The Ask James Wise Show | 101-150

Can you evict a tenant without a lease? If so, how do you evict a tenant without a lease agreement? Watch the 140th episode of The Ask James Wise Show to see if you can evict a tenant without a lease. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more real estate investing tips, tricks, advice, opportunities and live evictions caught on tape.

Is there a spam problem on BiggerPockets? Is BiggerPockets full of fake investors? Are there real property owners on BiggerPockets? Watch the 139th episode of The Ask James Wise Show to see what James Wise has to say to a new investor on Bigger Pockets named Karl. Karl wants to know if anyone on BiggerPockets actually owns their own properties, or if the Bigger Pockets forums are just filled with property managers, agents, and affiliates looking to sell something to newbie investors.

Investing in Section 8 rental properties can be the biggest mistake of your life if you don't know what you are doing. Some landlords think that Section 8 tenants are the worst, and they can be if you don't know what you are doing. Some landlords think that Section 8 housing can ruin your life, and it can if you don't know what you are doing. Evictions, vacancy, tenant turnover, repairs costs, these are all things that can destroy a new Section 8 investor who doesn't know how to deal with Section 8 properties. Watch the 138th episode of The Ask James Wise Show to see learn how to prepare yourself for a Section 8 rental property portfolio. James Wise has made millions of dollars investing in Section 8 housing, but he won't tell you that it's going to be an easy way to make money. No, not by a long shot. Section 8 investing is very difficult to master, but if you do master it you can become very wealthy. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for additional Section 8 investing tips and tricks.

Entitled people love to play the victim. Only an entitled idiot would think the person stealing from another person is the good guy. Watch the 137th episode of The Ask James Wise Show to see why a property manager evicting people is nothing for the property manager to be ashamed of.

Most people go on the BiggerPockets website to talk about investing in real estate. Some people like to get off topic and talk about other things that don't have anything to do with real estate investing, like the longevity of our planet. Tune in to the 136th episode of The Ask James Wise Show to hear what James thinks about anti-fracking nerds who want to talk about saving the planet instead of evicting single moms.

Anyone who says source of income doesn't matter when it comes to tenant screening is an idiot, or worse, a woke housing activist. Watch the 135th episode of The Ask James Wise Show to see why Section 8 being a tenant's primary source of income is huge indication into the type of person they are. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for additional Section 8 investing tips and tricks.

So you're a Section 8 virgin? Watch the 134th episode of The Ask James Wise Show to see some things you need to know as you get ready to rent your 1st Section 8 house to your 1st Section 8 tenant. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for additional Section 8 investing tips and tricks.

The working poor are people who work full-time but still live in poverty. Being a hardworking poor person is simply an oxymoron. One needs to work for minimum wage to be under the poverty line while working a fulltime job. A person is not hardworking if they put in nothing more than the minimum amount of effort it takes to get a minimum wage job. During the 133rd episode of The Ask James Wise Show, a minimum wage worker is complaining that Section 8 housing is unfair to hardworking poor people like him. James Wise explains to this crybaby burger flipper that other people being on Section 8 vouchers doesn't have anything to do with his living situation. He should focus less on others and more on why he believes he's entitled to more than the minimum if he isn't willing to put in more than the minimum.

Some landlords think that Section 8 tenants are the worst. Some landlords think that Section 8 tenants are the best. You know what, both of these landlords are right. In some situations Section 8 tenants can be the worst type of tenants. In other situations Section 8 tenants can be your best renters. The way you need to screen tenants for a $300,000 McMansion is much different than the way you need to manage a low income apartment building in the ghetto. During the 132nd episode of The Ask James Wise Show, Section 8 investing expert James Wise explains to a HoltonWiseTV viewer when and why someone would want Section 8 renters as opposed to other types of renters. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV to learn how to invest in Section 8 housing in the best cash flow markets in the USA.

