Why would you want to do your first transaction off-market and without someone helping you?

Getting your license will help you keep out of trouble because you'll know how to do a transaction the right way, but it will also add liability to your transactions because if you don't follow the law, there is an assumption that you should have known better.I am a licensed agent, and I do that as my full time job. 

Easily achieved in the transactional real estate world  IE doing deals.. 

@Will ParksAbsolutely, that would be the bare minimum for any transaction.

My friend wants to invest 10k cash on a real estate transaction.

I really want to allow for this person to benefit from this transaction, but I am struggling to find a method where he could.

I was told by a local investor that I should list the home with a real estate attorney instead of a traditional agent as I will save money on the transaction.

To Andrew's point, local lenders and agents are BEST, as they know the market, how RE is practiced in real life in that area, and have a personal relationship with agents and appraisers to benefit the transaction on either side.

You are correct its one transaction/contract (2 sellers, a joint adventure they had) and I would be purchasing all of the units that is part of the listing.

If you contractually agreed to make the payment on the loan so there are a lot of reasons why a sub 2 transaction is better left for those who have an army of attorneys and can withstand a lot of lawsuits for the average joe or jane out there those types of strategies are probably left for the experts in the industry as a whole.