Regarding getting a good contractor, you'll need to interview a few people before you decide on one to hire.

All the standard questions you would ask if you were interviewing a candidate for a job.

I suggest interviewing the two we have suggested and make your decision from those interviews.

I was following the FIRE mantra of maxing out retirement accounts via passive index investing and have been investing additionally in a taxable brokerage account, but heard a podcast interviewing the founders of Roofstock and became intrigued. 

When visiting Indy make sure to interview them face to face talk with their clients and talk to the clients' tenants.

Basically interviewing realtors. 

Any tips on interviewing new PMs? 

@Todd Carlson Hello, I would advise interviewing Real Estate Attorneys that have experience in commercial and Single Family Homes.

I will be starting my journey to investing in fix and flips next week and meeting/ interviewing my team- realtors, contractors, foreman, attorneys etc.

First I would reach out to a few lenders and casually interview each one.