. :) Of course I'm going to echo the sentiment here that Ohio is great, but I suggest you do your own due diligence on any city you're seriously considering, then connect with either a reputable turnkey company that operates in that area, or find some people you can recruit to be on your team and really get to know them!

Micki - I'm also trying to recruit investor/agents and investor-friendly agents to join my brokerage.

When my business partner first put the ad on Craigslist to recruit teammembers...only one person responded.

What start-up performs better, that recruiting from a 25mile radius of some building, or that restricted to planet Earth via remote functions? 

“It’s a business with a lot of intellectual property involved and they don’t want to share it,” he said.Many analysts have said a desire to recruit younger, tech-savvy workers drives the job shift to downtown.

Then, it would be research hosptials, what Level there are (1,2,3) and contacing their agencies/recruiters to better understand demand/need. 

Weigh the information they provide heavily as some agents are compensated for recruiting and will tell anything to have join their company. cui bono?

I asked the recruiter if I had to pay for a mentor fee out of this transaction since I am signing on with them and bringing a new client?

I'm a recruiter and my wife is a real estate agent.

Many folks are now recruiting a hard-money or transaction-funding lender to make their offer more competitive and present themselves as being "all cash".