If you're living in it now, you'll probably be required to have a signed lease in place as well as proof that first month's rent/security deposit were collected in order to get a DSCR loan (they're business purpose loans and don't allow owner occupancy).

Offer to give them their full deposit in cash on move-out day, if they leave the place clean and empty, etc.  

I like the one that requires payments to be deposited in an escrow account:New York state law requires that consumers receive a written contract for home-improvement work that exceeds $500.

What about the security deposit? 

I know I need to hold the security deposit in an escrow account.  

So, a $2,000 deposit could cost you $6,000 in court.Waive the deposit and raise the rent to make up for it.Back in the 90s we had a 9 plex in Cahokia, IL.

We have to order six months ahead from our Mennonite source and put a deposit down

All you are going to do is put a deposit on it, hold it, and then try to resell it into a much smaller network than it is on now.

They stopped making the monthly interest payment ever since June 2024 and are being investigated on charges of Ponzi Scam and are not releasing investors original deposit.

Or do they just want to sign an agreement to move out in 30 days and you'll give them their full deposit in cash on move-out day, if they leave the place clean?