You might start by simply looking at the history of the homes you've worked on over the last 5 years.

It simply means you take ownership of a home with the other owners lien, typically a mortgage, in place. 

I lack experience and am limited on local knowledge, for now.

That being said, If you are looking strictly for referrals I'd look into the online brokerages that have just simply great commission splits and not much else to offer, I believe one is home smart, exp is another I believe but you'll have to research. the trade off is that there will not be much guidance nor business funneled to you.

The increase in inventory is due to the lack of buyers.

We simply say, “Sorry but as we have only had the property listed for a couple of days, we don’t yet feel it necessary to lower the price.  

Simply from what you have stated I would think of taking this in a couple directions, both would involve forming an LLC.

While he was not a bad person, he simply did not uphold his side of the bargain.

With Debt deals, it is simply like earning interest in any type of bank account, and there are no tax benefits like depreciation available.I have invested in a number of crowdfunding and other syndication deals, but not Fundrise.

Many of these people come from areas where dinner is whatever is caged in the backyard ,where household garbage is simply tossed out the window and using cleaning products is nonexistent .it will be a learning experience to say the least