Account Closed An architect might have some home plans that they can sell to you, or they can design a custom house.

A week ago they finally hired a new architect to render drawings but I still don't know if they're done. 

No pitching, and lots of prominent BP folks were there. 

That means generally the only people truly qualified to do cost segregation are construction engineers or architects who have been trained in cost segregation and the pertinent tax code.

But now days if someone charges me below $175 - I am very wary that communication and work will be up to par.on 1500 sq ft : X $300 per sq foot (including cost for architect and city fees) : That's about $450k (that could probably include A 400 SQ FT 2 car garage). 

I've contacted local architects and they are suggesting expensive studies etc.How should I go about this without coming out of pocket hundreds of dollars for every parcel I am trying to find the highest and best use for?

It would be an awesome experience to go through the zoning process, architecting, building etc.Just some thoughts.

To answer your question about Takeoff software, that is only useful if you have architectural drawings that you can upload to the takeoff software to measure all of your quantities.For the average flip, I would doubt you are having an architect draw up plans of the entire house, so if you don't have drawings you won't be able to use an Takeoff software.If you are doing new construction projects or extensive rehabs where you are adding square footage and have architectural drawings that you can use then that would be the only time Takeoff software would be applicable.Even so, measuring materials for houses that are only 1,500 to 3,000 sf is not overly difficult.  

@Scott Christopher, Seattle architect here, I'd be happy to have a discussion about your project and see if there's any way I can help you move your project forward. 

We are working with the architect now to living space and parking space.