Find experienced and trustworthy members on your Team.  

Hey BP CommunityI'm looking at a potential flip in the Nashville area and need some referalls to trustworthy contractors who can take on an extensive project. 

To invest out of town, you have to have a trustworthy local partner (person, co-investor and/or property management company), and you have to put the trust in them to deliver.

He knows the area area well and is a trustworthy individual.  

This is all discussed here:Mark Torok Subject-To StanceThe Reader's Digest version is that most don't feel like the insurance would be trustworthy if interest rates rise and the notes are all called at once.

, and most importantly of all, TRUSTWORTHY!!

I believe he's trustworthy, meticulous, dependable, and most importantly...self-sufficient.  

That being said...If you have no capital...by all means, learn to wholesale but meet some contractors that are trustworthy along the way so you can start learning what your Buyers are seeing.  

Little did I know, that a day or two later word got out and some shady criminal investor who heard about the deal went around my back (and my contract) and got the seller to sign a contract and closed within three days before I even knew a thing.Granted there are many ways to help protect oneself from thieves/criminals like this guy - maintaining a good relationship with the seller, affidavit of memorandum, only shooting out your deals to trustworthy buyers, closing on the deal before your wholesale it, and so forth.

It's up to you to do your due diligence and find these trustworthy companies.