Hi again....I agree with the lawyer to some degree. First, your in Conn. Most of my work entails New York City and Long Island. There is a huge difference in several areas of NY let alone Conn. If' you never experienced some sort of fraud regarding settlement and/or title insurance....welcome to New York!
Your partnership issue....was that an LLP or Certificate of Partnership? How can one create a corporate veil on a partnership? I thought that was by federal statutes with the IRS. Maybe I have to re-read the comments. 
Regarding the "playing stupid". I have to stay strong on that issue. Funds are directed into a settlement account and then dispersed. Underwriters do NOT conduct a full audit. They pick let's say 6 to 8 files and make sure all is well with regards to premiums only. Should an auditor find an "error", they fix it with a slap on the wrist. Title agent will say...oh...sorry..I didn't realize that was still there. (playing stupid!) And here's the reason why: most real estate deals downstate (NY) required the final LOAN policy at the closing table. The original is redated and signed by either the title closer or agent. The effective date on that final is the closing date. So the insured lender is fine. Are they really? Uhh...no. That title closer still has to overnight the payoff with check in hand, taxes paid and of course the original mortgage recorded. Here's the fraud part: that payoff check? In the hands of a lawyer at the office after almost everyone leaves, takes the check to the bank, kisses the butt of a bank teller after endorsing it and walks away with thousands. This already happened and he's in jail. Wait...it happened in again. One on Staten Island and another on Long Island. The next is that mortgage tax check. With prices on real estate, ya gotta love those checks. So the insured lender already has the final policy!!! Think people! Title agent keeps the mortgage, deposits the check in "operating" and goes to Wally World. Lawyers have IOLA or Trust accounts. Each account has sub accounts. It's still possible to commit fraud. In fact, most of the real estate fraud committed in NY? Was by lawyers. 
On to the last one. I think it was George. You will never find a LO make the final decision regarding a $200,000.00 judgment. Underwriters do that. If the LO sniffs white-out....there's your fraud. My main subject line is that LO committing fraud.
Credit reports also list where you have lived your entire life. They also list every trade line since you first had credit. Private lines are never listed.
I'm sorry....another one. That pipe-line? Not on public record. A simple verbal agreement by two neighbors over a six pack 20 years ago. 
That partnership thing concerns me. I believe that's under federal statutes. Maybe you were trying to say an LLC? Maybe an S corp?