I have always been interested in real estate investing and want to get into my first deal and get some first-hand experience to relay to clients. 

Looking to work with an investor-friendly title company that has Spanish-speaking employee(s) on staff to communicate with sellers who may need this.

Are there any lenders who can lend on this?

In his experience, for this job he says we don't need a permit and it will only cause more delays. 

What strategies are you guys implementing to optimize this cost? 

To me, this is one of those short-term deals where the actual rehab costs need to closely align with the borrower's estimates, while the execution of the project from beginning to end would require little to no problems or delays for everyone to earn a decent check.

They were a from this to that asset. 

Networking is easy when you are interested, not interesting.

If anyone currently doing this in my area is willing to share their experience or help point me in the right direction of a stellar real estate agent to help me find my first deal it would be much appreciated!!

If I'm correct, this situation is why you should have.