I got my BS in Construction Management at Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo and I am now a Construction Project Engineer for a Commercial General Contractor in the Bay Area.

I was wondering what the expected going costs would be for design and engineering plans for an accessory dwelling unit and garage. 

I am a recent college graduate who is now an engineer in the Austin area and am looking to now get started in real estate investing.

I graduated college recently as an engineer and have 20% for the down payment on a few of the townhouses I was looking at.

I know that without seeing the pictures no one can really help even if they are an engineer and even then pictures don’t always do it justice.

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Now, while that is the case with the flooring itself, it doesn't prevent derived issues from water exposure, most notably subfloor damage from a crawlspace-related leak, mildew growth, etc, but the material itself is not affected by water.Yes I have, with no issues (specifically with vinyl, but no promises for laminate or engineered wood products). 

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These include points on your loan, all the holding costs already mentioned, closing costs to buy, possibly a second set of closing costs for a new loan, permits, engineering and or architectural drawings, maybe other costs related to the development of the land, etc.

You've got some major hurdles that will be quite challenging as a 1st time DIY project, and you will need licensed professionals to sign off on some things for permits: Structural (determining whether or not the wall you want to remove is load bearing and if so engineering a header and determining the framing layout for the new wall/door) Plumbing work will require a licensed plumber to pull the permitAny electrical alterations should be done by a licensed professional, a master electrician will be needed to pull a permitThere may be certain steps that you can DIY, such as GCing the project, demo, framing (following an engineer's drawings), sheet rock, tile, installing new fixtures/appliances, finishes, etc. but for the 3 big ones above you will need to bring in licensed pros if you're going to pull permits (which you definitely should).