Initiating a conversation with a seller by presenting an offer under these terms can raise concerns, signaling, "I lack funds and need a favor."

It's important to do your homework and think about your personal risk tolerance and long-term goals.Good luck!

Thinking about setting up a property management company to use for my rentals to show the income as part of the management company rather than personal finances.

Personally I find that a red flag unless they have a good reason.

Accounting firms typically have nothing to do with this process unless somehow the title company subcontracted the preparation of the 8288 to them (which really isn’t necessary as it doesn’t require tax expertise, only familiarity with the FIRPTA procedures in general, which any title co who’s worked with a sale by a foreign person would likely know).This is indeed a weird situation and it definitely is unsupported by any authority in the code and regulations to send the withholding tax amount to an accounting firm acting as a middle man for the IRS unless they somehow expressly made an agreement to do so.Good luck with that

House hacking will also give you some personal "property management" experience.

This deserves a further conversation.

I've had to sometimes have conversations with tenants that let them know that if their actions force me to start eviction processes it will be near impossible for them to rent another place. 

I also received my broker's license tho (solely to become more knowledgeable while making personal real estate investments), but I don't see their logic, so I figured I'd turn to BiggerPockets to help me better understand what's going on. 

Have a conversation with your partners and mention to them that you are interested in buying them out.Make sure to factor in closing costs on the future sale in your offer.