I'm a licensed architect both in MD and DC with 15 years of commercial experience.

The AIA (American Institute of Architects) has lots of good examples of contracts.

Jim - How did you get the "Architect from..." after your name?

There are 5 base models you can choose from if you don't want the hassle of designing your own home with architects, especially since most of my ideal buyers won't speak Spanish, and the owners of this property have a contracting company that buyers can use, which we recommend as the main contractor is European and has built castles by hand, as opposed to the Ecuadorean contractors who build homes that collapse in 10 years. 

Thanks for sharing.Assuming you hire licensed architects and general contractors to build the homes, and hire licensed realtors to sell the homes, do you need any sort of license or other credentials for yourself in order to do the development business?

You should be looking at lots with either 3,200sq feet of land area or LR zoning, ideally with alley access (for the DADU, as this removes the rear setback requirement an just makes livability/accessibility for the cottage much better.I know you are an architect and may want to design your own, but there are big cost savings to using an established and repeated design like those utilized by MyKabin.com

M y name is Innocent Azuogu, an Architect by profession already on employment but considering quitting to follow my passion in Real estate.

@Brandon Smart I'm obviously a little biased but I would talk to a local architect.

I think a majority of it is coming from having an architect involved in the project as we are removing some interior walls.- I thought this number was a little high as well.

Is your agent including water tap on fees, architect fees, interest accrued on your HELOC or just the flat building cost?