I have an engineer working on the surveying.

thanks for the links, frank.the jeep is my wifes. she is the one that wanted it and had to have it. honestly, i kind of won that little battle. she actually wanted a new Mercedes ml and was double the jeep. so, even though it was still a terrible decision it was better than the Mercedes.i myself drive a 2002 chevy s10. 175k miles on it and plan on just putting another engine when this one goes out. trust me when i say, I'm the biggest cheapskate around.

I used to work with a bunch of civil engineers who used AutoCAD.

That is a big cash burn!

Hi all,I’ll keep this to the point as I’m sure there’s millions of posts like this.My situation: Soon to be college grad (May 22), chemical engineering job making 75K before taxes. 0 debt, 720+ credit score, and about 20K in reserves.I’ll be working in Colorado Springs, CO starting this summer and want to get some assets under my belt and there’s 2 options I see.Option 1: buy a small SFH for myself, live in it, then after a few years buy a second small SFH and rent out the other.Option 2: Try a BRRR but remain renting where ever I end up renting.Option 3: repeat option 1 but with condos instead.I have a good tolerance for risk but I want to keep things as hands off as possible long term.Background:I am familiar with analyzing deals, finding a good agent, etc., I was looking for deals (on market condos) for quite some time in MA while in college.

A side note is that my day job as an engineering consultant for arbitration/litigation disputes puts my legal risk tolerance higher than most, but I'm trying to avoid litigation unless it makes sense.

@Nadir M.I want you to burn this saying into you brain!!!"

If you need more ceiling height, my recommendation is to get a licensed contractor and engineer out to survey your site and see what's the best option.

My background is in Aerospace Engineering and I will eventually be going into the Air Force as a Space Operations Officer.  

That really hit home to me for some reason and burned a fire in me to become "handy" from that point forward.