Try to encourage the least restrictive solution.

(Would a bank loan on it with this solution?) 

The interest rate given to a private lender is usually established up front and the money is lent for a specified period of time, anywhere from six months to thirty years.Equity PartnershipsIf your investor client can’t finance a property on their own, a good solution can also be to use a partner who can make the deal happen.

I want to make sure this practice is legal before I begin mailing out letters offering solutions to stop foreclosure.

@David RobertsFinally, if you think you are being overworked and asked to do work beyond your 40 hour work week then step to me and maybe we can find a solution that includes either additional compensation or a time management class.

It's not a magical solution, but all of that gets him in the field and has potential to help him get that no money down deal or that partner who can do the financing.

Also, going forward with me taking over parts of the portfolio in the long-run, I do not have a flexible work schedule and will inevitably either need to automate much of the business, hire a property management company (we'd like to avoid it), or find some other option.I feel as if part of the solution may be to invest in good property management software for a portfolio of this size.

Your solution makes this bad situation even worse.

I think the question itself emerges from a belief that one either has to be an investor (and do creative investing) OR be an agent and focus all of their time and energy on traditional agent tasks.I see the license as just one of several tools we employ to monetize leads (which in our area are extremely expensive right now).My wife and I own a brokerage, but all of our 32 agents across Texas are first and foremost creative real estate investors, marketing to distressed sellers, wholesaling, flipping, taking properties down Sub2, etc.But when you do that kind of marketing to distressed sellers, sometimes you run across situations where the best solution for the seller (and best chance to monetize that lead) is to just list it.... either a traditional listing or a short sale listing (no, you don't have to call banks either)... or even an owner-finance listing.I think there a lot of myths about being an agent... some of which are more true if you are caught up in a more traditional brokerage where they stress getting a high volume of traditional closings.Common myths are:-- I'll have to show buyers around:  Not if you don't want to!

Now, for the solution.