Can anyone recommend a good qualified intermediary for a 1031 Exchange in the Dallas TX area?

To transfer assets to a UPREIT you need to do a 721 Exchange which most likely unless you contributing the property directly you will need to find a suitable replacement property that you can 1031 exchange into and then 721 exchange from that.

I suppose you could help them out of the goodness of your heart but, you couldn't do it for compensation unless you were registered/licensed in many states (California is one of those states) and doing it without that paperwork could subject you to civil and criminal penalties if you ended up taking title to that property, or received compensation in exchange for helping them or made some promise like, you are there to help them.Maybe I'm misunderstanding your post but, if you don't understand what the general qualifications are for a loan mod, I'm confident you shouldn't be doing what you say you are doing, or trying to do.

You do it at your daily job in exchange for salary.

As someone with some free time and good analytical horsepower who lacks a large sum of capital I'm hoping to connect with experienced out-of-state investors to whom I could provide value in exchange for knowledge and experience and potentially some equity in deals.

I have only done one 1031 exchange.

And you could sell the property without needing to do a 1031 exchange (because the proceeds would go back into the Roth). 

The idea is; I assume part of the risk in guaranteeing the loan, in exchange for equity in the property.Question: is there a creative and successful way of re-titling the property using a similar name or trust as the homeowner, WITHOUT a property tax reassessment?

That said, if the property is bankable from day one, you might be able to give up 10-19% of the equity to an investor in exchange for the cash you need to get the deal done. 

But if you don’t do a 1031 exchange you will be on the hook for recapturing depression expense.