The sub LLC will be closed after the taxes are filed next year, and he will get the bill for his share if the LLC does not have enough $ to cover the LLC's legitimate expenses.   

I highly recommend joining the Bookkeepers for Real Estate Investors Facebook Group.It's a super supportive group for bookkeeping professionals who serve the REI community.

Start there and join the Facebook group by the same name.  

If the lender contests the funds release and don't choose to release the escrow funds back to you, it can get tied up in litigation and after 3 years will be surrendered to the state by the title company.Your best bet is to go with a legitimate company that will be up front and transparent with you about the terms and costs before you are already committed.Seems like everyone is telling you the exact same thing so I really do hope you make the right decision here.

Or she could be doing something totally legitimate like massage (minus the happy ending).

It’s much harder for buyer to have a legitimate reason to sue seller when buyer had their own expert guidance.

Quote from @Abdi Muya: I first joined bp nearly a year ago as a way to just start and see what I can learn.

Lastly how do you know that the satisfaction was not legitimately done?  

I headed over to Facebook and asked to join.

I'm new to the area, and thought that joining CT REIA might be a way to start out.