First time posting on the Bigger Pockets forums, but I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast all the time when I am in the car and have become really interested and passionate about real estate.I am currently in college as a junior majoring in Mechanical Engineering with about 3 semesters left of school, and I always hear professionals saying that investing in real estate and putting your money to work is a very wise idea.

Looking for a reliable class A contractor & an engineer to help in my 2 unit addition project.

Plus we invest in red states so we have good landlord laws on our side too.I started with turnkey remote rentals in 2009-2015 while working my engineering W2 job.

If you are not in school to become a doctor, lawyer, engineer, etc. then it seems unwise to assume a massive student loan?

I'm just an anal engineer, and would like to try to make one universal equation. 

If the break was under the street and before the house meter, it would not affect the owner's bill.I just got off the phone with a structural engineer, and he concurs with you and @Dwayne Poster.

He was a very highly paid engineer (pharma) who's now changing careers.

He will modify for a crawl space if you want one.For crawl space plans, your local code will most likely require an engineer foundation plan (perhaps even the slab?).

Hire an engineer to give you a report of the 'big crack' area.

I have a home and pest inspection scheduled next week and it was brought to my attention that in addition to the home inspector I should hire a plumber to check the lines and a structural engineer to check the structure of the home.