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

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 estateHow he (unknowingly) house hacked his first propertyHow he moved on to his next dealsTips on finding a business partnerLearning the hard way through trial and errorHow James screens tenants now (and the mistakes he used to make!)Valuable tips on finding partnersHow he’s using BiggerPockets to grow his businessHis take on starting a brokerage or real estate management companyTips for real estate agents working with an investorWhere to get the cash to actually live while investing in real estateAnd SO much more!Links from the ShowShia LaBeouf delivers the most intense motivational speech of all-time#AskBP PodcastTenant Screening: The Ultimate GuideEvicted 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 ProfileNew Member Welcome ForumDraft DayBooks Mentioned in this ShowMultiple Streams of Income: How to Generate a Lifetime of Unlimited Wealth by Robert G. AllenTweetable Topics:“You’re always going to have vacancies. It’s part of the business.” (Tweet This!)Connect with JamesJames’s BiggerPockets ProfileJames’s Company Website