My ideal situation is to find a finance partner to help fund these deals for approximately 12-16 months, and we will exit the deal after selling to a significant multifamily, home builder, or developer for them to build on the approved land.    

this really depends to on what you do for a living .if your in the real estate space with a lot of commercial loans.. your balance sheet is very important more so than your fico by a long shot.so when figuring net worth those that are leveraged to the max basically have very little to no net worth other than their cash or other non real estate investments. so its a fine line..

Yes, will have a final walk through with inspector next week. 

I felt discouraged, but the seller stuck with me because of the rapport we’d built.After a final price reduction and a third inspection, things changed.

The fee cannot be interest, a finance charge, liquidated damages, or a penalty.

Include a fine for violations, additional fees for mitigating smoke damage (including odors), and whatever else is needed.

For anyone that hasn't used Doorvest, it's a simple website where you put a $1000 deposit and they send you curated list of houses they buy that need renovation, renovate, and then tell you a final purchase price along with guaranteeing things such as first year rent will be 100% covered by them even if they don't find tenants.

For instance, I assume that the sale of the property was also the final year of the syndication and you received a "final" K1.1.

He shouldn't care if you are getting bank financing or paying in full with cash.It's normal to do a final inspection the day of closing to be sure all work orders have been completed and nothing has changed unexpectedly.The seller does not control the buyer's agent commission unless the seller is going to pay that commission.The emd should be held by an escrow company or attorney, not by some "company". 

If they do get turned in they do get investigated and if they are advertising properties they dont own they will get a cease and desist and a fine.. and further violations then become serious.