There's no test, no interview other than five minutes over the phone, no references -- any warm body will do.

We could not believe that we got this 6 bedroom 1.5 bathroom house for that price.So now we have an agreed upon price and after interviewing 3 brokers to sell or rent our current house we decided to use our HELOC as a down payment and sell our home with the same agent we used as the buyers agent for the new home but only if she lowered her rate.

We were new to the location and scheduled face to face interviews with property managers, turnkey investors and real estate agents.

Get multiple referrals and thoroughly interview each to pick the best.

I should also mention I currently make about 30k/yr at my two W2 jobs and am actively working on increasing that (I'm up for a promotion at my full time job that I'm interviewing for sometime this week).

@Jennifer Harper  Run their info the same as you would had you interviewed them to rent it. 

I recommend finding out what kind of investing you want to do (buy and hold, single family, multifamily, flips, etc.) and what areas you want to invest in (downtown, east orlando, the outskirts, etc.).Then I would recommend interviewing a couple agents to find the right one who is knowledgeable around the kind of investing your looking to do in the areas you desire.It's important to understand the basics of real estate investing, but don't get stuck in "analysis paralysis".

We have a buyer under contract, a young 28 young old women with a high paid consultant job, $150K annual salary, but awaiting an interview with the COOP board, and according to the sales agent, a picky board, who may or may not approve her since she's on the job for less than 2 years, only 1-1/2 years at the moment.

Also, your interview on BP money was fantastic.

The people I have talked to about financing this deal tell me they won't do multiplex on a single-family or they will make me get two loans for the single-family and triplex which drive up the cost of the down payment, so I am interviewing more financing institutions and/or specialists but advice here would be welcome.The plan is for my business partner to house hack one of the units, while working on the ground to fix up the property, while I work on the business side, playing to our strengths.My notes for this property:Pensacola Fl 32507 – $349,900 - 1938On the market for a total of 268 days – estimated $1667 mortgage Single-family (1200 sqft) home with 3 unit in triplex (upstairs-1150 per month - 1422 sqft) bottom 2 units (ea. $800.00 per month-600 sqft) possible AirBnB would produce more income per month.1150+800+800=2750Expenses: Taxes $150, Insurance $100, flood insurance: Vacancy $100, Repairs $100, Cap Ex $100, Mortgage $1667 Utilities: Renters responsibility, Total $2217 per month Cash Flow= $533 per monthCash on Cash return: need total repair costsPros:Great neighborhoodTurnkeys come with propertiesNo major issues to the home found in the last inspection.Found no liens or back taxesConcerns: 1.