He wants to scale his operations, potentially bringing me on board to do so.

California Clawback Provision - California Franchise Tax Board has rules about investors who sell and 1031 out of state.  

I don't know how much you are willing to do personally to recover your money, but it seems like Scott does still care about people hurting his online image (Zero Star ratings on his podcast and book on Amazon, Complaints with BBB, rip off report etc. )  And about not getting reported to the SEC, State Securities Board, etc, so you might try to work those angles in addition to the ones you mentioned. 

Small world - Baldwin Advisory was already at the top of my list.

If everyone is on board with the plan to wholesale the deal, you are responsible for finding an end buyer and assigning the contract.

It does not matter whether your advisor is a CPA, an attorney, an EA, or someone without credentials.

*Note, I called the board of licensing and will be filing a complaint but this does not assure I will get funds owed.

Just like the recommend when I need funding I use CiX.com and don't go through lenders from the "Discussion" board.

Most board of realtors contracts have similar language.

What I saw with the small town most kids cant wait to leave.. they get board in small towns jobs are not available schooling etc..