Is there any legal way to hold them at least partially responsible?

You want an accountant who can help you strategize and who is responsive when you want to know the consequences of the financial decisions you are making throughout the year.Good luck.

One thing I think I would do is either hire a professional market research company and/or get a local high school or college marketing class to do market research and surveys to see if there is interest and demand. 

They definitely took your premium, but when problems happen they look for technicalities in order not to be responsible. 

I am looking to progress my real estate investing career in a responsible and timely way, and it has been hard to save money for my next property while paying this much for my current property.

Are you doing the interior TI build out or are you just building the shells and the future tenants will be responsible for building out their units as needed? 

The borrower will be responsible for $3K at closing while the lender will fund the remaining $12K for the interest reserve.

Put language in your lease about use of the screen for all fires.I always made it the tenant's responsibility to have the chimney cleaned at least once per year for the built in fireplaces and twice per year for the store bought types as they have smaller chimney piping.  

maybe a 4 way split easier to sell 25 acres for less money.. as long as survey cost dont run a ton.

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