I would recommend doing a contract purchase for the exact loan amount for a year before going with a loan from a bank - if you don’t then the bank will only loan you money for exact purchase price of the house (assuming it’s lower than the appraisal value).

Building codes and permits are primarily a city function, with some input from county level on certain subjects, such as Septic Systems.Primary contract will be in the Planning & Zoning Function of the local city.  

You have placed a property under contract to purchase and are selling your rights in that contract. 

The other option I looked at was GroundFloor which I found in the bigger pockets directory here for crowd funding, however I believe the interest rate will be high since this is a 0 exp flip.However, my father has been running a contracting business for a very long time and he will be my main resource when flipping these first few when it comes to the rehab portion.

I'm going under contract for my first duplex tomorrow. 

@Steve Dye Yes, both of my STR are in the heart of Orlando.  

Contracts and attornies handle this type of thing, it is exactly why they are used. 

When offering birddogging services, do you have the person requesting the bird dogging services sign a contract to make sure you get your finders fee or is it just a word of mouth thing?

In my market our contract says just because it is at the "end of it's useful life" but still is operable that is not something that can be renegotiated. 

John Underwood look at it this way, did you sign a contract with Homeaway to exclusively list on their site in return for a premiere listing?