Consult Experts: Consider a wetlands expert or radon specialist for clear implications.Review Contract: Understand your remaining contingencies with your agent (and attorney if applicable).Trust Your Informed Gut: Combine your intuition with concrete data to make the best decision for your budget, time, and comfort level.This is a big choice; take your time to be confident in it.

It builds trust and can help you sell faster with fewer back-and-forth negotiations.The bottom line?

As a hands on operator for 20+ years i have a hard time trusting someone can manage and rehab properties as efficient as i can so it would be hard for me to handover control with people less experienced or not knowing true motives like you said.

Seeing them grow and achieve their milestones fills me with pride.Looking back on the years, I am reminded of all the people who put their trust in me.

However, trusts in FL provide some protection and can be used in a structure to protect your investments.

Acquisitions: 90% of the houses I flip are from our trusted wholesalers.

If you're still unsure, consider running the deal by a local mortgage broker or lender you trust for a second opinion.

Trust your instincts and that usually lands you in the right space. 

I'm getting a self directed IRA set up with Equity Trust and have been following J Scott and Brian Burke to learn more about passive investing and paroozing the passivepockets.com forums to learn more from everyday people who are currently passively investing.You couldn’t find two better investors to follow than J Scott and Brian Burke!  

I hope you're able to make lots of connections and fully tap into that ambition and entrepreneurship with real estate.One thing I may recommend, if you haven't done so already, is to learn about Trusts and LLCs as you begin your real estate investment journey, either investing on your own or with partner investors.