My advice for establishing a trusting wholesale relationship is to get properties under contract and controlled legally, after which you can start having a conversation about agreements.

LOL ) and put down the flood barrier in the garage to control any water coming in. 

Love it.big issue for me is you lose all control when you go into a syndication..

In Phoenix, she added, “we don’t control evictions.”

Never invest in any city on this list: The Most Dangerous Cities in America, Ranked.No rent control of any kind: Some states and metro areas have implemented various kinds of rent control.

Clearly…we do have all of that under litigation and “under control” already.  

While I’m based in California, I’m looking to begin house hacking a duplex, triplex, or quadplex in Houston, Texas, and build from there.I’m looking forward to continuing to learn, becoming a property owner, and taking full control of my time and life to eventually quit my 9-to-5.

Your program sounds spot on, I like the "graduating" to less restrictive properties, but initial intake into the most tightly controlled home.The NIMBY factor is certainly an obstacle, but can be overcome with persistence (of legal action to enforce one's property rights, assuming one is in a correctly zoned area).something that could be added is work outreach program, as the ability to find work after recovery is obviously critical.

It gives you much more control and oversight.  

I went from 5 rentals to 19 during that time.I know others who are much better at systems, networking and controlling rehab costs than myself who scaled much larger, much faster, and never ran their own marketing.Hopefully this context helps.