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Real Estate Rookie

31: Partnering Up, Part 2: Two Real-World Case Studies with Amy Swayze and Chris Lawrence

Real Estate Rookie

BiggerPockets

How To, Education, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

So... how do partnerships work in real life? Today, you'll learn how – from two new(ish) real estate investors: Amy Swayze and Chris Lawrence. Amy breaks down her partnership with her adult son, who used his retirement fund to jumpstart their investing career earlier this year (right before COVID hit!). Here's the arrangement: Amy's son brings the money and crunches the numbers; she manages rehabs and gets tenants in their BRRRR rental properties. Chris is a more experienced investor, having left his sales job to start investing full-time in the Rochester, NY area. Still – when he first jumped into real estate investing, he realized he was missing a few pieces of the puzzle (including liquid $$$). So what did he do? He found a partner! Like Amy, Chris and his partner split everything 50/50. They use a HELOC to borrow money at a low interest rate... so they can make cash offers when they're looking for flips and wholesale deals. This is a real-life look behind the curtain to see how two rookie investors are running their business, and using partnerships to supercharge their wealth-building. Don't miss it... and if you enjoy it, share it with a friend or family member. Who knows, he or she might want to partner up with you someday! In This Episode We Cover: How Amy partnered 50/50 with her son, an electric line worker who likes the tax advantages of real estate How she and her son divide duties Using hard money to fund their BRRRR deals Starting out in real estate investing right before COVID-19 hit How Chris' partner complements his skill set How he evaluates various exit strategies A deep dive into one of Chris and his partner's recent fix-and-flips And SO much more! Check the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/rookie31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is real estate rookie show number 31.

0:05.0

So if you talk to anybody and everybody,

0:11.0

and you may come up with somebody that said oh yes by the way I

0:16.4

know so and so that wants to sell this property and there you go that may be

0:20.3

your next investment.

0:26.8

My name is Ashley Kerr, and I am here with my co-host Felipe Mejia,

0:29.9

and we are so excited to bring you part two of partnerships today.

0:35.0

Absolutely, super excited and we have Amy and Chris.

0:39.0

Amy is a newbie who the story is awesome she literally bought a property went hard money

0:46.5

gained a hundred thousand dollars in equity rented it for way more than she expected I mean a

0:51.9

total home run on her first deal and she

0:54.7

talks about the ups and downs of using hard money and then a contractor not

0:58.6

showing up. I mean it's a great story. One of the best things about the show that we're doing today is they talk about how they do this

1:06.6

with a partner.

1:07.6

A lot of times we hear the story just from one side and then you know there's that silent

1:11.9

partner over there but we have Chris on today who

1:14.3

talks about how he's the boots on the ground he works with the contractors and

1:19.3

then his partner you know has the line of credit they handle the bookkeeping do all of that so

1:24.8

makes you guys take a lot of value from this if you are looking to do a partnership

1:29.1

or if you're looking to grow and expand your partnership.

1:32.8

Lots of great advice.

1:34.3

All right, I know we're all excited to get started,

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