Citibank, ScotiaBank.Maybe you could have him setup an account at one of those and just deposit from a local branch in the US.ScotiaBank has some pretty good international accounts with free transfers.

I dont think anyone is forcing you to use them.. you could just list with your local broker.

Check with local credit unions.  

I signed up for the course to expand my local network.

I personally feel like 30 days is more courteous but as long as they abide by state/local regulations they should be covered

Go to meetups locally see what others are doing and meet these people for coffee.

We ended up connecting with a local insurance group, Pope Insurance Agency, here in Boston.

I'd recommend finding local meetups as your next step. 

I know some mentioned about developing banking relationships and I totally agree with that, so here is what you do. 1) Open a business checking account in the name of your LLC to hold the assets. 2) Deposit your cash into that account to fund the real estate purchases3) After owning for 60-90 days, talk with a local lender about a line of credit against the 2 properties at 60% LTV. 4) After about 30-45 days, have the line open to use if you need that liquidity that you used, but until then you are not paying 7% interest on nothing. 

If you are a business, 3 backup is best. 1 Local (in your business environment, like a back up server.), 1 stored in a cloud environment (and secured) and 1 off site.