127: How to Use a Partnership to Acquire (and Manage) 100+ Units with James Wise | Bigger Pockets Podcast

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.
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

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