Although you don't have a lot of experience, you could look for a fix and flip or BRRRR investor, partner with them on a purchase and split the profits. 

The basement reno was a great learning experience, it was a full gut and redo which included HVAC and plumbing for basically the whole house. 

My son and I have been the construction side of 6 fix and flips now and have gained the experience and knowledge of hard money and private investors but we are really interested in seller financing. 

I use verified lending companies not banks for these loans and my clients have had great experiences.

It's fantastic you've got an agent with rental experience you trust to guide you through.

I am seeking a partner to collaborate with on completing a property flip in the Riverside or Orange County area.I am specifically interested in working with an individual who has experience with more than 10 successful property flips.Kindly inform me as I am prepared to initiate the process.

What has your experience been with the program?

Where do I locate hard money lenders in the state of Arkansas or near by and would experience be a huge problem when it comes to creating the partnership?

You can always experiment with what you may be comfortable with to see what works best.Like @Shawn Parsh said, if you have other people looking for the type of property you want to invest in, reward them for their effort.

I'm nervous because I've never had a business before and I still have a full-time job as a cloud solutions architect, which I'm really passionate about - so hopefully it won't be my golden handcuffs that may prevent me to thrive as an investor and  I'm excited because of all the benefits and freedoms being a business owner offers, one of which is to connect and collaborate with forums like this and people like all of you, where I can both learn from and hopefully share later as I develop more experience. :-)