Also, I don't live anywhere near the property, but I trust him to do the job right and at a fair price.Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated. 

My thought is that it's one of those things that you have to verify on your own anyways.So is asking, which I think has the possibility of communicating "I don't trust you", worth it?

I also had a great connection with a contractor I had built trust with and he was flexible on how we paid him, so he was taking a risk but trusting our relationship.

The COC %s (at least, the ones after the refi) look good, but the estimates appear to be so ad-hoc that I have trouble trusting those percentages in the first place. 

I am just wondering how I should approach future projects and if it is even reasonable to expect GCs to take on the risk of completing a percentage of the work without receiving any money up front and trusting that I, the investor, will pay them upon completion. 

@Ryan StoverYou should search the forums for "Delaware Statutory Trust" (DST).

I don't trust Facebook as I haven't had success finding qualified renters there.I welcome any other suggestions.Originally posted by @Jaysen Medhurst:Hey, @Sachin Sharma, I was just at Byram Park with my kids on Sunday.

Trust me i am very aware that stuff like this should be taken care of befor paying, that problem is most definitely assist, it's solution time now.

Trust but verify, is the key to being successful from a distance.

(bridge loans, cash-flow plays, hybrids, etc) finally, you'll probably want to diversify over 2, maybe 3 sponsors that you trust.