There i a bit of research that needs to be completed early on in order to get a good judgement on the feasibility of this; from there, the "Official" way to ensure you could pursue this would be to request a "Zoning Opinion Letter" to receive an Official decision from the Department of Zoning in order to ensure this will not cause any issues during your permit review. 

;however, my issue is that I dont have good credit and since im self employed I make.very little income. 

I am remembering a lawyer friend advising her parents on land issues.

If it is only one flip for now, I suggest you find a CPA just to advise you on State filing requirements, ensure you are claiming all write-offs and issuing 1099s, etc.

You may have to search a bit for the right contractor or engineer - sometimes I see one solution dominating in an area - "that is how we always do it"  Thanks for the input - yes, it sounds like the specific area this house is in is particularly bad for foundation issues.  

He was more expensive because now I gotta pay someone else to fix it.But here's the other side of the license issue.

There's a good chance the issue(s) you face has already been discussed and answered.Ask questions in the appropriate forum.

We are really worried about lack of demand being a continued issue since our town may not even open our lake this summer due to storm contamination 🥲

However if you are doing it with a conventional loan, you will definitely run into underwriting issues if that is noted on the appraisal. 

The app had its own issues.