What people would you absolutely have to hire for your dream team starting out in Real Estate and where would you seek out the most qualified people?

What people would you absolutely have to hire for your dream team starting out in Real Estate and where would you seek out the most qualified people?

I believe you are able to do the repairs yourself, if you're hiring someone, they might have to be certified (or that's only when you KNOW that there's lead paint, ie having it tested or it show up in the disclosure)

YES - If this is truly a project HUD building where HUD 'guarantees' rent for all units then there are very specific / screening / reporting / inspections requirements that you must meet; tenant income thresholds, REAC inspections, etc.You can do this yourself (HUD has to approve you to self manage) but most owners elect to hire a PM who is licensed / knows the systems / paper work / HUD office contacts.

I have been invited by a fellow that is a member of Biggerpockets to be involved in buying and selling single family homes and I might go into that because of my brother who has plenty of experience and is knowledgeable in that field and he has offered to help me.The reason I chose apartments is that I have been convinced of it ultimately because of all I have learned that it is the best way to go long term and ultimately you can hire a Property Management Company that will take care of the daily operations and that managing a property management company will not very time consuming. 

Areas up near Ogden and Hill Air Force base always seem to have a fairly strong rental market, but I don't know where you should and shouldn't be. 

We were in the same spot as you a couple of years back and we decided to hire a team of virtual assistants to help us manage and operate our business with systems and automation.

Hi Thomas,  a few ideas are...1 - you can hire someone to answer the phone for you. 

Every time we hire a new underwriter I have to have a big fight with them about this, heh.)

4) When hiring a new PM how of often do you negotiate the contract?