If it's a long term buy and hold it's not a huge deal as long as it produces enough cash flow to be worth it.I would pay a couple hundred dollars for a structural engineering report and take a reputable mason to evaluate it as well. 

<-- I've heard rumors that FICO is catching on and this is becoming less effective, but FICO treats their exact algorithm as a trade secret so who knows. 

Now I'm a business operations engineer for a local pharmaceutical and chemicals company. 

I recently obtained my PE (Professional Engineering) license and I was wondering if there are any PE's out there who were able to leverage their license for real estate investing.I would love to hear any thoughts on this.

I am a recent graduate of Georgia Tech, here in Atlanta and I am currently working as a Product Engineer at a biotech company.

From there I have earned my mechanical engineering degree with hopes of one day no longer working for anyone but myself.

couple items.. this is far too much information to share or expect a response for free on any forumwhat you do is simply go sit down with a good civil engineer for an hour and pay them for it if need be they can tell you all this easily and work up a bid to handle it all.. this is all very easy stuff in the development world unless your soil is like gumbo or something. or its full of vegetation.I like open air storage as a concept personally.. as long as you have demand.. @?

I am a recent engineering graduate who moved to Cedar Rapids, IA.

I can refer you to a good structural engineer who inspects that sort of thing for me.

I have a job as an engineer make a good salary.