But that is obviously the easiest and best choice.

The taxes will be paid at closing from his proceeds, if he is providing a General Warranty Deed, he has no choice, the settlement agent will pay them and give him what is left over. :)

Great place to start.The FHA is a good choice.  

You chose to live in southern Florida and that is your choice.  

That is the part of representing investors that most traditional agents do not want to or feel they do not have to deal with.With that said, no one likes to feel like their time is being wasted. 

The Raleigh market is not cheap - unless you are willing to go into seriously sketchy parts of town (definitely not recommended, especially not for a newbe).Once you have an idea as to how much you can borrow "the traditional way", you can decide to move forward or whether to explore other options (@Brandon Turner  wrote the book on those).

Out of the choices, I like Florida, but here is my favorite:  TexasCheck out how big Collin and Denton Counties are projected to be in 35 years.

I need all kinds of agents working at the company because I can get my flips sold in a heartbeat by the traditional, open house, sign posting agents; I need commercial agents for my big apartment complex deals, I need land only agents when that comes up, I need REO only agents.

At the end of the day, which choice will net you more money?

Also thinking I should outline the benefits of doing this with me over their current investments, traditional savings, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc.