PM me if you get that far, I can send you a list of interview questions that I use.

There are amazing benefits to it however: learning lead generation/marketing/brand awareness, networking, learning your market better, creative finance...on and on...Take the time to interview someone locally and keep an open mind.

Female college grads with A grades were 3x less likely to get call backs for job interviews than any males with C+ - A+ grades.

I would interview a ton of them.

I have been interviewing GC's, getting references from them, examples of projects they have completed, and anaylizing if they are "investor friendly".

At the risk of become the guy who only quotes other people; your post made me think of a Set Klarman interview I watched a few weeks ago: "Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.

Schedule meetings with all of the possible candidates so you have an opportunity to meet face to face and interview each of them.It's important to get it right before you begin, as you are trying to do.Here is a post for the markets in Birmingham to help you with your research of the sub-markets here.

Interview a few other reputable agents in your area.Commissions are always negotiable.

Through out the whole interview not even one qn was asked - as to what are the real practical roadblocks are .Anyway - question everything , keep learning , develop emotional intelligence .

He qualified with income but only due to lots of overtime and gave me this story that he has an interview for a Sheriff position in a month (never happened).