You can not lend yourself money and not actually fund the loan.  

Hard money has the ability to fund deals very quickly and is more flexible about the type of properties they lend on. 

After I blew it out and raised it to allow condensation to drip freely the problem remained. 

The main reason I find is that the older lien holders won't have the cash to complete the process because of the additional funds required. 

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.

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

The long-term tenants are in a 1-year lease that is actually $200 per month below current rental rates - the current owner has not kept up with the rental market, and has not properly raised rent as the demand has increased.

  :)  But very valid points you raise

We are 700k financed and currently in the process of raising a bridge round of 500k to get us to a Series A round of about 5 mil.

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