You should be the one interviewing them, not the other way around.

It's interesting how much the variations in taxes and customs/fees can affect investment profits across the states.You can request the guide, it's complimentary, at www.reiadvise.com/50-state-guide by emailing [email protected] .To learn more, I interviewed the tax guide's creator, Alan Blair of REI Equity Partners, for a State real estate taxes blog post.

At least this is the way we package them, but if your on your own searching for one, be sure to interview them so you know what they'll do for you, how they operate, what they charge, how many properties they manage, and how long they've been managing.

I'm blown away by all of the positive feedback about it and what everyone is getting from the interview.

You can fully furnish a 3 BR/2 BA with all the furniture, art work and accessories you need for about $4000 if you're a good shopper, and that furniture will pay for itself after just one or two projects.If you can't do it yourself, interview all the local staging companies and find one that owns their own furniture.

Does that mean I have to fill out an application and sit through an interview?

In the mean time I would also start interviewing/contacting other PMs in the area of the rental.

I understand needing to start somewhere, but I plan to list (and list a lot - I've interviewed 6+ top listing agents so far and I've written a plan for this.

I even rented out the spare rooms in my house to get a feeling of what a property manager is supposed to be doing.Some things to learn about about: Market Analysis, Deal Analysis, 50% rule, underwriting guidelines for financing investment properties, interviewing property managers, insurance for investment properties, exit strategies.The hard part is learning everything you need to know BEFOREHAND and applying it towards your first purchase.

David Lindahl mentioned Huntsville as a good area it in one of his interviews.