If you want them to do anything mechanical interview them well you will be amazed how little they can know about house maintenance.

I am currently attending college for Mechanical Engineering and feel as though real estate is a good fit for my schedule.

You may be in a situation where you can fix and flip so you can make some money to knock down the loans (especially credit card and auto you are very close there).The less liabilities you have the better.  

In the past I have worked various jobs from warehouse jobs, to teacher’s assistant in a high school, to even a mechanic apprentice.

Hi @Lewis C.Larger multifamily buildings are a far cry away from SFR, and as you might expect, the due diligence is much more involved.For starters, all mechanicals in the building need to be evaluated intensely.

If they can find a way to align incentive, like a bonus for finishing in a certain time frame, they could create a mechanism to get what they need from this architect. 

Trenching around the property is the preferred mechanism, but in an attached multifamily situation, you would need to trench below the units along the adjoining walls.   

I have 2 credit cards and a auto loan.

We are currently paying off the last bit of debt (not including a auto loan, which if that will hurt us please let me know) we have which should be done by November and then we want to go straight into our first investment.

I have been to mechanics school,Welding school,cut meat for 35 years, ran heavy equipment, been an over the road truck driver and owned a butcher shop.