Normally the sheriff has to serve the notice, and that step of the process is what takes so long as they typically fail to serve the notice to all but the simplest cases.

Let your investment team do all this for you.SummaryReal estate is the simplest and most reliable path to financial independence.

If you plan on living in it the simplest option may be to get an 3-5% down owner occupied type loan. 

honestly the simplest and most straight forward way in my mind would be to get a normal boring W2 job that makes buying an owner occupied house easy. 

The simplest plan is to come up with your goal, set a timeline, assess where you're at now, figure out the series of steps needed to get to your goal.... then determine what you can do right now to get started. 

Pay CashThe last option is the simplest: pay for your home in cash.

This is probably the simplest route, although it offers no limited liability protection and leaves an opening for internal disputes as there is no contract that governs your ownership and the obligations that go along with it.

LTR is going to be the simplest, least risky and most straight forward.

A lease is a contract and the best, simplest and legal way is to wait until the contract expires and so a new one.

That would be the simplest way.