I'm still new at all of this myself, but from my experience so far, no, there is no easy way to buy BTC. Because of the risk of fraud, charge-backs, money laundering, terrorism, etc. it's intentionally made hard. I'm still in the process of purchasing my first BTC, and with all of the market action, influx of new users, and everything else, I still don't have one. Been at it for nearly 2 weeks now, and if I can trust the exchange I'm buying from, I wil lhave my BTC in the morning.