I recently went to a local REIA meeting and mentioned to another investor (male-who happened to be a retired architect) that my husband (who is not an investor) is an architect.  

@Rowland Smith your process is to have a structural engineer or an architect look at it an prepare a scope.

I've contacted a few architects.

Land acquisition, permits, foundation, utilities, architect, and on and on but without the additional benefit of profit on the larger sq/ft you'd be selling.

She's actually a couple years younger than me, so I actually took her to senior prom in it, we went on numerous road trips, and to be quite honest, that car was as much a part of our history and relationship as anything else - and I'm not sure my financial portfolio could have given those same memories and for that I'm thankful, even if a bigger investment portfolio could have flourished into other types of memories.  

@Kumud Shrestha Some of the best ways to find contractors is to talk to architects, designers, engineers, realtors and other investors.

depends. if you are talking multi million house, most people get a designer/architect to suggest chages.if you are talking about a 100k, you just replace what's there and people fall i love with it cause it's "NEW"!

Account Closed An architect might have some home plans that they can sell to you, or they can design a custom house.

A week ago they finally hired a new architect to render drawings but I still don't know if they're done. 

No pitching, and lots of prominent BP folks were there.