I'm an architect, so my primary business is in the rehab / remodel /additions / new construction market.

It reads: Master of Real Estate Development for Architects from Woodbury University in San Diego. 

.- Then, find an architect who can help you come up with ideas on what to build to best utilize the land and create a nice "flow".- Then, find a new home builder (or a GC with new home construction experience) to come in and help you ballpark estimates on construction costs.

Not interested in picking through it myself but if they estate sale company wants to come do the sale a couple days after close my calculation is as long as they make more than $161 in a week it'll pay for itself as our holding costs are only $23/day and my architect needs time to do the drawings anyway!

Again follow some prominent national and local real estate investors and see who is following them and check them out to see if they live in your area.

Student housing is pretty prominent in Richardson due to UTD. 

I am an architect in NYC and have seen it all, they can make or break any flip/deal as far as I am concerned.  

Everyone posting agrees that LP exists regardless if it is or is not prominently used in their State?

I use Prominent escrow and title typically First American; however, you can use any title that you have built a relationship with! 

You have to get building plans from an architect.