Now the sellers son has decided to stay and squat at the property for another month til the end of September, with the exception all of the escrow security funds coming back to me (buyer), am I entitled to split or give up any of the escrow funds with the sellers son due to him squatting in my new property.

Let's say I have a motivated seller and also have a buyer, a house flipper for example, that wants to buy the property at my desired price.

Try  Brandon's book on  Investing with no or low money down, it would help give you ideas on creative financing if you're low on funds

What I didn't calculate was that, in between funding rounds our team sometimes doesn't get payroll for 2 months or so until investment dollars hit the bank.

We are financing these with both personal funds and mostly private debt investors.  

Please see the following.There are a couple of ways to invest both your personal and IRA funds in real estate.

It's truly good for society, and I make a really nice profit that rolls into the new homes, while allowing the 12-25% cash on cash return to fund the things above.

Assuming you're getting funds at the usual 30 yr at roughly 4%, it's hard to find cash flowing in OC.

@Darius Moezinia Refinance right after the completion of a 1031 is perfectly acceptable and is a frequently used strategy when cash is desired by the exchangor who does not want to create a taxable boot situation by taking cash or be seen as inappropriately accessing profit by a refinance immediately before a sale that begins a 1031.

Submit offer with pre-approval / proof of funds letter2.