Your engineer or surveyor or town planning personnel should be able to give some idea of the timeline to having approval and a building permit.

A licensed general contractor or engineer should be consulted to evaluate the wood flooring structures as well as the crawl space ventilation in regards to the moisture and damage concerns.

For example, would you learn on YouTube how to fix your engine if your car was having engine issues and waste time doing so or just take it to a mechanic?

Was a licensed engineer involved to design to repairs?

I have a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona and spent 4 years in the military prior to that.

I did all land survey, architecture, engineering, and razing of the property.

Be sure to get an engineering-based cost segregation study done by a reputable company if you paid at least $250K for the property including land.

@Chris Miller history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.I remember 2006, and how the fed was engineering a beautiful soft landing and everything was great and home builder stocks and banks and investment banks were THE stocks to own because all the data was pointing to a rosy future.The only data source you would need is the yield curve.  

Since then, I’ve been listening to BiggerPockets, On The Market, and Real Estate Rookie, and I’m currently reading The Multifamily Millionaire by Brandon Turner.A bit about myself:I'm a 31-year-old software engineer looking to become a long-term multifamily real estate investor (REI) and achieve FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early).

We were drawn to this program because as an engineer with little interest or time to swing a hammer.