We have 11 years perfect payments in rent to one landlord who can write a letter, but have had identity theft and other hiccups along our road of life.

My name is Venita Hunt, purposely keeping my photo identity for now due to I'm in the healthcare field and just want to take precaution.  

Think about it this way- two IDENTICAL homes are for sale, with the only difference being that one was the site of a brutal murder suicide.

Three 4 plex buildings a block over from mine and nearly identical sold on 8/28/18 for $395k, $350k and $350k.

If you ran the criminal history on husband and wife applicants and the wife came back clean but the husband showed to have multiple prior felony fraud convictions or violent assault convictions, would you still rent to them because the wife was clean?

Canceling the contract without proper justification (those reasons should be spelled out in the contract) will get you sued for "specific performance" and/or "fraud in the inducement" and the seller may well look for consequential damages.Proper justification for canceling the contract is normally limited to home inspection and mortgage approval. 

I want the business to have it's own identity, and allow people to go to my team members in their specialist fields for their needs.

I have a few stories identical to @Matt Pritchard . 

Any major transaction just prior to a bankruptcy can and probably will be viewed as fraud on the bankruptcy court.

But I would be circumspect about how I requested the records (need them for personal research project), how the information appeared when disseminated (all indications that it came from the State would be removed), and how I phrased my interactions with property owner's who were identified through use of public records (I'd never mention that the owner's identity or address was obtained from the State or County, only that obtained the information legally at considerable cost).