Just do as-builts with a local draftsman/CAD guy or architect and throw them into the building department AFTER you negotiated that item down on your purchase price!

I’m looking for a good architect to give me the plan so my contractor can start the build up of a house interior.

@Greg ResslerI would recommend talking to an architect who designs row homes in Philadelphia.  

Once you purchase the land and have plans drawn (you don't have to use an architect, there's usually designers around that can do what you need) and once again, check references, get several different bids from general contractors, and compare them.

I am in the process of designing plans with architect.

We have bought in the Seattle area for my wife and I to live in and fixed some things that didn't "work" properly, after all I am an architect.

Nothing too unusual, but today I read on the web site of a local prominent property management company: Dispelling the myth of positive cash flowChapel Hill real estate is renowned for its consistent, stable, and relatively generous appreciation.

Hello BP,I am doing some prelim work on purchasing a foreclosure prop in Grapevine Texas Historic District but this would require an almost complete rebuild. The house falls under historic designation, so some part of...

We want to buy a condo in Orange Beach, Alabama as a vacation home / actually for investment purposes in a great prominent area.

Demo already begun and engineer and architect meet coming.