There’s so much to unfold and it’s definitely overwhelming but I thought I would ask those who have been in my shoes before.

Most likely you will need to use shoe leather (and, in this case, gas) to drive to the courthouse and look it up yourself.

Trying to put myself in your shoes - ie: what would I do if a $35K-$50K house was given to me halfway around the world, there is no question what I would do.  

It is tying my limited capital.

New tenants often see how I respect our tenants even though they are leaving and they appreciate that in a few years they will be in their shoes.

If I were in your shoes, I would do something similar. 

I know in MS they will come right to the counter.. that is the definitive way to answer your question. almost all states have laws against selling Real estate without a license.. and so what folks fall back on it.. assigning a contract.. but to do so your not suppose to advertise the house in any way just a contract and that makes it hard to do. you would need your buyers lined up so you don't have to advertise .... but to tie up a home that you can't close on and put it on craigs list.. is probably a violation. 

Also the type of loan they are going for.My experience is if you want non-recourse with standard carve outs the lender is going to want to structure with the most security for themselves.If you were in their shoes and had a 20 million net worth investor putting 20 or 25% down on a property getting non-recourse then the lender has to feel really good about the income stream of the property, the quality of the location (dirt value) ,and build quality of the structure.

I was in your shoes a few years ago. 

Most people skip this step, go straight to the "how to" then wonder why they fail.If I were in your shoes, with that much capital  (I started with much less than the amount you have), I would become a private money or hard money lender.