I'm physically not built for it (especially all the sheets of 5/8 going on the current project to meet multi family fire codes), and I can struggle through the mud work and end up with a decent product but only after splattering it all over the floor and redoing mistakes way more times than I should have to. 

And I absolutely know they can't physically move (they can barely get up to answer the door) so I even offered to come over today and help them sort through stuff and pack and they declined. 

Times Magazine put out an article a couple years ago. 

However I need a physical address in order for me to do so.

Brad Dornish (local PGH lawyer) has a couple articles written over the years about this.

There are lots of podcasts and articles on BP about investing with “no money down” but the reality of that is much much different than the articles and podcasts will make it seem.

You’ll learn along the way, not just from the books, articles, and podcasts...believe me, I’ve read and listened to it all.

Confirm that the IRA LLC provider will prepare all of the documents needed to not only form the LLC (articles of organization, SS-4 to obtain an EIN) but also the documents needed by the trust company to process the investment of IRA funds in the LLC.3.

We are from San Diego and are wondering if anyone has been able to close on a property out-of-state before physically moving there.

Echo what @Casey Christensen said just to drive home the point.With so many people involved you would be ten shades of crazy to not get an LLC created and some solid articles of organization defined to figure out how you will handle all the different situations that WILL occur when one of the five you gets mad, feels like they are working harder than the rest, has covered more expenses than someone else, or one of a million different issues.Before you all even buy your first property you all need to talk about the worse case scenario and agree how you want to handle it.