If you feel nervous enough about a person that you can't trust them in this interaction, I assure you as time goes on you won't learn to get a warm and fuzzy.that said, find an equivalent statement from the same issuing bank on a google image search and compare. or find a local branch employee from that bank, make a copy of this statement and black out all identifying information and ask them if it looks like a legitimate statement from them.

You can assure that you fully intend on closing the property, that allowing potential investors, contractors access and to do due diligence it will help you close on the property.  

After pointing these things out, they assure me it will be fixed and will be done on time.

I explained my current tax strategy and he assured me there are better strategies available for my business, so I signed up with them to learn this “new” strategy. 

They assure me that no one is staying the night.

The realistic After repair value of the property, and the marketability of the end product should also be assured to the best of your ability.  

@Joey HansellYou are not only smart or invetsing in real estate, but even smarter to executing this without inorming the discouragers........because you knew they would talk you out of it.....Go right ahead and in two years time, circle back with them and I can assure you, non of them will be close to you in wealth building..Congratulations!!!!!!

By "up front" I mean fees to to simply get going and this guy has that - like I said: Just looking at this thread and his emails to me, I am as sure as I can be it is a scam.

Tenants can not be terminated without just cause and I can assure you achieving just cause in Ontario is almost impossible.A landlord legally can not simply decide to terminate a lease.

But they assure us that a Knock and Talk can be pretty successful.