google Ingrid Robinson  Remington financial American Greed.this version these are off shore crooks or if they are here you will NEVER find them.. you can file a complaint with the AG's office is probably all you can do.. but to spend money on an attorney I pretty much guarantee you will just be more money down the drain. 

But you have control and you have an option to execute a purchase when you're ready.There is a 3rd option and that is that the owner could sell with owner financing and let the note go into the 1031 exchange account. 

You have to execute the close.Each one of those steps is way more than a message board post. 

Bringing investors into your deal, or providing general updates as you execute your business plan?

If you don't have real estate investing experience, what experience do you have that will convey to potential investors that you can successfully execute the business plan.

Maybe you can renegotiate; maybe you can't.If the buyer is all on board, you execute an assignment contract with him. 

I have been told that this doesn't count (my words), legally, according to Alabama state law.If the result of this correspondence is a Quitclaim Deed (or other outcome), is that outcome compromised in some way because we used email to get to it, even if the outcome is properly executed and, itself, legal?   

You should have had an executed Assignment Of Contract document executed from the wholesaler.  

Starting out with your first rental allows you more flexibility, the more units you scale it would be wise to have a more thorough and consistent process.Cash:  Most people will advise against cash because it's hard to track and inconvenient.  11% of American's don't have bank accounts though, sometimes this might be your only option. 

By your own account you are executing the purchase of your new properties before you execute the sale of your old property.