This is a two-way interview, so have a short list of questions to ask the mentor (What books do you recommend I read to gain a better understanding?

If you did interview him 1st to see if he's gone thru the process.  

I house hack my primary home in which I do a thoroughly credit check, background check and interviewing process.

I made them bring them to the office so I could  interview them and quickly kick out the obvious all hat no cattle ..

 Hey BP,  I'm interviewing AirDNA for a bit of content this Friday and was wondering what newer STR investors want to know about their solution and data analytics in general? 

I'll start with the Axios interview I gave back in December and was published in January 

I did not interview them prior to using them..

I'm doing a research project on different MTR niches and would love to interview you.

Find one that actually invests themselves, interview them.

Make lower yield but invest in B plus area when investing out of state and always take your PM advice before you invest.Once you select a city, go and interview some prospective PMs for advice.