Why would someone do this?

Quote from @Doug Smith: When we started this company, I had been a special assets officer (handling non-performing loans for banks trying to extricate them from the deals with as little damage to them as possible) during the last big crash.

I want to say an indisputable "No", like the others, but hopefully this isn't a case of the old landlord being upset about something else and trying to bad-mouth the woman, but I'm not sure how you could verify that.

Ok, as a real estate agent and a potential investor, I've heard many great things about this platform, so I decided to finally give it a try.

Did you try a local CU or bank for a construction to permanent loan?

To play devil's advocate (and keep in mind I have no skin in this since I'm in a different market):-You want to tailor to investors, then be prepared to sell at an investor price. 

Since then my wife and I have been getting calls from people about wanting to buy this house.

I’d love to hear your thoughts, tips, or even warnings.

I have tried to get on the phone with Tyler to talk through this with the hopes that he can make corrections but to no avail.

this is helpful.