This isn't relevant to the real estate side of your post, and I'm sure you already know about it, but in case you don't, look up the Brazos Valley Sport Riding group on Facebook.

and its easy to see they are real. you are being taken for a ride. and will promptly lose you 1500.00  but there are better deals out there .. some of them only charge you 500.00 for the same loan you will never get.. these are real estate versions of the Nigerian scammers.. don't tall into that trap.

Have you ever had a tenant that you are in court evicting ask you to come give them a ride to the store?...

End of the ride investor - Lives on the passive income till death.

I'm constantly on the road, driving as far away as Florida or Montreal every other week and Podcasts help the 10 hour car rides go by, and there's nothing better than learning while doing something monotonous like driving.

Since they now own 22 acres split into two parcels, they ride their bikes a few hundred yards from their house with 12 acres to their business with 10 and no longer need the rest of the land. 

You don't need to continue to lose money just to ride out the mortgage.  

These guys just taking me for a ride?

Reserves, otherwise known as savings, helps us to ride out a down market.  

Can this be escalated up to someone who can over ride it in anyway, etc?