So, we closed on the house on Monday and got started on demo this week...unfortunately we’ve also experienced our first delays in the project due to our demo “crew” (myself, my husband, and a friend), battling illness this week.

They may well wait until the last minute to do that.As with many things in the business, there are battles you can win and battles you cannot.  

You are going to a meeting not a battle.

It goes on with every business, even the auto industry uses Wholesalers, if I were are realtor, I wouldn't fight it, it's a loosing battle, I'd try to benefit from it, by becoming a broker, then I'd rent a desk to you and have you wholesale for me.

Doesn't matter whether previous owner forwarded them to the bank you are buying from: That's thier battle. 

If that was you then I found you to be an excellent negotiator (which is more than half the battle in real estate imo).

Unfortunately, investors (which is what you're considered whether you intended to be that when the bought the place or not) are not highly regarded in community associations so this may be an uphill battle.  

If it has problems, then you already have an uphill battle.

It seems as though Atlanta will be ground zero for one of the largest David v/s Goliath battle this side of the Mason Dixon.

Spot zoning is not often looked upon favorably, so it would be an uphill battle.