Trust me on this!

You should be able to confirm when you do his background check.His fiance trusts him to be around her kids.

Wondering how to build trust in him to do seller financing with us after this.For reference we have 100% close rate, my thoughts approaching this is to counter back and say the risk of default is very rare, if he's worried about the park defaulting he just needs to save up $20k in reserves and he'll get paid $70k in income for the park for the next 5 years while he waits for balloon.

It features interviews with investors of various backgrounds, niches, and experience levels.2.

Anyhow...sounds like you're on the same page with @Shawn Parsh about picking the worst property in the best neighborhoods  >>> I get it, and trust me I'm always looking for those gems (if/when you find them, they get snatched up fast!!).

While my insurance charges are relatively low each year given this is a condo, I learned to better assess who is behind budget planning at the HOA level for all of the units for roof, cleaning costs, basement improvements (shared by all units), given this was run well by one individual.

She's willing to go to graduate school.RE agent and entry level PM would not be an options.Thank you!

A minority are now carrying the tax burden, and the majority are existing via various forms and levels of assistance. 

Meetups + books + podcasts are the way to go, but meetups are the most crucial to your confidence level and to know people like you do this every day.I agree with @Nathan Gesner on the heads up, when you say you are new and want help, everyone has a pitch, that's why meetups are so good - most have no pitch, just networking, unless it's run by a hard money lender.I have a couple friends who invest in the Lehigh Valley that I can connect you with when the time comes.

I recently found myself struggling to even find a podcast to listen to, none sounded like anything that would serve me in my current state of mind, (out side of BP On the market, let's be honest that's the only reason i have any idea what's going on at a macro level with the economy at all, so anytime a new episode is out there its a listing immediately).