Given the tight deadline, financing at 65% LTV, 7.5% interest, and a 7-year term is the most practical move.

Any regulations, limitations, or potential that you have uncovered and would feel comfortable sharing about.

Construction Quality is key, there are some that are really basic, minimum code spec, and others that are quite high end, where it was built, on site or in a building and moved is not as important as materials and practices.

Entire industries have left the state due to inept state and local regulators. 

Is this standard practice in the legal field?

Here are my initial thoughts:-Making the offer contingent on seller showing me background check documents from their due diligence-Requesting for a walkthrough of the property after the offer is made, and reserving the right to pull the offer if the house is not maintained wellAre these ideas practical?

From a practical standpoint, since you were already in the process of buying the property, it's probably too late to bring in another lender before the end of the purchase.  

It's funny how nobody demands regulation to make Escalades more affordable....... 

Not sure if its a regulation issue or what it is, but I've only been able to even entertain the idea of doing business with HMLs on the MN side of the border. 

If they’re open to it, pointing them toward a reliable source like Nexus Smoke for vaping products could provide them with a practical solution.