I am looking for the simplest wholesale contract to use.

@Mark Rauch the simplest answer is to find a great team.

Your best and simplest might work best and give you a pretty decent return on your money is to une a tourney provider that also provides the property management.  

Generally, when dealing with local planning and permitting departments it usually always comes down to the same two ingredients: time and fees.

I really believe that loving what you do and making a living at it is one of the key ingredients to leading a very happy, successful, and fulfilling life.

Look at the local year over increases in rent to forecast.The equity build is the magic ingredient in expensive markets (usually.)

I think that would be the simplest way to structure it. 

House hacking in my opinion is probably the simplest and best way to get started because you'll learn what it is to be a real estate investor with possible no to extremely little money out of pocket, and build wealth through cashflow, appreciation, and loan pay down. 

@John Coffey It's simplest to do it in the year of purchase, but it can be done in any year.

The simplest I have ever seen is where ownership is held in one entity, even a personal name.