Before school, I served 5 years in the United State Marine Corps as a Light Armored Vehicle Crewman with two deployments to Afghanistan.I don't have any formal background in real estate, though I have always had a love for architecture.

., straight out of architecture school, I wanted to go into real estate so I asked someone I knew who flipped houses to throw me on with his crews.

I have close to 30 years in the field of architecture and construction.

My name is Jonathan Miller, I'm 28, and I graduated last year with a Masters of Architecture.

I'm planning to have a structural engineer to create architectural as-built floor plans for a 2 story mixed use building I own in California.

I just got a quote for architectural blueprints for permits and engineer stamp for $ 3250.00So, I'm getting that started, while I'm looking for a contractor to do the work, as the scope of that work is more than I have dealt with in the past

We plan to replace with tankless water heaters and in-unit high-velocity small duct central heat and air (using electric baseboard for the garden unit heat), and also remove all the radiators from the building.With the furnace and water heater removed, we would like to knock down the walls dividing the current furnace room, and make one larger rear, which is the bulk of the remodeling work to be done. don't not currently have drawings or architectural plans.

Hancock park has some of the nicest architecture in the L.A area for sure. 

Roof size approx 2700sq feet- gaf woodland lifetime designer shingles (gives the slate look similar to what's on the house) - If I choose plain architectural shingles, I'll save 2k- TPO PVC flat roof over 10x30 extension- soffit & fascia repair and replace where necessary (some of the soffit wood has gotten rotten and would need to be replaced)- chose copper valley instead of aluminum (said I'll save $500 if going with aluminium)- plywood mostly in very good condition because of great original quality of the wood (said I'll probably only need 3 sheets replaced)- replace downspouts where necessary, maybe he'll replace 1-2- install cobra ridge vent

This is assuming you don't need extensive stuff, plans, architectural drawings, etc.