However, every time my contractor submits the applications, the city requests new revisions.

There is a 12 month loan seasoning requirement for a cash out loan, and fha and Va have seasoning requirements for rate and term refinance, but assuming as it is investment property that is not applicable.

Has anyone denied an application that they've already approved?

As of now Anaheim is not accepting permit applications for short term.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

There were some costs involved for demolition, making an application and a survey coming in around $30,000.One of the best parts of this deal was the “return on time”.

Look at thrift stores and second hand items for some thing-get sturdy things in good condition. 

Any applications ?

My property manager was diligent with picking the right tenant, which I appreciated, but that comes with really narrowing down a pool of applicants that would have been okay in the short term.I am trying to decide what is best right now and getting them rented out would make sense, but my problem is the lack of funds I currently am facing to rehab them to get them back to rent-ready condition and the monthly mortgage really hindering my ability to save up for these rehab funds.

This is the perfect example.We have been using the leses and other froms from WLB for over a decade and I have seen them getting updated over the years, so I somtimes throw out a package of forms and order new ones to be up to date, but they are so inexpensive, its a no brainer.WLB has a store downtown Milwaukee worth visiting: they have all sorts of landlord supplies you did not even know you needed from print all the way to parking signs and traffic cones.