Most people do finance the initial purchase, one way or another.

Historically there is a poor relationship between initial cash flow and actual cash flow achieved over a long term hold.  

edit: They would re-finance the property and get most of the initial investment to the investors, but hold the property long-term with the same equity stake.

Our LLC company was original buyer initially and then we are wholesaling to another LLC using assignment contract.Seller has signed addendum and acknowledged assignment of contract as well.Now Escrow also wants acknowledgement of   assignment fee from seller.

Hey Todd, same as @Stephanie P. don't know much about the two companies you mentioned in your initial post (that doesn't mean anything negative, just never came across them). 

We were able to negotiate some discounts for some damage to the siding they were not aware of and also underground storage tank decommissioning which had not been accounted for in their initial walk through.

We didn't win the initial offer.

I fail initial inspection maybe 25% of the time, but it's usually because I overlooked something.

Or, I’d look at properties (yes, multiple in the right market) to buy with cash but knowing I can pull that cash out later if I wanted to and begin recycling the capital over and over, while still having the safety of acclamation to the initial investment.

☝🏻Don’t get too worried about their initial statements of what you can’t do until you have you’re attorney review the ordinance documents and talk with their attorney.