I’ve put a lot of hours into the deals and for the ground up developments, I’m working with my architect on plans and obtaining all permits, which I’m personally financing.

I had a few questions I wanted answered about using architects.

Was there an architect that designed the building?  

When I was building mine, my biggest lesson learned was that while I was able to educate myself a lot, having an experience architect and contractor that have built and permitted ADUs in the past would have been really helpful to have on my side.

Unfortunately, the project didn't go well due to sloppy design issues due to have a poor architect drawing. 

I started in Architecture (still my passion) and learned quickly that the Architect was responsible for the entire project but paid the least.

This version does not require the use of a consultant, architect, and engineer or as many inspections as the Standard 203k.

Was once a more prominent place when agriculture and oil/gas industries employed more rural folks, there were more family farms etc but  just like the countless other hundreds of small towns in KS it is likely dying a slow death.If you want to invest in KS - I think being an out of stater you'd have better luck sticking to larger population centers such as Garden City, Dodge City, El Dorado, Lawrence, Manhattan, Wichita area, Hutchinson, etc etc - I'm not a big fan of Wal Mart - but find places with a Dillons Grocery Store (part of the Kroger family) or Wal Mart in town - those are your larger population centers here that will be a bit more sustainable and have more opportunity than a dying rural town with no industry.Same thing would likely apply in Nebraska, OK and I'd assume other plains states - if you can find a Wal Mart and a large major chain Grocery store in town, they've done most of the market study for you already proving there is something sustainable there.  

The AIA has a killer contract like these so see if you have an architect you can ask.

She just sold her new commercial building for $690k.After I closed today I went back to my wonderful little bank and completed a $300k commercial loan for 0% down @ 4.5% interest for 12 months. 43 closed loans in 30 years.My agents architect only charged me $2k for plans because we are building same building with a change to the front facing.Better yet my agent has a buyer lined up for the new building already.