@Neel Patel my architect charges $2,000 for architectural drawings, 3 copies of blue prints and postage.

@Wendy Carbone @Krista Billiter @Rhonda Blue @Dave DeMarinis If any of you are willing to talk more with someone new (but highly motivated to learn), I would truly love to get in touch.

Buy properties that rent to blue-collar people, not high-end and not low-end.

Now if you're looking for blue collar tenants, you might want to understand which areas are low crime and average-rated schools.

Congrats on making the big leap into the local scene.I can vouch for @Zachary C. as a great resource in the area and I'm sure we'll hear from @Tim White and @Rhonda Blue here in a bit.   

Make sure you follow local codes as far as Resale CO.Have a good lawyerHe can say "as is" till he is blue in the face.If he is taking a mortgage the house will be inspected

BTW, how do you paste another poster's comment (like I did yours above) and have it be a lighter shade like I see on the forum all the time. 

Once in a blue moon you get a price so good you aren't concerned about what's going on the inside.

Very close to metro (yellow and blue line). 

I read that Amazon employees are something like 55% mass transit users so the best access would be along the DC metro blue and yellow lines.