As mentioned, any lender is going to require experience of the folks doing the work, that property is their collateral, so how would they know that a music teacher or IT engineer can hang doors that close, windows that open, cabinets that won't fall off the wall or that a ceiling won't fall in?

As a mom I wanted him to go to school and get a degree as an engineer, project manager, or something, but he hates school.

You can have a list with a million people, no deal, no check.Reverse engineer it.

I have BS in engineering from a state school...my student loan debt is egregious.  

You will also want to be on top of all of your inspections and have final C of O before you let the buyer do their engineer inspection.

I'm going to school for mechanical engineering (I plan on working in the oil and gas industry).

My wife and I looked into constructing a commercial property out of them thinking that the price would at least be the same as stick construction and look cool, but found out that in the city the engineering requirements to get approval from Planning and Development more than offset any underspend in materials.Engineering companies would only quote us on a time and material basis because they could not predict how much re-work the city would have, or if it would even be technically feasible.  

Any engineering/architectural stamps?

In learning to be a "transaction engineer" an investor may find a solution to any number of problems.

Software engineer & web developer chiming in.