My suggestion would be to select someone with the most forum posts or most reviews.

I'm assuming at least one of the house flipping firms in the area has the basic template for me to sort of copy. 

It also seems like the leads may pile up too high for me to handle sorting out the bad from the good leads. 

I’m sort of new myself, I’m working on transitioning from being in the background-ish, as well as working a different area.

@AJ WongWe invest in defaulted mortgages and are very selective where we invest - one no go for us is typically flood zones.

Who is responsible for screening and selecting applicants? 

You sort of answered this in your post though, where you mention keeping the cashflow for myself, and I don't think it's a great idea to charge an upfront fee for these deals.

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@Sanjeev AdvaniIn our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

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