I have a bachelor's in civil engineering and I want to work with companies that build shopping malls, hotels, etc, but more on the business side not just the construction side.

But you will need to have it under contract first so you will need to use your social engineering skills aka confidence to do that.p.s I have done plenty of deals where I only put down $10 and some where I didn't put down anything.

In my day job Network Engineer and not to many people where I work are interested in real estate.

It will look something like this: File some sort of application for zoning change (possibly requiring engineering studies to support you case), posting notice on your property and notifying the properties within a certain vicinity (say within 500' of yours) of the proposed change, go through the approvals process and most likely have a public hearing where residents can object if they choose to.Obviously this will take money everything from filing the application to studies and notices.

. :)"[b]Be a transaction engineer, not a 1 trick lease option pony.Serve the Seller, and he/she will sing your praises.

Very enticing indeed.I am a civil engineer from Purdue University and have resided in the United States majority of my life.

You should think about becoming a transaction engineer in this business meaning you should be able to work with both the Ugly house and Pretty house parts of the business.

Those style offices are usually atty's, CPAs and engineers and generally their clientele aren't looking for a nice modern office, they just come once a quarter and meet and that's it.

Cost to go through the permitting and engineering range from 4-6k depending on who you talk to at the county and the engineering firm.

Also bought them and had a small 6 unit apartment building.I own a marketing company that does Search Engine Optimization, Marketing Consulting, Internet Marketing, Direct mail, and I am involved in other business projects (joint ventures with people, etc.)Anyway, enough about that...My goals are to purchase mobile home parks where the park owns the land--not park owned mobile homes.