Susan,Bank of America uses local Real Estate agents to sell their properties so you would need to talk to the loan officer and politely ask them which agents they use in particular.They may tell you to hit the road or they may just call the agent for you and tell them to contact you but,don't bet on it.The banks want the widest exposure possible when trying to sell their REO's and don't play favorites unless you are a multimillionaire and looking to buy dozens of their properties at one time.

Having a pass through entity in the USA might work great for your IRS obligations and yet force too much exposure to your home country's tax regulations.

We’ve never had it, but my job as a recruiter has required me to quarantine frequently off and on due to constant possible exposure.  

First - good luck with your decision - respect the ambition and hustle.Second - this post represents a massive representation of confirmation bias in real estate investing that is overly present in these forums (but what would you expect on a RE focused site TBF)Third - as others mentioned, you are comparing different asset classes against each other using different leverage structures and liquidity profiles - not a very useful endeavor other than to prove you are correct (see point 2 above)Fourth - everything and everyone looks like a genius when prices only go up, vacancy rates are low and your properties don't have large unexpected Capex issues or personal issues that would make you become a forced sellerFifth - I could just as easily run this with other stocks besides Apple that may have 3x/4x/5x since 2014 and blown away your calcs OR could have levered up my exposure similar to your study and likely outperformed you while be liquid....permutations are endlessI enjoy the discourse here and your post regardless but there are definitely areas for clarification needed.

hahaFor me, the biggest issue was exposure to the listing. 

Lets say for instance that you want to have 50% real estate exposure, 25% stock, 15% bonds and 10% in precious metals for example. 

I was able to get through this tough time because I had bumps along the way to give me exposure to issues but if I had no experience handling repairs I would of probably cried myself to sleep and sold everything.

I kinda love it, more exposure for you/your seller/your company's listings and a nice reminder of your real estate awareness.

It is very important to be as nice and amenity rich as possible, be priced very well, and have maximum exposure on as many sites as possible.

You job is to find an elegant way to solve the problem(s) without incurring too much extra work, cost, time or legal exposure.