I just had a quick question for Ankitt Duggal; what certification/professional designation have you noticed investors looking for, especially in the realm of syndication (excluding a graduate degree in real estate)?

Broker-dealers will want to try to design out too much risk and the underwriting fees will be too high for deals your size.

If its a new listing they might take a few grand off.

We designed the house to client specs, submitted it to the HOA for approval and learned that 1) a 2 car garage was too small, it needed to be 3 car minimum and 2) 3,000SF was too small for a retirement community, needed to be 3,400 minimum.

You can find single family homes that pay 20%+ returns.Interesting that this is your experience... in West Michigan (Grand Rapids / Kalamazoo), there are definitely multi-family homes available that offer a very nice ROI.

Speaking as someone who does industrial electrical systems engineering that provides documents exactly as you have described, this would be a large amount of work.The one line diagram, panel schedule, grounding, lighting and outlet plan, fixture schedule, and panel locations would all be separate drawings taking anywhere from 20-40 hours of work a piece depending on how readily available the needed information is.We have whole teams of people who work to produce drawings like these and we charge clients $60-100/hr for just the design and engineering consulting (drawing creation).

If you are married and your wife isn't working, consider getting her the REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL designation from the IRS.

You have a good eye and a good sense of design.

These letters are designed to hit to the heart of the trials and tribulations that an individual might face while marching through the probate process.

I think you could work with a really good custom builder and architect to design something that is reconstructable for the season.