I'd be more than willing to discuss my experience in commercial real estate and hear more about your/your client's/friend's goals.

I have friends with houses there they can't sell.  

All my clients are investors and most of them are my friends already, but I do value loyalty more than anything.So, yes, I do not work with people who use agents as a free transportation to see tons of houses.

Family tree tree , friends , friends of friends aunts uncles girlfriends ex-girlfriends , anyone before going to a bank .

And I can give you friends names that have bought many properties on NO money down.

They are (or were) friends and now are having a falling out.  

I wish AirBNB was as user friendly as VRBO.I don't go into AirBNB as often because it isn't as intuitive and maybe thats one reason why I'm not as comfortable using it since I get frustrated when I try and find items that are buried.I get most of my bookings and I get higher per night prices on VRBO.

A friend of mine's father passed away after selling the house to a reverse mortgage company. 

Is this a friend of yours that may be open to different structures of the business?

Looking for an investor friendly, local lender to work with.