The kitchen was being remodeled, so the tech was able to see the gas valve that would be used for a gas range, if I were to ever get one. 

The manufacturers have assembly line inspections that approved home designs for specific regions.

That's to redirect the drain line exiting from the kitchen and laundry without replacing whole system of pipes running from bathrooms, so no jack hammering foundation.

Keeping in mind I’m a full-time Design engineer, but I’m willing to put all my free time including weekends and holidays in helping and gaining the right experience and built the right connections.Please share your advice below, I would love to hear from you.Thanks in advance and I really appreciate the opportunity.

Check out 1 BR apartments online and see how they are designed.

Remodeling kitchen and bathrooms.

(<$10k mostly kitchen focused)  - On that note: I started out looking at single family homes in the area, 2 BR/1 BA at $399K - the annual income seems to be about the same/a little bit more, but will I see a significantly better appreciation in a couple years ?

Went 6 months without a kitchen hahaThat orange Home store funded the whole thing with a consumer credit card.

I remember having no kitchen, a microwave/fridge/coffee pot and that was it for a couple months with a newborn. 

I already re-did the kitchen for around $7k as well as added new rugs/carpet in the bedrooms and repainted.