The cleanest and simplest way is to look up Title companies in your area and ask if they have an Escrow department.

The simplest is to register the LLC under a nominee's person instead of you (certain state allows that). 

In simplest terms the only difference between a townhome and condo is who owns the land and the repairs the HOA vs owner is responsible for.

This is probably the easiest/simplest option.2.

This is a long-term investment, of course, but I believe the annual growth, even after-tax is good:http://performance.morningstar.com/fund/tax-analys...https://advisors.vanguard.com/VGApp/iip/site/advis...If your friend has more experience in stock investing or has a trusted financial advisor, they could pursue a more active approach, but generally speaking passive investing wins out over time anyway, and I'm going with the simplest passive options here. 

Me, personally, I'd try my cheapest and simplest options first and work my way up unless I see something that is just obviously a major issue.

I'm reaching the overwhelmed stage again...Simplest will be the best to start with for sure...

I think the most simplest way I can put this is it was just blowing my mind that (in this example in a market like Boston) private lenders would be giving you 300+K in order to invest it?

Trischa Serafico - talk to you accountant - that's the simplest way

In the simplest terms, closing costs are usually 2-4% of the sale price.