I wish I could say I’ve been matched with one. It’s been a couple months and they haven’t even found anyone to match with me. I’d heard good things and was hopeful to have a sounding board of sorts.

Go to www.score.org. they have a lot of free info including mentoring, for small businesses

Buy out his share and put in the sale contract that you retain company name and EIN, LLC, etc.
That’s the only way since his name is on the stuff, otherwise you risk liability. Then of course update the SCC and IRS with the sale info so it gets updated on their end.