They would suggest you get a third party inspector or a fire protection engineer to complete your inspection.Things you want to look for, any common area should be on a house panel, bedrooms should have 2 means of egress, smoke detectors and CO detectors should be present.

What are your long term goals.Set a goal, and then let's see if the BP community can help you reverse engineer it.

Anyone has a ball park estimate of the cost and lead time necessary to get plans (engineering+architecture) and obtain permit for a 700 sqft ADU ?

-We visited the city together after developing a plan set (I generated ideas, he did all the detailed drawing and engineering).

Copies of Engineering Reports and Appraisals. 12.

@Cason Acor, I’m a structural engineer, and I look at these types of problems all the time.

In addition, they advised that we could only use my wife income because she has been employed full-time the past 2 years.A little history: I worked in a bio-tech company in Southern California for 5.5 years (2011-2017)Started to pursue a Software Engineering degree in 2015 - today (half-time student)I got married in 2016, she wanted to move back to the east coast; so we moved to RTP, NC Jan 2017Left my job Jan 2017 to move and decided to take a year break to learn some more programming and expand my SE knowledge (In addition to my school work)Started looking for new work mid-2018, got two offers: one full time position and one W-2 contract position for a lot more money.

I designed, installed & probably over-engineered it to cover just about every nook, cranny, staircase etc.

@Alexis Morleand I’m a structural engineer and have designed and managed construction on hotels similar to the one you are considering developing (Most recent hotel was $25 million Marriott with 180 rooms in Los Angeles).

I'm wondering if I should even pay to get my license now though since I'm not planning to go full time, I really do take part in the industry.I currently have a full time job as a data engineer and do very flexible as-needed gig jobs (sign up for shifts) like valet, photographer assistant,  DoorDash, Uber, etc.