I have plans and engineering ready to go, but have held off on official plan check as I can't seem to get a consistent build cost. 

Has anyone ever heard of such a thing where in order to replace an existing boiler with one of the exact same model you have to pay an engineer $1,500 for no reason?

If you do a search for Nomad podcast or Nomad classes in your favorite search engine, there about 100 webinars/podcasts on this exact topic and how to do it.

I want to remove my bias here, so I will stick to the facts:Home had foundation repairs done in 2008 and 2012Seller had a 3rd party engineer do a class C foundation inspection on 3.20.2018 and provided the following:Overall elevation differential of 4.1 inches.  

He was a self-taught engineer who founded a company that built plywood plants all over the US. 

My wife and I are both engineers in the Biotechnology industry and we have 2 little girls (5 yrs/ 9 mo).

What if the partner with the 300K debt is studying to be a doctor, lawyer or engineer and is expecting to land a big job at a big firm in the next 2 to 3 years. 

You should see my husband's face sometime (engineer  fact based vs. psychotherapist feeling based), but hey!!.

The hardwood in kitchen would need to be sanded and refinished and carpets need to be replaced with either carpet or LVT (Can't afford hardwood, and do not want laminate or engineered wood)One of my concerns is the height difference from the hardwood in the kitchen being 3/4 inch higher. 

I am a Network / VoIP Engineer based out of New York City(born and raised)..