,Are there specific skills, attributes and/or red flags I should look for when interviewing a new lender?

A couple good ways to find good CPAs to interview is by networking with other park owners in your state.

For sure I would interview KW, but also a local indy broker, and maybe a big franchise player in your area.Some questions to ask are:1. 

I’d recommend not quitting your day job until 1) you have your license and 2) you’ve interviewed several brokerages to work for.

Perhaps interview one (or more) of them and see what they’d recommend charging.Lastly, check out this article and maybe you’ll get some other ideas: How to Determine Fair Market RentBest of luck. 

You would consider them part of your investment team, and so you want to interview them as if you were hiring them to work for you.  

Are there any questions you find particularly beneficial when interviewing the potential CPA and are you looking for a number years experience (my current rule of thumb is 10 years+)?

It's almost like you are the one interviewing the brokerage as opposed to the other way around since there's normally a small fee you will have to pay to join the brokerage.

We will have 17 houses to build and will interview the current GC for the investor, who is not our GC. 

Tough spot for sure, especially when the most typical advice from BP in regards to interviewing agents is asking if the agent invests so that they are compete at to assist you.