Start building your process for managing leads and systematizing your daily leadgen activities (door-knocking, calling your sphere, writing letters, setting up new online leadgen campaigns, etc).Go out and form a relationship with a title rep, two mortgage brokers, two developers, two architects, two handymen, two interior designers, a divorce attorney, a probate attorney, two escrow companies, and a transaction coordinator.

They are likely to have a set of requirements for the space.You will need a project plan including architects, city permitting, utilities (water, waste water, electrical), possibly environmental studies depending on your municipality. 

Take it from an architect who's done high rises from Florida to New Jersey and single houses in Maryland and Virginia for the last 16 years.

You will need to hire an architect/engineer to establish the project specs and scope.Happy to help.

My husband and I closed two weeks ago on our first duplex and I quit my job to begin working for myself (I am an architect).

They will also recommend/ handle the environmental and soils engineereing if necessary.Once you establish feasibility and capacity you will need to engage and Architect or Design Build GC to begin the design process.This is a simple breakdown of the process.

If you have a very in depth or complicated question, then you may have to get an Architect involved.

BUT I had to get a Commercial Architect involved to ensure & sign-off that it met all IRC-2018 requirements (that required 20+ detailed 1-2 hour meetings about the design & engineering).

., and only if they have given the tenant 24 hours' written notice:to make repairs or do work in the unitto carry out an inspection, where reasonable, in order to determine whether repairs are neededto allow a potential mortgagee or insurer of the complex to view the unitto allow a potential purchaser to view the rental unit (Note: the Act also allows a registered real estate agent or broker to enter for this purpose if they have written authorization from the landlord)to allow an engineer, architect or other similar professional to make an inspection for a proposed conversion under the Condominium Actfor any reasonable purpose allowed by the rental agreementThe notice must include the reason why the landlord wants to enter the rental unit and must state what time, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., the landlord will enter the unit.

Will definitely research the camera option..at the moment there is no internet service..and since we got stuck at the electrical roughing no electricity either so some logistic hiccups but probably could figure something in this direction.The PM and GC are somewhat closer then would be desirable but I don't feel that this is the issue...I am grateful the PM did bring this guy since the 9 I found by various means all didn't work out...this are busy time and so I is hard to find good contractors...I think he is just busy with other jobs and since he figured we missed our deadline (it is student housing) then he just work on my project on his off days from his other promised deadlines...I am an architect myself and paid very close attention to prevent change orders...contract some is agreed and so far he received about 40%.