I am not a lawyer but if your wholesaler is not licensed they cannot represent the seller and cannot impose any conditions on the seller on your behalf (unless they draw up a new PA with the seller).

Do a search, and you can find many....or join the paper source group to access a large list of buyers.First, lawyer up!

That might be enough to get out of it without bringing in lawyers or getting dinged by homesearch.

I had a lawyer review a tenant buyout contract (needed to buy one tenant out so I could occupy) and during that discussion, the lawyer suggested that I sign an Assignment of Lease with the current lessor - making the lease transfer bulletproof in the event of eviction proceedings.

First of all I am not a tax person or lawyer and don't play one on tv so you shouid consult a professional in your areas.I'm sure someone with more properties may be able to better answer your question but here is my experience:I live in CA where we DO have state income tax and I have rentals in Ohio.

My plan is to go offer some money to try and get them out--Spoke to a lawyer and she confirmed that the tenant has all the power in this situation.Any advice on what to offer the tenant???

You will need an opinion from a competent business lawyer to answer this.

We've usually had the lawyer run the searches. 

He asked if I had a contract to use for this so he could avoid paying his lawyer $400 to draft one. 

The reasoning behind that is California isn't very landlord friendly, so i would probably be just adding lawyer fees to the damages already needing to be repaired.