You could later assign the beneficial interest to another party (the LLC).

Which is better a tenant with 2 cats, or one with no cats that is late with rent, calls for repairs every week, has big parties, etc. etc.

There is no "moral" factor as long as all parties involved enter into the transaction voluntarily and with congruent, veracious information.

As a beginner, obtaining funding to back a REIT isn't going to happen, you'd never get past a broker-dealer's third party due diligence.The way you want to do this is via private placements.  

All available siblings would have to participate.Tthis is a process that gives all parties who may have interest in the property to make a claim within a certain time frame, if no claim is made by the missing sibling whoever filed the action will be awarded free and clear title..

It makes sense for him to come here and handle any loan with a 3rd party.

As a multifamily investor that uses property management companies I favor large sized properties because the economies of scale allow them to more easily support professional 3rd party management.

The really funny part is that I pick up rentals in the city proper that would sell for 10x as much in my neighborhood, which is less than 5 miles away.

I left out one part, I would like to move to Bordeaux, France or the surrounding area of Bordeaux, after college.

As an alternative, you could always seek non-recourse financing for the Roth from a neutral third party.