@Kyle Eckmann It depends how complicated/advanced your bookkeeping needs are.

But its a crappy technique and ends up alienating your potential buyers.

Hey @Trent Aguon as @michael Corbonare stated, LO's are a great way to start, and you can actually combine LO's and the leads you get from wholesaling as well, but the main thing is to focus on 1-2 techniques.

I feel like I am making this more complicated than it has to be.I just want to make sure I am doing things ethically and legally.

What are some other techniques you use or would recommed?

I only have one but doing it with him sounds maybe too complicated for my limited experience.

Assuming (and that's a big assumption) the owner/borrowers are trying to stall a foreclosure sale, there is a known stall technique involving quit claims combined with BK filings.

Assuming there are no complications, I would expect to pay about $5-7 per linear foot of depth.

I was thinking of telling them I would post a review in Yelp and other websites indicating their action, but that may complicate things by them suing me :) So not so sure.

If you are looking at LO's...I can easily help you with that, as can @Brian Gibbons as well as @Michael CarbonareI can tell you are already trying to make this more complicated than it is...You can get an LLC or just a DBA...but just do something...Land trusts are used to control a property.So let's focus on one thing right now....Do something...Get a dba...big deal...but then market to listed homeowners and scan Clist for houses that you can work with.Just focus on one thing for right now..lease options.I can assure you, it is a LOT easier to get an owner to sign a lease option than the sign their house over in to a land trust!!!!