Overlooking acquisition, construction, and local guidelines could result in losing your deposit on wholesale deals.As an alternative, I'd recommend looking into house hacking in New York.All the best!

I need to look at alternative financing for any future deals. 

What alternative did I have? 

Pretty,  as others have stated here, the permitting process through the City of Cape Coral has been hindered by their ability to scale up their staff to handle the massive demands for all permitting including new construction but also anything else that requires a permit, home improvements, sea walls, alternative sea walls, pools and more.From your post, I can see that you are frustrated, and I believe some of that is due to not understanding the steps and processes of new construction, including what must be done prior to submitting permits.

. - NON-QM mortgages (alternative income documentation) or lenders also usually permit the closing in an LLC directly.

But if I'm using the BRRRR Method or targeting homes that cannot be sold on the MLS - then I need "alternative" financing to execute on those properties.  

Are you open to alternative strategies like Mid term rentals or student rentals? 

Are there better alternatives we should consider given this is a primary residence sale (e.g., 1031 exchange alternatives, installment        sales, Qualified Opportunity Zone reinvestments, trusts, or other tax strategies)?

Alternatively, you could acquire just the interests available now, which would be fractional and less than 100%, hence not sellable.

It’s a good alternative to a HELOC if you prefer stability, and it can be paired with investor loans like DSCR so the property’s rental income does most of the qualifying.