What Makes a Good Partnership with J Scott

<p>Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as discusses with J Scott about finding the right partners in the real estate business - the indicators of a good and a bad partner, the importance of discussing the vision, and why we shouldn’t look for a partner with similar attributes as ours.</p> <p> </p> <p>J Scott (he goes by "J") is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor, author. An engineer and business guy by education, J spent much of his early career in Silicon Valley (California), where he held management positions at several Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and eBay.</p> <p> </p> <p>In 2008, J and his wife Carol quit their corporate jobs, moved back East, got married, started a family and decided to focus on real estate and investing. In the past twelve years, they have bought, built, rehabbed, sold, lent-on and held over $70M in property all around the country. J is also a strategic advisor and mentor to several companies, business owners and entrepreneurs.</p> <p> </p> <p>J is partner at Bar Down Investments, focusing on purchasing and repositioning large multifamily project. He is the former host of the top-rated BiggerPockets Business Podcast and is the author of four books on real estate investing, including the best-selling, The Book on Flipping Houses. His books have sold over 300,000 copies in the past six years and have helped investors from around the world get their start with real estate.</p> <p> </p> <p>J and his family currently live in Sarasota, FL. J can be reached at j@jscott.com and you can connect with him at www.ConnectWithJScott.com.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Main Takeaways</p> <p> </p> <ul><li>Shifting Focus Towards the Business Perspective</li> <li>The Criteria for Finding an Ideal Partner</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Connect with J</p> <p>http://www.connectwithjscott.com/</p> <p>https://instagram.com/jscottinvestor</p> <p>https://facebook.com/jscottinvestor</p> <p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/jscottinvestor/</p> <p> </p> <p>L