I have a full-time job in Silicon Valley and I am a mechanical engineer.  

I am currently an engineer in the automotive industry in the Metro Detroit area but grew up in the Grand Rapids, MI area.

Paolo, I am a civil engineer and I have a former colleague who is a Project Manager in the Watershed Division at the City of Atlanta.  

(quartz/granite, solid wood cabinets, hardwood flooring/engineered, tile, etc.) 

My name is Akash and I graduated college 4 months ago as a chemical engineer from UCSD.  

Automation of software engineering is possible and, given dramatic advances in AI, it may happen sooner we think. 

By day I am an Electrical Engineer and in my spare time I enjoy expanding my knowledge of personal finance and pursuing various business ideas/opportunities. 

You start with the goals, and reverse engineer the plan, laying out a series of achievable milestones (financial)...then turn around a follow the breadcrumbs.OK.  

Banks and lenders also use experienced Home appraisers and Blue Books to thoroughly appraise them at fair market value.If they're placed on a foundation on a resident owned lot or parcel and certified by an engineer and they're permanently installed on the situs they are no longer considered "CHATTEL" and therefor run with the land in a sales transaction.

The agent was very clear in the loopnet listing that the property has been mothballed since Jan 2014 (almost 2 years) and is in need of significant rehab.For a property like this the question becomes  can the local market rental rates justify the purchase and rehab investment at a return you are satisfied with; a reverse engineering approach.With out even visiting, my quick assessment was that this was a $500-$600K ($200Kish purchase + $300Kish rehab + $100Kish contingency) project and that the local market rental rates would NOT give me the returns I want for the risk.