You can upgrade and make the units premo nice - really nice laminate or engineered hardwood, tile in the bathrooms, cool light fixtures, quartz countertops, new appliances.

You're also probably going to want a geotech engineer to look at your soil to determine if any remediation will be needed to build a new foundation...Is 600 sq. ft. the footprint of the building or total sq. ft. that you can add.

Hi @Keiyon Wayne, kudos for you for taking a long term strategic view and looking towards your future.If you start with the end in mind, you can reverse engineer the steps required for you to buy your own home.So, start with the methods by which you can buy a home1) Traditional - save a down payment and apply for traditional financing - you will need to figure out how much capital you need and how much salary you need to qualify.

I just highly recommend getting one or two inspections, and definitely calling a structural engineer if any of the inspections bring up the structure of the home as a potential issue.

Hey guys, I am very new to real estate but I am a software engineer by profession.

Some agents in my company have recommended Lewandowski Engineers or Feller Finch.

(which I proudly accomplished with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering).

We are a software engineer also a real estate investor in California.

You need to meet with city engineering dept, city council member(s), utility managers, city utilities dept namely water and sewer to find out where they sit on capacity at the time and with the planned development connections. 

I currently live in NY but will be moving to the greater ATL area next year to establish an Engineering Firm that will cater to REI and Commercial Development.