His time spent on each project is super minimal but I need his ability to pull permits and construction expertise to spot check subcontractor work while I am studying to take the Residential Builder Exam myself to get my own license.

Been studying the STR space for a couple years.

Study the market.

If your wife is inheriting multi family properties in multiple countries my advice would be to study up the best you can on property management so that when the time comes you have the knowledge and tools to hire a quality property manager for those properties.

The tenant would have to file in court, wait for a court date, then prove their case.

I am a student at Boston University studying Mathematical Finance.

He can furnish admission letter, and letter from US brokerage account letter to prove he has funds in his account.

Unless the floodplain study for this area is new this is not something that has just happened recently.

But if you have a solid plan, most likely a feasibility study, you ought to succeed in finding the funds.  

I've studied doing this to do on my own more than anything though, not just JV.