An architect looked at the house and indicated its definitely possible.

I'm an Architect and I think you should almost always use one.

For the record I am not a hippy at all, just an architect landlord.

Call some architects and ask who the good ones are.Good luck!

You can come on here from anywhere in the world, post a question and get almost real time answers from people from builders, engineers, real estate brokers, mortgage brokers, architects, interior designers, accountants, appraisers, investors of SFR, MFR, Hotels, Mobile Home Parks, Land Development and so much more.

Some of you don't know and hire a contractor, architect or structural engineer.

Some I traded work (I'm an Architect by trade), some I partnered with, and some I paid for. 

I assign one board for my architect, one board for engineering, bid board, schedule board, todo board. each board i could assign just one or a whole team. i just structure it well so i could move cards from step to step. say on my bid board, i have tabs like bid searches, bid walk date, bid prepared, bid review, bid submitted, bid rejected, bid approved.i make cards for each bid then just move them around. mobile friendly, too friendly.

I am an architect and capable of putting together a full concept and set of plans as necessary.

I understand both sides of this argument.I always say, Quickbooks is over kill for small landlords.A second disclaimer: My profession is a Enterprise Software Architect working for 15 billion dollar companies.