How to Use a Partnership to Acquire (and Manage) 100+ Units with James Wise

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As you grow your real estate business, a partner can help you achieve incredible levels. That’s why today on the BiggerPockets Podcast we sit down with James Wise to talk about how he used a partnership to build his own investment portfolio, as well as build a thriving brokerage and property management business. In this interview, you’ll learn how James finds and screens tenants, uses BiggerPockets to raise money, and much more.

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In This Episode We Cover:

• How James got started with real estate
• How he (unknowingly) house hacked his first property
• How he moved on to his next deals
• Tips on finding a business partner
• Learning the hard way through trial and error
• How James screens tenants now (and the mistakes he used to make!)
• Valuable tips on finding partners
• How he’s using BiggerPockets to grow his business
• His take on starting a brokerage or real estate management company
• Tips for real estate agents working with an investor
• Where to get the cash to actually live while investing in real estate
• And SO much more!

Links from the Show

• Shia LaBeouf delivers the most intense motivational speech of all-time
• #AskBP Podcast
• Tenant Screening: The Ultimate Guide
• Evicted Tenant Threatens Landlord With a Machete (Seriously)
• BiggerPockets Forums
• #AskBP 034: Should You Rent to a Tenant With an Eviction in Their Past?
• Joel Owen’s BiggerPockets Profile
• New Member Welcome Forum
• Draft Day

Books Mentioned in this Show

• Multiple Streams of Income: How to Generate a Lifetime of Unlimited Wealth by Robert G. Allen

Tweetable Topics:

• “You’re always going to have vacancies. It’s part of the business.” (Tweet This!)

Connect with James

• James’s BiggerPockets Profile
• James’s Company Website

Note By BiggerPockets: These are opinions written by the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of BiggerPockets.