Etc... think for the type of deal you have to market, how would you reach that type of target buyer easiest.

Doing everything with spray foam insulationIt seems like the spray foam insulation may be the easiest and best route for me to take.

But the easiest way to protect the asset, and not complicated and costly like opening a corp.

Personally, I wouldn't give him more than a $200 gift card to take his wife out to dinner...and I would give it to him after closing.The only discount I would give is ARV - 5% (which would have been real estate commissions you would've paid if it was on the market).I don't agree with not talking to the potential buyer.

Next is that most of us are rather lazy, we don't want to dig that footing or drive a truck as that can be real work, so, being the clever bunch we are we seek the easiest way to do business.

Perhaps the easiest option is to simply offer the lead to someone else for a referral fee if it works out.

The easiest way to address these issues is to take that end buyer to a mortgage originator and have them underwrite the deal thereby passing much of the liability on to that mortgage originator.

That does not mean it is the easiest at all.

There's a chance the tax ramifications may prevent the gifting and he may keep the property in his name.

If you're just getting started, the easiest entry into real estate investing is assignments, or flipping as you called it.