Ultimately, I'd like to be able to blend the working knowledge I'm gaining right now in Architecture and knowledge I'll learn about real estate to start small with owning rental properties before trying to move into multi-family housing development and becoming an Architect/Developer. 

Lessons Learned:1: When dealing with architects and engineers have a clearly defined timeline for completion.

(7) To pay all lawful taxes and assessments and the necessary expenses of the Trust; to employ such officers, brokers, engineers, architects, carpenters, contractors, agents, counsel, and such other persons as may seem expedient, to designate their duties and fix their compensation; to fix a reasonable compensation for their own services to the Trust, as organizers thereof

Design build has an architect.

I'm in multis and singles (or used to be), another is an architect developer, the other focuses on industrial warehouse. 

We were directed by our architect tenant to the main bath on the first floor ( which is almost directly under the warped 2nd floor.)He thinks that moisture must be from the one recessed  light in the shower ceiling where the giant shower head is. ( at a distance).  

I rent out mostly to these students and being one myself I know you have to have money or be somewhat responsible to get in. my first criteria: the MajorI generally like the Pre-Med and biomedical engineer students because they are just studying all the timeI also like architect students.

I hope an Architect was employed to redesign for the occupancy use change or you're way out on the life safety, fire and other codes.

Your evolution as an investor should look like this: Bird-dog, wholesaler, flipper, landlord, transaction architect.

The last guy to rent this was an architect.