In the past a centralized entity was tasked with facilitating the record keeping.  

This last one is more specific to my situation: Should I allow the tenants to market online (ie Zillow) for new tenants or should I take on that responsibility and give the tenants the responsibility of facilitating the tour etc.

When setting up a seller-financed deal, is it usually recommended to use a real estate agent to facilitate the deal?

Your agent should guide you on the next steps to take and should facilitate much of this for you.

You can get super creative with Seller financing as well but that is something I would reach out to your agent and have them facilitate if you're not comfortable.  

It’s seems to me that a great deal of power relies on finding deals, structuring deals and having solid cash buyers. How can I successfully jv without spreading my cash buyers around to other wholesalers in my market?

By the way, Cambridge is the first city in the nation to successfully elect a super majority of city councilors who were willing to change our zoning laws to facilitate the production of affordable housing.

To build your networks, and facilitate choices for your first job (see below) Local industry networks, including local builders exchange, local and regional homebuilders association.

The government is facilitating a low cost alternative to public offerings that would make most syndications not viable.Private offerings are the wild wild west of investing with no audits, filing requirements, little regulation, tons of inexperienced sponsors, and lots of complexity. 

What makes a self-directed custodian special is the paperwork and staff training to facilitate investments other than publicly traded assets.Just like you setup an IRA with, say, Schwab and then push a button to buy shares of Apple, you can setup an IRA with a specialty self-directed custodian and submit paperwork that says "please purchase this mortgage note on behalf of my IRA".