How do you know who to trust when you're a newbie?

Do I have the right to make them agree to my rental agreement or do I have to use the previous owners agreement and trust he screened well.

Once the loan is current consult with an attorney and put the house in a trust and get you name on the deed.

I am new to this business and I bought the house trusting my broker at the time (who has since disappeared) He told me there would be no problem getting the rehab money out.

the Main problem is finding a contractor(s) that you can trust.

TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 2061 ROYAL FERN COURT 12B TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 2061 ROYAL FERN COURT 12B Reston, VA 20191 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $212,100.00, with an annual interest rate of 12.1500% from BRIAN DAVID BROWN dated August 26, 2005, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF FAIRFAX as Deed Book/Instrument # 17705 AT PAGE 2027, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF FAIRFAX, on the courthouse steps at the front of the Circuit Court building for the County of Fairfax located at 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia on January 30, 2007 at 11:30 AM, the property with improvements to wit: APARTMENT NUMBERED 2061-12B, TYPE B-R, SOUTHGATE CONDOMINIUM, AS DESCRIBED IN THAT CERTAIN MASTER DEED ESTABLISHING A HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME WITH ATTACHED PLATS DESIGNATING THE RELATIVE LOCATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF EACH APARTMENT RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 3912 AT PAGE 254, AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO HEREAFTER RECORDED, AS PERMITTED BY PARAGRAPH F.9 OF THE SAID MASTER DEED. and described in the above Deed of Trust.

Contract for deed has case law and the penalties are extremely severe for infractions.

I've seen people pay over $40,000 on foundation repair due to extreme negligence3) What other issues need to be corrected to prevent a reoccurrence?

California.I've even looked into TIC's and REITs and Charitable Trusts but those things are a bit esoteric for me.

I think part of the problem is they're extremely busy.