You basically can reach out to commercial brokerages, developers, architects,real estate agents alike and anyone interested in the area and property.

I am 24, fresh out of college, working as an architect with a pretty solid income, so I am comfortable taking a little risk.

Make sure to find your local REI meet-ups and attend as they are invaluable to establishing your local RE base.Good luck and contact me if there is anything I can do to help as an investor or architect!

As of late I have become a bit jaded with the business, specifically dealing with architects and clients, which is a major source of inefficiency. e.g when a simple design decision takes over a week to make it tends to slow things down a bit:) I do love building and it is a satisfying creative outlet for me.

A city planner or an architect could quickly determine how many units could be built on the site.

If you want to get really technical, call an architect and he will draw up plans and get your permits.

Have you considered approaching a landscape architect in your area?

I'm an Architect and Builder based out of Watertown, MA.

I paid my architect over a $1 million last year and so you can probably say that they would be happy to help me out with feasibility.

He gets back to me with a "discounted" bid from his internal architect and engineer of $2 sqft to get everything done.