That's unusual and it would be very difficult to find a passive investment like that.Also direct control means I know exactly what's going on.

At our firm (tax advisory) we are offering a service to help clients with this and we expect many tax/cpa/law firms will as well. 

Selling PT is very difficult and as a young student it will be difficult to find much success.

Yes, Spain is one of the countries in which banks will lend to non-residents (they generally don't) but Spanish banks are much more conservative than US banks so it's more difficult to qualify, especially if you don't earn W2 income.

I’ve put them both in my own home, rentals, clients homes/rentals.

I've been recommending www.repstracker.com to my clients. 

I have some clients closing now..... there were a few bumps in the road, that have been sorted. 

Market might be competitive but there is angles to stand out depending on what you are comfortable and able to handle, such as waiving an appraisal contingency, limitng inspection rights and time frames, closing time frames, allowing seller to stay-post closing, taking on difficult tenants, buying properties that might need repairs, etc.

When the police catch up to him your cousin is going to say that you told him he could have it for a WEEK not a weekEND and the police won't charge him because you gave him the car to begin with and its difficult or impossible to know what you may have discussed as the terms.

I think it's probably less common here but I've often wondered about how difficult it would be to convert a detached garage, etc. on a property from a legal standpoint.