Are there individuals out there that would be interested in this type of situation, and how would I find them?

I deal with multi million dollar national tax lien portfolios and I have seen many problems occur.

I have about X amount Liquid that I really want to use towards investing in Real Estate, ideally id like to get full fledged into REI once I understand how things work.

According to the IRS, the home mortgage interest deduction taken on Schedule A can only be taken by an individual who (1) is legally liable for the loan, and, (2) actually makes the payments.The situation you describe in your example suggests that neither brother is able to take the home mortgage interest deduction.

Buy something, ideally with cash, but financed if not.

I'm still young having recently graduated university I deal with high net worth individuals daily in relation to property investment worldwide with a particular focus on the emerging markets.

I deal properties over there, I have interesting offers.

Total Population within local city of $12,000 each unit has individual meters but for some reason previous owner changed units to master hence owner pays for all utilities.

Buy in the best areas close to campus, lease in March or July (those are our best months), use Craig's LIst or the local campus website ($$$$), screen and evict individually if one share of the rent doesn't come in or is bad.

It is also true that the majority of rental properties in the United States are owned by individuals.