You could essentially pay yourself as you would pay any other contractor which could be by predetermined draw percentages or once the defined task is complete.

Well in the interview process one thing became very clear, the locals had no base designs for this tenant and basically I was going to be paying for them to draw a base design that would or could be duplicated over and over again in the future at a discount to me or others.

The budget is set at about $35k and there are 6 draws.

I've used letters of intent to purchase with a copy to the regional regulator simply drawing attention to the fact that the lender needs to sell the note rather than destroy the credit of the borrower.

What would your addition add in value if you wanted to sell or draw equity?

When engineers start drawing the money clock starts. :)

In addition, our son does architectural visualization, drawing site plans, designing houses and doing renderings.

That's where I draw my line, anyway.

Draw up paperwork that she has to sign first before you agree to let her stay stating that she promises to move out no matter what on May 31st because of her job situation so it would be in theory easier to evict if she try to stay past May 31st.

The ability to know exactly when to stop negotiating and draw a hard line is also a skill.