The compromise was that instead of wiring them all the money back and reclosing, I would wire the title company the money right now to redeem the ground rent ~$1200.

There are a huge number of dishonest (and downright criminal) people in real estate and I believe that most of them started down that path by making small, seemingly insignificant compromises at first. 

If it is just an ok deal, maybe it isn't worth putting yourself in a potentially compromised position.  

I should also mention that, better than cash for keys, is finding them a seller finance deal that they can move into with their compromised credit.  

You only need to put 3.5% down, so cashwise it won't get in the way of other real estate goals you may have.My first deal was a 4-unit up I bought with FHA 3.5% in Santa Clarita.I lived for free (as opposed to paying rent) + enjoyed cash flow + built equity so it definitely didn't compromise my cash reserves.Good luck!

Def want to be easy to work with and add value... but I'll be honest and say I wasn't thinking of that at first... there were other issues in inspection that we decided we'd take care of and only ask her to do the clean out, thought that was a fair compromise... but I guess not LOL 

Is the built in privacy provided by the land trust and LLC asset protection compromised in any way?

Maybe proposing a compromise split that would be more beneficial to me while still having the guidance of the partner broker is a better idea? 

That way, if you receive an approval that has a something other than $0 and $0, then you call the negotiator and try to make them compromise.

How can we come to a compromise here?