There's legitimate reasons for not wanting an inspection, I wouldn't assume he's hiding anything. 

Some are legitimate and require a specialist, while others are trivial, such as replacing a sprinkler, and it's getting very tedious.Which repairs can I reasonably expect or even ask a tenant to repair on their own?

"I got the terms and it has the earnest money being written directly to the owning entity itself versus a title company or escrow agent... that seems a bit odd, no"Yes - Don't do the deal if he doesn't want to use a legitimate escrow company to handle pre-closing monies.

You could lose your EMD if you're not ready to assign the contract quickly and don't have good/legitimate escape clauses. 

The property is currently used as a wedding venue with the house being rented for the wedding parties.  

You need a real plan for paying investors and at least one legitimate exit strategy (live in it until you sell at a peak in the market peaks is not a legitimate exit strategy: it's a pipe dream), and you need to run real numbers with this.

This place rents for $1000 a month and we have had legitimate buyers offer $80k+ for it.

Many submitted copies of a letter that appears legitimate.

Perhaps this is foreign money seeking a way of having a legitimate reason to freely travel here or visit or take a residence here from their country by legitimate means. 

Intrigued, I emailed back and it was some legitimate agent from a well known RE company that represents "investors."