@Heather Harmon, the easiest way to protect all parties is to have a promissory note and recorded deed of trust. 

Also because hardwoods in the kitchen is just silly in my opinion how they take a beating and LVP being waterproof, I thought it would be the easiest way to tackle the kitchen.

Outside of gifting from relatives and FHA loans. 

Your total cash down is too low for even the easiest ways to get financing.

My very first park was a 30 lots, 20 are tenant owned and as soon as I took over I gifted the rest of 10 to our tenant.

Sometimes you can have your servicer do it for you, that is the easiest thing.

It's easiest to reach me in the afternoon.

This is by far the easiest and most straightforward option, but requires you to part with a decent chunk of change.Build equity over time by outweighing my contributions going forward.

It can also be used to buy your brothers 'gifts' like clothing, which you would buy as the Trustee or Trustor. 

If you need to extend your close date to give you time to have repairs completed and inspected.The easiest way forward, if you have documentation that your agent agreed to verify the repairs were completed, is to call up his Broker and tell him what happened.