I am trying to develop a series of questions to ask new leads.

So, when you are asking around for lender referrals, make sure you are specific about which state(s) you are inquiring about.As Quinn mentioned, real estate meetups and local REIA meetings are a great place to meet lenders, and also a great place to ask other investors who they use or who they have heard are good ones to work with.Also check out the "Network" tab at the top of the BP page and look at the list of Hard Money Lenders for some possible leads.

I did one using these key words: "venture capital firms for real estate development in los angeles" and it provided plenty of leads.

I was actually supposed to speak at BPCon this year on my system of lead gen through BP.

He's known as the leading expert in real estate creative financing strategies.

You are right though, not knowing the area well enough can lead to miscommunication/false information.

I work as a lead product manager at Lumen technologies. 

I would lead with letting her know that she needs to be out by 4 pm on the first because that is the latest allowed moving out time per the condo (and you must have something in the lease that says she must follow condo rules and I believe you would have discussed at move in).   

You certainly could have negotiated the deposit to be delivered before signing, but that would have lead to absolutely no difference for you.

For example, Beka’s first hire was for five hours a week sending someone else out to find leads.