(I have/I am)"I am a real estate investor with a net worth of over 10 million""I have no debt except that which is paid by others""My passive income from Real Estate investments is $20,000 a month"Just make sure you have a big juicy why for that goal, thats the engine and fuel for your purpose in life. 

@Aaron thanks for your inputI agree that's why I keep going. but I have my college, I also consultant as an engineer he knows me and we both make good money he asks why I need more properties.

If the restaurant cannot get the type they want then it affects their sales projections and what they could pay in rent for the property if they still went ahead.Buyer has to spend money for zoning,engineering,attorney fees etc. so it is not like they have no money into it.

The Big Picture: About to start a full time engineering job at a local tech company.

In other words, to max out the sales price do you need to have solar panels, showers with the shower heads coming from the ceiling and from the wall, granite counters, engineered wood floors, etc.

HVAC journeyman certification at PG community college comes to mind or electrician, plumber, building maintenance engineer. its a 6k or so investment for the HVAC training (info below), but maybe there are scholarships to look into....

I was laid off last Wednesday from my Software Engineering role.

I'm a software engineer from Miami, FL but I am looking forward to start diving into some buy and hold properties and begin producing some passive income for my future.I also enjoy accounting and keeping an eye on my finances. 

First you hire an engineer to draw up some plans, then the county approves you for less units than the engineer planned for, then the city approves you for less units than the county approved you for, and then you can hire a contractor and start building.Meanwhile during that entire process, your attending meetings at the city/county where all your neighbors come to complain for various reasons why they don't want you to build there, further dragging out the process.

I am a mechanical engineer and she is in school to be a nurse practitioner.