It will also list the permitted and conditionally permitted land uses.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or state-certified lead-safe renovation contractor must beused for the painting work; machine sanding and use of propane or gasoline torches (open-flame methods) are not permitted, and just washing and repainting withoutthorough removal or covering with siding does not constitute adequate treatment. 

Non permitted flips are more manageable imo, as you do not need to involve a gc, and probably best for one starting out.

On the point of staying on budget, I would stress that clear, itemized and detailed scopes of work that include who is responsible for permits and what happens during delays are very good ideas.

There's lot of things that require government approval.I have a dozen new duplexes going up in my area, the area is gentrifying, and at each stage, they post notices that permits are pulled, the permit #'s.

I have a line on my first BRRRR purchase in Huntsville and have a question regarding permits for obvious additions. 

If zoning permits, this will give you the permission to allow it to be a legal unit.   

Depending on age of the home once you pull permits and start taking down walls or open things up you will have to bring things to code which can blow your rehab cost.

You can learn about real estate sales and marketing specifically by googling things like "best strategies for newcomer real estate agents" and just open 312803802358 tabs in your web browser and start reading. 

This is also a "single family" home (according to permits, according to zoning, and according to MLS... but tell me if anything jumps out at you when you look at the front door), also in Oakland, also no kids:I have $20 that says if you went to both houses and looked in main floors, the basements (first one has epic basement), and attics (2nd one has epic attic), you'd find folks living there.