I enjoy the process and have a construction background from many moons ago.

I have a 13 year background in electricity and construction along with my real estate license.

The same ratio here in PDX that we attain naturally vis a vi ratio of owner occ to rental in the SFR sIn new construction today.. there are very few if any going to investors.. our price points have jumped up to the point it really does not make sense to buy these as rentals.. much better off buying a duplex or 4 plex.

Strong residential construction knowledge.  

This isn't my plan.... but if you were to quit your corporate job and wanted to pick a real job in the RE space while building your knowledge base and looking for deals/building your network, which job would you recommend and why(agent, appraiser, mortgage broker, construction, other?)

Most of the off campus housing close to campus are in the form of new constructions so I was wondering if there may be a public resource that might provide an investor with a list of all of the new constructions that have taken place.

My brother is in the construction field, i got my RE license couple months back, and my oldest brother is in finance.

Typically an architects fees range from 8-12% of construction cost.  

This may or not be the situation in your case....but when I send someone a property to flip, where I know the numbers work, over and over again...and they keep passing, I then determine it is time for me to move on from that potential client and spend my time in a more constructive way.

Mostly fix and flips, refinances, ground up construction, buy n hold acquisitions, etc.