I always make my own spreadsheets....I trust the data more and can manipulate it the way I want to.....

I don't really have the time to vet multiple agents, mortgage providers, property managers, etc in other markets and trust that I'm getting someone to steer me in the right direction.The Rent to Retirement concept takes all of that guesswork out of it by having teams in place in the markets that they've already researched. 

But if you want to see the whole case fleshed out for why wholesaling is wrong, you can read this article from a while back: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/i-will-never-trust-real-e... 

@John Bowens, I need to do this with my Equity Trust SDIRA.

Quote from @Bret Hudson: I lost a lot of trust for biggerpockets podcast when started using dealmachine and batchleads (same company) for sponsors too.

Does anyone have a trusted move-out checklist they provide to tenants of single-family homes?

-And more.Overall, I like the idea of "trust, buy verify" in that one should trust the GC they choose to work with, but still have a way of verify everything the GC is doing is above board.

A smartlock can control who accesses and when, but who do you trust?

Whether that's through house hacking or just another set of units I hold, I plan to purchase again this year. if there are tips on how to build a trusted network of people on here, I would welcome that.

Any trust worthy realtors for that area and companies that may run the properties cleaning services ?