And clients won’t miss the current system.I think you're engine is fueled on 98% assumption and 2% fact in this regard. 

I also have masters degrees in both engineering and finance.

For foreclosures, you reverse engineer.

I bet the rate of Engineers going homeless is all but 0. 

Reverse engineering. 

.- My Resources / Constraints: I'm in a by no means unique, but perhaps less common situation for those getting started; I'm a somewhat senior software engineer at a tech megacorp and should be able to save a couple of down payments per year for lower priced houses (100-200 in my area), or perhaps one medium priced house (300-500).

I have moonlighted for several Architects and through hard work and good fortune stumbled on an opportunity to become an apprentice electrical engineer. 10 years later I am a senior engineer, together with my wife, have a decent portfolio of Real Estate.

There's a bunch more industry outside of just automotive.

Hello BP,I've been working as a Gov contractor providing Cloud Engineer services for a while, but my true passion is commercial real estate.

The buyers had a structural engineer inspect and then asked for another $60k reduction to stabilize the foundation.