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.

I will continue to look for resources on this and have a 3rd party look at my lease. 

Until you own the debt, you are a third party which requires Borrower approval.There is no agreement related to a mortgage loan which grants 'potential' buyers anything.  

The source we use for this is actually an Equipment Lease/loan scenario where we get the equipment and a large cash loan...kind of like a rebate, but the cash part is very large.  

With an assignment of contract, you are not a party to the actual closing.

If you want to buy from banks, expect to be required to buy pools of notes.If you're trying to buying a soecific note on a particular property, about the only opportunity that I've seen is from private party note holders.  

LLCs--naming an unrelated party  as a resident agent--does this for me. 

You, a non-licensed third party, can not 'help' the Seller get a mortgage.