Propose starting small, like a single-family rental or house hack, with a clear, low-risk plan to minimize concerns.Leverage your industry connections and offer to handle the initial responsibilities, demonstrating your commitment and capability.

It offers flexibility as a landlord to be able to offer more or less rooms as needed, protection to the landlord in that you can hedge with adding LTR or STR to the mix, and simplification to the business as your only dealing with one address.

Holding the new property until passing offers a step-up in basis, eliminating deferred taxes for heirs.

It was just an offer (costs extra) through a local lender I used!

Have heard some PMC's allegedly offer other agents a ridiculously small amount like $200. 

LLC offers better legal protection.3) Setting up in states that allow your identity to be hid is also overblown.

@Jimmy Lieu, thank you for the offer.

IMO what will make your company successful is the value you offer to your owners/clients & your tenants.

Japanese people culturally like brand new and shiny products and you will have a small market of investors who won't touch unless you offer attractive yields.

You will find that lenders will reach out to you and try to ally alongside you (I know I have received a few emails and phone calls from different lenders trying to offer their services) but few are willing to 'teach' you.