The officers adviced me to seek legal actions stating that they can't do anything to the seller without court orders because it is now a civil case.

Just a guy who was working an office job, decided he was tired of it and started doing bookkeeping. 

Norris; Pool)— i.owner's intent (nature and purpose for which the property is acquired); ii.The extent of improvements and advertising to increase sales; iii.number, frequency, and substantiality of sales [this generally is the most important factor (SuburbanRealty Company)]; See (c) below iv.duration of ownership; v.continuity of activity related to sales over a period of time; vi.extent and nature of the efforts to sell the property; vii.The extent of subdividing and development to increase sales; viii.use of a business office for the sale of the property; and ix.character and degree of supervision or control over representatives selling the propertyNote: Per court case SUBURBAN REALTY CO. v.

The left owns both City Councils and Mayors offices here in the Twin Cities.  

Regarding the legalities of if STR's are allowed in the municipality you would be need to check with the local codes office to confirm.  

Especially with an uncooperative escrow officer.  

In the past I've always been able to head over the JAG office (they're the military legal folks) and get a POA pretty quickly.

And I would contact the county inspections office to let them know what happened.

Make sure the escrow officer knows what's up, that moving forward 2 entities will be requesting various paperwork from them, and why (that escrow officer has an incentive for it to close, too!).

Apparently I lucked out and three blocks away they're going to start a big development project that includes a ton of retail, office, and residential spaces.