He has since informed us that it would be too difficult for him to accomplish and that offering him a present would induce him to do what he's already legally obligated to do.The problem is that we already have a seller lined up and this is the only thing holding up the deal. 

@Nicholas MischThe ARM product was developed by bankers to induce folks to get a low introductory rate that they could get approved for based on their income and debt levels because of the lower payment terms.  

Dylan Henke what might help is instead of taking a "leap" that could induce a fair amount of anxiety, decide to do a small project, say a cosmetic flip, create a 6 month plan, and back into small, week long steps.

That's not to say that other Title companies won't "work with" investors, but the "work" you are most likely referring to is legal in nature and in providing those services as an inducement to get your business, these smaller title companies often knowingly walk across that solid yellow line. 

They have dropped the ball on this in so many ways already that they are inducing more panic than they are being informative.

Did it have a vomit-inducing layer of green slime floating on the water?  

I've since paid of my mortgage and have no slavery inducing loans to service.

These funds usually come from the seller (or some other source) as a financial incentive to induce someone to buy their property.

Shelter is one of the basic human needs, hardwired way down in the lizard brainstem.You're showing up after years of allowing him to feed his innate tendency to believe that your place is his permanent home for many years, and at some point you're going to present him with the panic-inducing proposition that this is the end of his housing security -- you're not going to be renewing the lease.Ideally, he'll get over it.

But, all it takes is one grumpy old man to say he was induced to open the envelope and coered to sell his house to a government official.