Good deals have enough money in them to allow me to hire professionals across the board from designers, architects, GC's, landscape gardeners, engineers, surveyors and the list goes on.

I’m a registered architect.

Albert and Heidi are architects so they provided us some extremely valuable insight into changing the layout of a project.Chicago Action Investors are a group of ACTION takers that meet to discuss the scope of work of ongoing projects, as well as discuss potential future projects.  

You get to learn from a more knowledgeable person and still share in the upside.Good luck,OrenThank you all for the feedbacksPlanning is indeed risky business, but if you do your due diligence right before buying and have a bullet proof architect your risks are not that great.In my opinion developping land in this area is an architect business; someone who has tons of experience dealing with the local bureaucracy and can save on costs doing most the job himself.The increased risk of construction essentialy lies in the amount of money at play; 2.5 millions is serious money for most of us.I have experience in construction and my experience tells me to be careful.Contractors can bail on you or screw up their job, you can have unexpected expenses, material prices can go up, and all this while you pay a high interest construction loanBasically you can waste a lot of time, quickly lose a good chunk of your profit or even los emoney if you are not careful.Planning is that regard is much more predictable; Consultants are paid standard fees, permits are the same, application processing time is pretty much the same, etcI think entitlement and construction of urban project such as appartment building is faster and carries less risk in case of RE downturn.

The inspection must be performed by a licensed architect or engineer authorized to practice in the state of Florida.

However, I was the Architect and acted as the GC.

Hey All, My fiance and I are looking for an architect to draw up plans for a bathroom addition and a kitchen remodel.

I was told to get an architect and structural engineer and they will let you know what to fix as the process will require permits and inspections so walls will have to be open.

If you do need stamped plans, then find an architect asap!  

Although the architect should have caught this IMHO....