I was contacted by an architect and engineering firm a few years back about their desire to do a geotechnical survey related to a potential gas pipeline across a 500-foot length of the edge of the property that would be within 75 foot of a single family 4 bed/4 bath home.

It’s kind of like your car engine, there are many moving parts that work in sinc with each other in order for the car to work and move forward but you don’t need to understand how each part works before you can drive.Basically this is the concept.

If you do the City has a long process including hiring an independent party (engineering) to verify the integrity of work done.

It just means they can't grow exponentially now since their expenses for marketing and engineering is too expensive to keep.

As a land development engineer myself, I am knowledgeable with regard to the conceptual and final design of the project, but know little about the financing and building construction side of the process.Another question is how to present the property to a developer.

When the zoning is in place you need an engineer to create a plat and get it approved by the town. 

You can do this in multiple different ways, Zillow or Redfin are all lead based search engines meaning you can use that to your advantage and tour homes that are on market.

Another one was a husband and wife who are both engineers and make almost $360,000/yr they put down 20% on $869,000. 

I live in North Jersey and work as a geotechnical engineer where I travel between Newark and NYC for work.

It is a business expense you'll need to provide same as electricity and water.I do get calls occasionally to confirm I have these even though it is clearly listed in my VRBO and Airbnb ads.You can filter these items in the search engine and if you don't have these then your property will not even show up in a customer's search for a property to rent.