95: Developing Unstoppable Partnerships with Elliot Smith and Tucker Merrihew

<p><strong>Building businesses</strong> from the ground up isn’t easy. It requires patience, hard work, and most importantly, <strong>a solid team</strong>. Without trust in that team, the product, the company, and the vision can completely disintegrate. When a team flourishes, you can <strong>create a massive success</strong>, where everybody wins.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/biggerpockets-podcast-381-tucker-merrihew" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Tucker Merrihew</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/biggerpockets-podcast-255-six-figure-real-estate-investing-20-hours-week-elliot-smith" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Elliot Smith</strong></a> have been working throughout the past year on <a href="https://callmagicleads.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Call Magic</a>, a service that helps uncover <strong>leads for real estate agents, wholesalers, flippers, and other real estate professionals</strong>. Elliot originally teamed up with Cole Ruud-Johnson (who you’ll hear on our <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Real Estate Podcast</a>, very soon), and everything was running well, but they realized they <strong>needed a leader</strong>. After Elliot talked to Tucker about the project, Tucker was in.&nbsp;</p><p>There was just one contingency: <strong>the product and the company had to be the best of the best</strong>. The three partners agreed to put their all into it, and respect each other’s work. Cole already had experience running an<strong> outsourced cold calling team</strong>, Elliot had years and years worth of real estate experience under his belt, and Tucker had the <a href="http://therealdealzpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Real Dealz Podcast</a> audience at his disposal.&nbsp;</p><p>Elliot and Tucker walk through <strong>setting up your business</strong> and your team for success, what to worry about and what to hol