If you've got a bad rental property in California should you sell it? Maybe, maybe not. Are you sure it's actually a bad rental property? Are there bad rental properties in California? Isn't owning a house in California always a good thing? Don't houses in California always go up in value? Tune in to the 131st episode of The Ask James Wise Show to see if your house in California is really a bad rental property, and when you should sell it if it is in fact, a bad rental property.

What do you do if your tenant refuses to throw away their toilet paper even though you've told them to stop flushing it down the toilet? Tune in to the 130th episode of The Ask James Wise Show to learn what to do when your tenant refuses to throw their toilet paper into a trash can and insists on flushing it down the toilet.

Who's better for housing investors, Trump or Kamala Harris? During this episode of The Ask James Wise Show, Australian millionaire Engelo Rumora sounds off on US Politics, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, US business, corruption, communism, US real estate investing, and why he moved to America to grow his real estate investment company OzRealty. Tune in to HoltonWiseTV for money making insights from Aussie millionaire, real estate investor & OzRealty owner Engelo Rumora.

Newsweek recently published a story claiming a new poll said that more Americans trust Kamala Harris than Donald Trump on the economy. During the 128th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, James Wise explains why he thinks that is a fake news story.

How much money is BiggerPockets worth? A lot. BiggerPockets is worth a lot of friggin money. BiggerPockets is worth a shockingly large amount of money. During the 127th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, top BiggerPockets forum contributor James Wise is discussing the most recent sale of BiggerPockets to The Chernin Group. When BiggerPockets was sold by Joshua Dorkin to McCarthy Capital Partners, the valuation of the company was alleged to be $44 Million dollars. This time around, the valuation has allegedly skyrocketed to $230 Million dollars.

BiggerPockets has gone through some huge changes recently. The biggest being the firing of longtime BiggerPockets Podcast host David Greene and his co-host Rob Abasolo. On top of that, BiggerPockets has hired long time BiggerPockets contributor Dave Meyer as the new host of the BiggerPockets Podcast. According to what Dave Meyer said on the 1,000 episode of the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast, BiggerPockets wants to go in a new direction that involves less fluff, less guru investing strategies, fewer episodes and a more realistic approach to investing in real estate in the current economy. During the 126th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, long time BiggerPockets forum contributor James Wise is discussing his thoughts on all of these changes and why he believes BiggerPocket's most recent sale to The Chernin Group is real reason such a dramatic company shakeup.

The record rise in interest rates we've seen over the last couple years has created an ice cold real estate market. Couple that with Bidenomics, inflation, stagnating wages, increased energy cost, increased regulation and many real estate professionals believe this has created the worst housing market we've seen in decades. However, it looks that is all changing now. During the 125th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, real estate investing expert James Wise is discussing how BRRRR  strategy investors and house flippers will benefit the most from the changes he's seen in the real estate investor market since the Trump assassination attempt along with the recent comments made by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell about lowering interest rates in the coming month. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing market updates, news, advice and investment information.

Gavin Newsom finally did something to combat the homeless crisis in California. However, a lot of people think he did it for political reasons as opposed to making California residents safer. During the 124th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, James Wise explains his theory on why Gavin Newsom finally took strong action to end the homeless crisis in California. Given Gavin Newsom's long history of attacking property owners in California, James Wise believes the order to remove the countless homeless encampments in California is about becoming Kamala Harris's vice presidential candidate and not helping out property owners in the state of California. 

Joe Biden is out, and Kamala Harris is in. During the 123rd episode of The Ask James Wise Show, James Wise is discussing what it would look like if the unthinkable happens, and Kamala Harris defeats Donald Trump to become the 47th president of the United States of America. What would a Kamala Harris presidency mean for the housing market, investors and landlords during her presidency? Is Kamala Harris going to be as anti landlord as Joe Biden was? Or, does Kamala Harris have different plans for the housing policies of her administration? Would a Kamala Harris presidency target landlords and investors with anti landlord policies? Or, would a Kamala Harris presidency be good for the housing market and those who invest in housing for a living? Tune in to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, education and investment opportunities.

