Better off to go with a more complicated Tax Entity.

If no, and your partners want to break up the LLC upon sale of the property and go their separate ways, then it gets significantly more complicated. 

He thinks I am making things more complicated than I have to.  

Things can get really complicated really fast when 2 people own the same piece of property.Good luck to you!

Financing is tough to come by it seems, and taxation and estate taxes are more complicated.

At the very least have done some basic marketing techniques and made offers.

Does anyone have a technique that works? 

There are MANY techniques to finding buyers for your property, too many to mention.

The risk, obviously is that if an inspection reveals something major, it could delay and further complicate their ability to sell the property.So I cannot buy the property until I have the inspection that I'm not allowed to have.... ?

I wonder if they teach the techniques of creative real estate, acquisitions, portfolio building.Subjects like:Hybrid offersDelayed settlementsAssignments of contract offersContract clauses; substitution of collateral, auto extensions, right of first refusal, banking days to settle, prime rate mortgages financing...etcVertical Break upsFront porch clausesCheck FundsControl and Roll techniquesPrincipals mortgagesSandwich leasesOption buy backThese things one can learn in the field and from smart folks here n BP.Charlie