I am going to interview 3 different brokers from my network to get their opinions and insight relative to my strategy and being an agent but I figured I would reach out to BP to see if anyone had insights as well.My questions for this community and that I plan to ask my Broker contacts are:1.

I just starting interviewing potential general contractors for my business but I'm not sure which route I want to go as far as hiring them for the entire rehab job or just hiring them to do a walkthrough with me to give me a rough estimate of the rehab cost so that I make an offer and then bring them back for a more detailed estimate if my offer is accepted.  

Fill in the foundation below.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

Again, listen to the Podcast, almost every episode the person being interviewed talks about the most difficult part of investing being finding a manager, contractor, handy man, agent, etc. that they can count on.

Take a good look at student housing see below.Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere Check out BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide - A fantastic free book that walks through many of the key topics of real estate investing.Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

Check out the free BiggerPockets Podcast - A weekly podcast with interviews and a ton of great advice.

If you will use a management company, start there and interview a few companies and ask them which areas they like.The pro forma numbers can look really good on a class D property with 30% occypancy, but only if you have lots of time and money to invest to get it up and running...Good luck and happy hunting!

Saves you and attorneys a lot of wasted time interviewing prospects.

We are actually interviewing with a few Property management firms, since we will still reside in NYC for a few years. 

I interviewed the existing PM and not so sure I'm thrilled about them.