I’ve got a mixed use property that we are in the middle putting together engineered drawings to add 6 apartments to it and getting an appraisal to free up money for the buildout.

I've already got a county that's willing to work with me, planned unit development style, an engineering firm hired with conceptual design completed, market research and a handful of individuals who are willing to be "founding residents".

We had a structural engineer come when we first were in the process of purchasing to check out our crooked floor but they haven't returned since the cracks appeared. 

I am a mechanical engineer by education, I work in strategy and development for an Oil and Gas company.

I'm trying to reverse engineer strategies on how I can make that happen.

I don't see myself being employed and work as an engineer.

This means you do meet the requirements so the permit process should be fairly easy as soon as we get architectural and engineered plans ready."

Is that really that robust of a strategy or have they just spread themselves really thin?

I'm an electrical engineer working in the customer service area in the greater Boston area, basically answering phone calls and emails to solve engineering problems for customers.

Then renting that home while I work with an engineer/architect for the designs.