If they gave you fake info, they are scammers, and you got scammed.

Sounds like you might have got scammed by a fake lender.

Majority of them are scams.

(The seller was a complete crook and had pulled this type of scam before, tying up earnest money to extort some sort of settlement.)  

Last year, I had a situation where my buyer decided to not buy title insurance, title company buy mistake bought it, 6 months later they called and said high you got scammed but we made a life saving mistake and bought the title insurance policy.Turns out, this guy creates llc's with the same owner name on different states and claims the properties, and sells them.FBI is looking into this but I would never buy one without it after what I witnessed.

If they are scamming you, or just stringing you along and playing you for a fool, file the eviction already, or file for a 501(c)(3), since you're operating a charity and not a business. 

Copalum is another method, but is very expensive, and a bit of a scam if you ask me.  

He’s either scamming or desperate especially if he could be making $65/foot.

I see mentorship and apprenticeships all over the internet and have been trying to decide if that's best for me, I definitely would love to have someone with experience I can look to for guidance and coaching but with all the programs online you can never tell what is a scam and what is legit.

So it screamed scam to me.