I work in a professional type office (engineering) and we get cold calls for people wanting us to spec their product for our clients, and they never make it past the front door because that's not how it works, our developer clients tell us what they want, and we design for them not the other way around.

Also, consider learning how to reverse engineer property title for opportunities that others don't see or know how to work.

I too called in an engineer, my carpenter, etc.

A Realtor, title company, GCs, utility contacts, engineers, etc.Financing programs are the keys to the doors in RE.

I have a bachelor's in civil engineering and I want to work with companies that build shopping malls, hotels, etc, but more on the business side not just the construction side.

But you will need to have it under contract first so you will need to use your social engineering skills aka confidence to do that.p.s I have done plenty of deals where I only put down $10 and some where I didn't put down anything.

In my day job Network Engineer and not to many people where I work are interested in real estate.

It will look something like this: File some sort of application for zoning change (possibly requiring engineering studies to support you case), posting notice on your property and notifying the properties within a certain vicinity (say within 500' of yours) of the proposed change, go through the approvals process and most likely have a public hearing where residents can object if they choose to.Obviously this will take money everything from filing the application to studies and notices.

. :)"[b]Be a transaction engineer, not a 1 trick lease option pony.Serve the Seller, and he/she will sing your praises.

Very enticing indeed.I am a civil engineer from Purdue University and have resided in the United States majority of my life.