I wish I would have pursued this idea early, but hindsight is always 20-20.Anyway, I will be moving down to Victoria, TX (greater metro population ~110,000) at the beginning of June to begin an engineering job.

Like any skill, whether it is in sports, engineering, the arts, etc..., you need to learn the basics.You can learn a lot of the basics here, but one of the most important elements of any "basics", it to understand not just what they are...but what they mean.We live in a society of instant gratification. 

(My father was a high school drop out...got his GED and I went to his graduation at Penn State in Engineering when I was about 12). 

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."