Whether you’re targeting families, couples, or business travelers, aligning your listing with your ideal guest will set you up for success.Lastly, consider offering a small gift or token of appreciation to your first few guests.

Most allow gifted funds for the down payment as well as seller concessions of 2%. 

Is this the easiest way to find the meetups in your opinion

The rentals are the easiest thing to ditch and your brain has decided that you need to let something go... which is easier if you hate it rather than still love it (as you mentioned you previously did). 

private money is the easiest money to borrow . its no income and limited doc .

Do they thank you for the $18,000 gift?

It is the judge's job so to speak to know the law but yeah having sat in more courts then I want to I understand it isn't always what the law says its whats easiest. 

Things like running numbers, estimating renovation costs, determining market rents are not things you can read a book and learn.Third, I think selling is the easiest part of my job. 

At most I would give them a gift certificate to go out to dinner on me..... thats it.

Double gift!