I have meet some of the top investors in our nation and in the history of investing, and there is a few universal truths to them all; they believed in themselves, what they were doing, where they were going and busted there azz despite everyone saying they were wrong and crazy....

Call some local ATL banks, not just the big national lenders.

Nations and people could retrench causing the velocity to dump; say hello deflation.

If so, national credit tenant NNN properties might be a viable alternative for you.

We have vendors across the nation and someone to help you find the local help you need.

If she signed documents stating this was a non-refundable holding fee and she can only sue for that amount, not extra 2x or 3x, then I'd likely send her a copy of the document she signed with the non-refundable part highlighted, and see what happens.  

April 2021 is a weird time in real estate nation wide as the Fed fights to keep rates low, increasing buyers' buying power, forcing up retail home prices.

I have a background in commercial real estate development as I was an Operations Manager for a local real estate development firm developing PPEA projects nationally for educational and municipal institutions.

My contacts are actually within the Commercial Loan processing area, particularly the area of international/multi-national syndication. 

SEV is not a common, nationally used term in property taxation world.