Modern architecture, unfurnished rental going for about $2700 per month (2016 - 2020).

Working on architectural and engineering plans for a 12 unit multifamily in the future. 

A typical roof with architectural (asphalt) shingles has a life of approximately 25-30 depending on your locality.

How about this recipe:Find a community college and get a degree in construction mgmt, finance, architecture, or other field related to RE.  

Looking for duplex architectural drawings. 

That means architectural and structural "as-built" drawings, a 8-12 week wait for permits before starting work (and that's a minimum, longer if you have plan revisions), separate heat source for the basement unit, separate electrical panel for the basement unit, and a handful of other odds and ends. 

Purchase price: $4,950,000 Cash invested: $1,500,000 24-unit value-add in up-and-coming Los Angeles location. 1920's historic, architecturally significant property.

Even if it's architecturally necessary for the looks outside, it could have been replaced with glass block or raised to the top, etc.8.

I'm located just outside of an OZ, and have bought a property that my husband and I are developing into an architectural salvage/restoration business in a public private partnership with Corning Community College and University of Buffalo.  

Downfalls here include the lack of choices for home styles and mundane home architecture, and then lack of street continuity once you hit below Stone Rd.