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

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. 

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.  

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. 

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.

Here in Orygun they dont allow bond issue for private development so yes if you get stuck with some major offsites its up to the project..