548: How to NOT Get Scammed on Your Next “Real Estate Opportunity” w/Mike Nuss & Tyler Combs

<p>Your&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-investing-partnerships-powerful" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>real estate partnership</strong></a>&nbsp;may be closer than you think. Maybe it’s that seller you’re talking to on craigslist, maybe it’s your home appraiser, or maybe it’s someone you meet at a sketchy real estate investing company.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rarebird_mike/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Mike Nuss</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/iamtylercombs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Tyler Combs</strong></a>&nbsp;never planned on becoming partners when they linked up to discuss a potential sale of a property. But, when fate put the two together again in the same company, they decided to split off and<strong>&nbsp;use their complementary&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-podcast-126" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>skill sets to build a real estate empire</strong></a>.</p><p>Mike brought the&nbsp;<strong>acquisitions and&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/property-manager-tasks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>property management</strong></a>&nbsp;side to their business, while Tyler focused on&nbsp;<strong>managing and&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2013-01-27-flipping-houses-for-profit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>selling flips</strong></a>. Together they brought the rocket fuel of profit and cash flow to their growing business. Now, they’ve acquired more than&nbsp;<strong>eighty units&nbsp;</strong>and aren’t planning on stopping any time soon.</p><p>Mike and Tyler built their business on the back of&nbsp;<strong>strong investor relationships</strong>, truthful and honest work, and the ability to find&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2013-11-05-seller-financing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target=