My below recommendation is something I'd do only if I had these things in order...But what I would do is put that money into lead generation dollars through Google PPC to generate new seller leads.I'd then close these deals and either assign the contract to a cash buyer OR novate the property on the MLS with the help of a local agent.After that when you have some good coin in the bank you can explore more investment options at your disposal.And just so you know -- I consider myself someone very low on the industry totem pole due to my small amount of experience. 

With it being a difficult property for an investor to find traditional financing for, how would I go about assigning a realistic valuation for the property if we were to entertain a sale?

Not all loan officers are created equal so if you call up a branch, you are likely to get assigned someone inexperienced. 

While the Agent mention that the seller would prefer no assignment, to which I acknowledged. 

Instead, there should be dollar amounts assigned to specific events, i.e. demolition complete with full haul off, floors broom cleaned, no nails left in studs or subfloors $1,500.Plumbing rough in complete and rough in inspection passed: $4000Final plumbing completed $5000I am clearly making up dollar amounts, but look for these types of bids on large projects.  

Your wholesale contract is the first contract that is assignable to the next contract.

Who was your assigned loan officer?

So if the partnership would not be allowed to purchase the entity together and I were to buy it, if we were to force our way down this road, would be to set up a legal agreement beforehand, I would buy the property since a partnership can not, and then the exchange for  ($$ + assigned roles + etc), my partner receives 50% equity?  

Aside from that, once I was to get it under contract for assignment, just looking for any potential roadblocks or anything like that just in case while I proceed with the process.

Hey @Thomas McPherson,I've heard that CABIs (Collateral Assignment of Beneficial Interest) can be a fantastic tool for scaling your lending capital!