If you signed a lease prior to ownership and then end up in court six months later, the judge may decide to throw it out when he discovers you signed a lease for a property you didn't own.

Be less involved and invest with someone else that does a lot of the work and you share in the profits (aka on the smaller end flippers look for investors, then medium developers, then into large developers) Most small to medium will look for private equity while the larger ones may be only using institutional, but there are a lot of opportunities out there, you just have to find the ones that may fit your interests best... often times these can yield you a higher return than options 1 and 2, though the tax write offs are not always there (depends on the deal). 4.

I have gotten conventional financing on 2 flips that were mainly cosmetic with just a few issues but I was able to convince the financial institution to do an escrow holdback for the issues they required fixed.

They had only started moving in the house for 2 days before discovering this. 

@Nathan Cain I'm not very familiar with the software side of what you're asking, but ACH transactions (direct deposit) are a service offered by banks and other financial institutions, they're not really software driven on your end. 

If you Google "Appraisal Institute" it will direct you to a Page, followed by .org!

Another thing that I can tell you is that underwriting guidelines will sometimes vary from institution to institution.

After having a commercial inspector out there we discovered several issues (some expected), so I went back to the seller and asked for a 20k credit, he agreed to a 5k credit.

Or something else that you discover on your own journey toward financial freedom. 

Some good sources to get you started are the FDIC website in your area (look for distressed assets on the balace sheets of commercial and other institutions), and real estate accountants (the ones who do the K1s of your future counterparts).