Additionally, with the City adopting the IBC 2015 and inspectors becoming increasingly difficult to work with, we've labor costs go up and soft cost on the design & engineering side go up as well.   

My name is Juan Rosado and I just moved to Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to work as a civil engineer.

The ones that think they do are usually following the traditional BP model...and they'd be wrong.You have to "reverse engineer" it, starting from your Financial Goals, and working your way to where you are right now.  

Hi all,My name is Ray Southern and I'm looking to break into the world of REI.I've been a web engineer in Chicago for going on 15 years now, almost completely self-taught.It's been a great career, but I need to start looking ahead to retirement.I have no experience in real estate, except a condo I bought in 2008 as my primary residence, right before the market tanked.I'm still in the condo, did some refinancing, and plan on keeping it for good (great neighborhood), maybe renting it out if I start a family and need to move.My overall plan?

@James McCormick yep that's exactly what I was looking into, either that or mySQL. mySQL is more robust bus access may be able to get the job done.

Some questions I'm already thinking of include:What is "value engineering"?

My situation feels like a 747 with engines out, trying to maintain altitude.  

Also, certain demolition like removals of load bearing walls will require engineers and or an architect.

I asked how can I get confirmation that the new language is acceptable by their engines. 

As a software engineer, I was wondering if there's any gap in current real estate investing tooling/software?