I'm in the process of having an architect do some elevations to talk over with the city and the bank, but I'm not wanting to pay for the full design until it's been confirmed to me that we are on the right track.

I just need to have some rough idea of how much it will cost to convert that to rentable space so that when I go to interview architects and GCs I am not caught completely off guard. 

In additional to being an architect, I am also a professional photographer.

But I personally avoid doing this both from the owner perspective and architect.

I also find the deal, the bank, the architect, get the permits, either GC myself or hire out the GC work on larger projects (~8 units and up), then lease the building up myself.

I have a three family property in Fort Greene Brooklyn NY that I’m working on and I need and architect that can handle some draftsman work.

This is a fun topic for me, since I'm an architect and this is a hot topic for discussions it gets brought up fairly often by clients. 

We are interviewing an architect Wednesday about plans so in the very early stages. 

many development projects are financed with institutional money, and bringing equity partners in a deal is lots more expensive and lots of troubles for nothingIf your project makes sense, are decently capitalized, work with a reputable architect and builder and know how to pitch a project to lenders, you don't need to bring anyone in the deal but the bank and a hml.If no lender is interested in your project then it only means it is not feasable / doesn't have a reasonable risk/reward ratio and you should probably move on 

This is before speaking to an architect.