At least one interested party is staying on the ownership so this doesn't trigger any monies changing hands. 

The thing I love is you can set a late payment to trigger at a certain date and it sends an email reminder to get their payment in if they're approaching the due date. 

I would like to learn how to search out deals, negotiate and be comfortable with pulling the trigger, as I am sure that can be a difficult part of REI as well.

I am just guessing here but I imagine that well over 90% of the investors that make their way to actually see their operation in person end up pulling the trigger.. again just a guess but as someone with 4 decades of expreince at this.. and owning more than a couple real estate brokerages you can tell a well put together shop..  

Now the million-dollar question is whether to pull the trigger on the build given the ominous/uncertain economic outlook. 

Here's some info about using a land trust to transfer your property without triggering that pesky due-on-sale clause.

@Charlie MacPherson a lot of people teach those "trigger" words and phrases but I haven't seen anything in writing from HUD that bans them.

Also, that's likely a due-on-sale clause trigger, which subjects the loan to being called due after the transfer.

I recommend you do a bit more homework before you pull the trigger. 

I've secured funding for single family investments, but have yet to pull the trigger.