My question is, how can I best prepare myself for interviewing with real estate agencies.

I heard that finding real estate brokerage firm to work for is basically your interviewing the broker.

I just interviewed someone who told me that only 3-4% of retirement investments are in alternative assets like real estate with the rest being in the stock market.

Regardless of how you find them, try to interview at least three managers1.

Once you've passed that milestone now look for a company with the following resume:-decades of experience-thousands of renovations under there belt-guarantees to their product -economies of scale (Can buy materials in bulk and store in a warehouse)- in-house maintenance crew members- quality reviews and referrals from current investors- full time client services team to communicate with current investors- no waiting list- can buy multiple homes at once in a portfolio- invite you to visit their office, houses, and teamI hope this helps so you can look for these items while interviewing TK providers in your desired market!

Interview as many as you can and you'll stumble upon the right one(s).

Would be my own manager and would interview contractors, collect bids, supervise work.

I repeat IF you accept the current buyers as tenants you need to treat them as a from scratch interview on a lease option.

I think that the $60,000 or more that you have after cost of sale make a excellent start on a couple of duplexes in Chattanooga.but if you're thinking of doing something like that you're going to want to interview some property management companies before you do that.

I would start by looking up local brokerages in your area and asking to interview with the broker.