If you didn't budget your rehab correctly, and don't have access to more money, you will be stuck (this is also true if you buy with cash without any excess money).  

So consider how long the lease-up will take:Is there so much rental demand that you can show it during the late stages of reno and get a lease signed?

There are a multitude of roles, stages, and responsibilities for each and every unique project.

I did excessive due diligence on the company (combing through hours of BP reviews, BP forums, RTR webinars, reddit, podcasts, social media posts, connecting with other investors, etc).

It does not apply to someone in the early stages of their wealth building journey.

Then there comes the issues of who is responsible for paying of the excessive water bill.

Yep for one especially in the early stages a hard credit pull would not be useful, just have them do soft checks for the time being and opt out of credit solicitation: www.optoutprescreen.com I could be biased... that said typically working with one lender than can help regardless of where you're looking and having a relationship with that will provide the easiest and most cost effective route long term. 

Maverick received a referral fees (in excess of $6000) from the transaction between ABC Baltimore and me.

I'd be ok putting money in escrow that can be released at stages if and when part of the job is complete.

This is a very early stage investigation to see what my options are, the ROI would depend greatly on the strategy that would be used moving forward, which is something that is very open to possibilities at this point and I have flexibility depending on the needs and desires of a potential partner.