Questions to ask potential mentor / mutual acquaintance who is a successful investor

[Tony Leighty]

Hello all,

Since I'm just starting out, I wanted to reach out to industry professionals and get their first hand advice and ultimately hope to get a mentor in the process.  Turns out a friend of my sister is an investor in Florida and she mentioned that I reached out to him to pick his brain and see if he was willing to help me learn the ropes.  Sure enough I emailed him and he was more than willing to help stating he'd be happy to get me going in the right direction.   However, I want to be prepared on the call and have a couple questions I'd like to ask but wanted to get everyone's take, what questions would you ask to someone that could potentially jump start your career in real estate investing?

Thanks in advance!