If your returns are just outpacing inflation in this market because you're risk averse then flipping will not likely be for you.

If you are not looking to scale or you're worried about property management you can invest with a company like Rockwell Debt-free Properties that will return you 8%. 

In return for providing all of the "come up money", the partner would receive 25% ownership stake and, as I mentioned, be paid back with interest. 

The maximum return you can achieve through equity is 3.25% and 3.87% respectively.

@Dan StewartThe founder of Vanguard, John Bogle wrote a pretty good book called "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Gurantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns"

Whatever that number is, ask for it in the form of non-refundable additional earnest money on the property in return for extending the contract.

However, partnerships, S-corps, and C corps require an additional tax filing, plus there are wage considerations that go along with the S-corp and C-corp designation, all of which you might not feel is worth the effort of managing.My advice is to schedule time with a tax pro who (a) has expertise in business returns (not all of them do), and (b) does tax planning (not all of them do) and have them help you map out some scenarios to decide what structure will best fit your goals and strategy.

Yes, it is advisable to Make buyers go they a preapproval with a lender that You trust to do it right.....pull credit report, copies of bank statement, tax returns, payroll stubs, etc.

What would be most helpful for me would be to get into the numbers...and to hear what kind of returns (on equity...but maybe also ROA) would be considered 'decent', 'mediocre', or 'great' at this type of scale..

Sweden, Switzerland with negative interest rates, and all the financial insanity of the last 10 years would lead me to believe someone would buy as a negative return investment, for tax reasons.