Building a new team (lender + agent)

[Clare Cui]

Hello Fellow Investors! 

I'm an investor in Denver looking to build a team in Charlottesville Virginia. I need a local Virginia lender and agent, and I would love to know what questions you like to ask to build this team. 

We have a property in Denver that we rent be room house hack and it's a conventional loan with a slammin interest rate of 2.5%, I'd like to buy another primary residence and house hack that one (rinse and repeat, you get it). 

What questions do you like to ask lenders if I would like to offset my debt income ratio with the current leases or a rental survey?

And for agents what questions do you like to ask in order to vet their negotiating skills? 

There's a few properties I have my eyes on that I'd like to win. Thank you in advance!