However, I was the Architect and acted as the GC.

I am an Architect and am currently building my own modular house.

For those that have completed a condo conversion (architects, investor, attorney etc.)

Add to the mix the utilities, architects and engineers and it is easy to get bogged down.  

It reads: Master of Real Estate Development for Architects from Woodbury University in San Diego. 

.- Then, find an architect who can help you come up with ideas on what to build to best utilize the land and create a nice "flow".- Then, find a new home builder (or a GC with new home construction experience) to come in and help you ballpark estimates on construction costs.

Not interested in picking through it myself but if they estate sale company wants to come do the sale a couple days after close my calculation is as long as they make more than $161 in a week it'll pay for itself as our holding costs are only $23/day and my architect needs time to do the drawings anyway!

Again follow some prominent national and local real estate investors and see who is following them and check them out to see if they live in your area.

Student housing is pretty prominent in Richardson due to UTD. 

I am an architect in NYC and have seen it all, they can make or break any flip/deal as far as I am concerned.