Hi BP, I am curious to know for the people who have hired a virtual assistant or someone to answer their inbound calls from direct mail or other means, what questions do you normally ask to find the right candidate? 

@Joseph LeibovitchOrganized and picks up the phone outside of "normal business hours" are the top two in my book.

"Security deposits were deducted at closing"I assume you mean from your purchase price as that is the normal transfer. 

Normally you sell, when you can get a better return on new investment options vs, the one you currently own. 

How to Create Wealth Investing in real estate: Grant Cardone (Great to get started, and visualize your journey forward), and Lifestyle Investor:Justin Donald (great for mobile home parks and general investment thinking), Am I Being too Subtle: Sam Zell ( Not specific to multifamily, but really good to understand Sam Zells journey spanning a few decades and financial forces which contributed to his great fortune).

I know I could go drive around and write addresses down, but I will only have 2 days a week/ 3 hours at a time to do this, with my busy life style  I think batch will probably be best because it already has everything integrated into their system.3rd. when using services what works best? 

In larger multifamily it is normally $250 or $300/door.

Testing windows is a normal activity when evaluating a property for rent.

I decided to say screw the world and living a "Normal Life".

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