Does anyway know of a contract that in can present to my contractor that will prevent me from being liable for permit violations?

Joe has a tax lien for 90K which is preventing him from getting a traditional loan/financing.The house Joe lives in is paid off, but the seller has a lien on the house from his mother's nursing home.  

Make sure the option is NOT assignable or assumable to prevent above mentioned scenario.

Like you said, that way I also wouldn't risk something happening in life that would suck up money and prevent me from finishing the repairs. 

What else might prevent me from doing it? 

This indemnification agreement does not waive Owner’s Agent’s duty of care to prevent personal injury or property damage when that duty is imposed by law.Resident May End Lease Early:Resident may end this lease before the end date of the lease or any renewal term only with written permission from the owner and only if: (A) Resident gives owner minimum written notice as defined in the lease end notice procedures, AND (B) Resident pays owner a minimum Early Release Fee of two months’ rent, plus utilities during the required notice period, OR (C) Resident continues to pay all rent and utilities until the end date of the lease or, Owner secures a new resident to take the place of the current Resident, whichever occurs first.

For me, I only allow my partners to pass on "economic shares" (I am NOT a lawyer, I might be calling this the wrong thing), so their spouse will still get the monetary benefits of the partnership but not have any decision-making power unless I vote them into the company, it prevents me from becoming parnters by default with someone who may not know/understand/value/think/share my investment philosophy5.

It’ll hopefully prevent you from making serious mistakes. 

She the judgment was actually to her advantage to prevent nasty surprises in the future.

I know they are trying to update the law with the choice act because the Dodd-Frank has had unintended consequences that for some reason the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau wont rectify...Former Congressman Barney Frank, who co-sponsored the legislation, said he was “regretful to realize” its negative impact not long after Dodd-Frank became the law of the land.In a 2011 letter to a constituent, Frank wrote:“I do not think it is necessary to include manufactured housing as part of our effort to prevent abusive mortgage practices, and I am now working with my staff to see if we can find a way to make a change that would deal with the problem you correctly point out… “