much more capital for real estate, as it is a wealth protection and cashflow engine for large sums of money when done right IMO 

@Lance JohnsonYou could reverse engineer the county assessor site API (through inspecting network traffic), then iterate through all possible parcel numbers, storing the results and their data in a database.

My accountant told me there are two ways to get a cost segregation study, one being the expensive route where an engineer comes onsite and does it.

GE Engine Services and Caterpillar, Inc. both recently received tax abatements and plan to add 41 and 100 jobs, respectively.

Hi has anyone had to work with a civil engineer (or not) to complete a sewer line extension in the city of Dallas?

I asked my CPA about bonus depreciation and doing a Cost Seg study on the property so I could get the 80% bonus depreciation but this is what she said: “Note that I don’t do that kind of work because it requires engineering knowledge that I don’t have.

I work as a software engineer for Liberty Mutual Insurance and my wife is a manager at a dental office.

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