The "easy" answer - short term rentals where your brother participates materially in the operations - this would mean 500+ hours a year.It sounds simple from a tax planning perspective. 

Hi BiggerPockets community,I’m new to real estate investing and currently running a remote operation to help connect investors with distressed homeowners and foreclosed properties across various markets.

I would definitely look into seeing if there are any AirBNB arbitrage companies operating in the area that may be willing to take it on. 

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., AirBnB) as it will expose your property to bad actors.Law enforcement and the legal system seem to operate quite slowly out there.

Once the home is a rental, you can deduct operating expenses like property taxes, mortgage interest, insurance, and depreciation (over 27.5 years for long-term rentals).

With running this "business" there will be operational input costs.

At $500/mo per door you would have $175,000 cash flow in a year before operating expenses.

You could create an operating agreement granting one of you the powers - but it is a fair amount of energy/time/activity for someone to manage and find deals.

After paying a competitive rate for the property management and ASSET management that the small operator does himself.