most energy efficient measures are pretty boring.

Is that just a level of risk you're comfortable with or do you have measures in place to mitigate that risk?

That's why I think a more measured approach will actually generate wealth faster at this stage of the market.

One more complicating factor is that the property in back cuts over 5’ so the lines aren’t straight, but according to the deed the measurements show me the trees are mine.

I tried to measure my risk but don't really know what the costs of a defense might be.  

A skilled practitioner will provide you guidance when they identify the need, and will measure the response.

People measure their success rates in the low single digits per thousand phone calls from what I've seen on these forums.  

Bay Area Designs told me they needed to measure all 3 units since the third unit appears to be using a portion of the other unit; they need to update the city of the measurements.My goal with this property is to use the 2 car garage and the existing space to create a permitted third unit.

.* Allocating costs by project and measuring time (costs may be export to QuickBooks, or similar).* Seeing dependencies to know what must occur first before another can (Gantt charts).I took a look at Asana- that is looking pretty good too!

Any smart investor would measure how much they put down to buy a investment which will guarantee them large equity gains over time and put down what is required to calculate the larger cash flow allowances.