The catch is it has a violation for building garages without permits.

This will hurt the tenant's credit score, it will warn future landlords when they run a credit check, and it will prevent the tenant from qualifying for a personal loan, home loan, etc.

I get the gist of this but not completely sure how it works out also would it be smart to use a private money lender for gap funding in order to come with the capital needed to get approved for the fix and flip funding?

For copper water lines, I wouldn't look to replace buried lines until they actually fail for the same reasons and again if doing work on the interior I will often replace with PEX as Im getting other work done.

Do you want to be involved or mostly hands off.   

He was recommended to me by a big-time investor in Kansas City that I had built a relationship with, and other local investors also vouched for him.Although the 8-unit deal didn’t end up closing, I felt confident about using that lawyer if it had gone through.

I'm not sure how to delete it

If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions, it would be appreciated!

I only found out by doing my own research.

Plan is rehab it rent it and refinance it to pay back private money lender.