Then once you are working on the deal, you'll continue to update the numbers to make sure you are tracking.Good you are getting GC costs, but make sure you get all your soft costs, insurance, architect, CE, MEP/S, soils, environmental (Phase 1) if needed, condo map completion, dept. of real estate condo map sales process costs, etc.My observation at this point is that my ability to guide you through the process via BP posts will be very limited.

If you are considering a larger multi-family, there would be additional things to check like employee records, reserve funds, review of bank accounts, environmental assessment, and more.

If major CEQA processing is required, such as a full Environmental Impact Report, hire and manage an environmental consulting company for the production of the EIR and all necessary CEQA documents required for the completion of the environmental review.

I come from a professional commercial construction background with a Bachelors in Interior & Environmental Design and I currently work from home in E-Commerce/Marketing (hoping to blend all these backgrounds into a real estate investing :) I had a specific opportunity recently come up that I'm needing some advice on...

More inventory would solve this situation of affordable housing, but we have all the environmental concerns in this state. 

@Tom Anderson A good friend of mine started the company Safe Environmental Solutions.

Chinese steel and aluminum plants have almost no environmental controls, and they get free electricity.By ALL accounts they dump steel. 

If that theory is true, which I don't know that I believe that fully, then environmentalism and moving away from fossil fuels might create an "oil age collapse."

He also called the Department of Environmental Protection because these folks have trash and debris all over their lot, he said the DEP is making them clean it up.  

In addition to tangible cost, there are some who also consider carbon footprint and environmental impact.