state engineered? 

I have always been a lifestyle entrepreneur from the start and when I was 15 my dad took me to a seminar called Ex___s Academy and since that day I've been trying to engineer a lifestyle that involves doing the things I love and making a living from it.

I can only tell  you how it is for us, but you can "reverse engineer" my comments to your use.My wife and I own 48 units spread over 11 buildings from 1-11 units each, within 2 miles of each other.

I'm a car guy, so I eventually decided that mechanical engineering would be the perfect career for me. 

Generally you will need a team of people if it is acreage including a surveyor, civil engineer, environmental professionals, and attorney that do land development.

They feel threatened because you might interfere with their plan.You need yo reverse engineer the property title and see if it's worthwhile to pursue at all or if a different approach might better exploit profits.Search on this site fire my PETIO format discussed at length.

My father is actually an engineer on that sewer project in Los osos.

Gas fireplace on first floor.12mm engineered floors everywhere except baths.  

Does anyone have any experience in working with the city for permitting and licensing this type of renovation and does anyone have any contractors/architects/engineers that you would recommend?

My background is Marketing for civil engineering.