:)  I also read your profile, great job from moving from an engineer to a full time investor, love it! 

Eric H. i am a w2 working engineer who started with sfh rentals.

Finding local foreclosures is actually something else I am interested in figuring out but haven't really looked into yet - but I'm definitely not seeing them in the same place.I was really considering buying a parcel at this auction purely for the experience, but by the time they removed the ones that had been redeemed before auction day there were only I think 3 that were big enough to legally build on (and not even usable if rezoned somehow, just like 4 ft wide strips of land between 2 houses and such).1 of those was commercial, would have required tons of tree clearing and excavating to build on it an all the engineers, applications, and hearings involved with that were intimidating for me... that was the only useful one I could've afforded. 

I'm surprised I didn't sign up here sooner considering I own a few Bigger Pocket's branded books, but wanted to introduce myself.I'm in my early 30's and have made a career in the tech industry as a systems engineer.

Yeah identify some transaction archetypes, reverse engineer the transaction financials and see how it flows.

Think of an automobile engine. 

Way to much dirtwork and then having to pay an engineer to do a new study and all that.

Hello fellow BP members, I am a sophomore majoring in civil engineering at the University of Buffalo, I'm 18 years old.

Not sure , if I need to hire a Architect and structural engineer or either will work?

After doing research for the past couple of months, I've decided I would like to start building a team in Columbus Ohio and start with a single family rental home within this year.I'm currently a civil engineer in the construction industry in LA.