Joe Biden was running his 2024 presidential campaign on a lot of anti landlord and anti real estate investor based policies. You'd think that Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race would be a good thing for investors and those who work in the housing industry. However, during the 122nd episode of The Ask James Wise Show, real estate investing expert James Wise is explaining why Joe Biden being replaced by Kamala Harris as Donald Trump's political opponent in the 2024 presidential race is actually a bad thing for the housing market. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, education and investment opportunities.

Do politics and real estate go hand in hand? You betcha. Especially in today's day and age where we've got an election involving Donald Trump, the most famous real estate investor in the world vs Joe Biden, a progressive career politician who is in favor of national rent control. During the 121st episode of The Ask James Wise Show, housing market expert James Wise is discussing how the Trump assassination attempt and Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 presidential race completely changed the real estate market. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, education and investment opportunities.

For the last 15+ years the Cleveland real estate market has been one of the hottest markets for cash flow investing. Cleveland has been a major target for out of state investors who want to buy income producing properties in an affordable market that's much more landlord friendly than the markets they live in like California, Portland, New York, New Jersey and Seattle. However, these days the real estate market in Cleveland and the rest of the USA is much different than it was a decade ago. During the 120th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, Cleveland real estate investing expert James Wise is explaining the changes in the Cleveland market by going over a slew of topics that are important to out of state investors who are looking to make their money buying rental properties in Cleveland, Ohio. From interest rates, to Cleveland's new lead based paint laws, to Justin Bibb's rivalry with HoltonWise and other out of state investors, to the nuances of the Cleveland housing court, James Wise is going over a ton of information on Cleveland's housing market to help investors understand whether or not Cleveland is still a landlord friendly real estate market in 2024. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV to learn more about investing in rental properties in the best cash flow markets in the USA.

Everyone is leaving California. Everyday more and more insurance companies are pulling their business from the state, in part due to wildfires. Insurance companies aren't the only businesses that are leaving California in record numbers though. During the 119th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, real estate investing expert James Wise is explaining why California has a lot more to worry about then just wild fires and insurance companies leaving. The way the government has been attacking real estate investors is creating a situation where landlords and investors are leaving California almost as fast as the insurance companies. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

According to Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, the city of Denver is planning on ending all evictions by the year 2025. During the 118th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, James Wise is discussing the woke off that then Mayoral candidate Mike Johnston had with Kelly Brough before he won the eviction on his extremely woke anti landlord agenda. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

Nothing good comes from living in Portland. During the 117th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, James Wise is discussing the case of Phillip Nelson. Nelson is a man who presented himself as the landlord of a fourplex in Portland who stabbed two of his tenant's (Najaf “Nate” Hobbs and Cassy Leaton) to death in what he claims was self defense. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

If you are afraid of a dog damaging your rental property, you better not become a landlord in California. California, widely considered the worst state for landlords, just got worse. During the 116th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, California rental property investing expert James Wise is discussing a new landlord tenant proposal coming out of Sacramento, California. This new law would ban landlords make it illegal for landlords to ban pets from their rental properties. Additionally, this new law would also bar landlords from charging pet damage mitigation fees to their tenant's. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

Detroit is one of the most popular cash flow markets for out of state investors. Detroit housing is so cheap that investors from all over the country flock to the area to try their hand at buying dirt cheap houses for pennies on the dollar. Thing is, when you are investing in rental properties in Detroit it's incredibly important that you understand the type of neighborhood you are investing in. Detroit neighborhoods are commonly graded on an A to F scale amongst Detroit real estate investors. A-class neighborhoods being the least risky, but most expensive and F-class neighborhoods being the cheapest, but most risky. During the 115th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, Section 8 investing expert James Wise & the folks over at Logical Property Management are taking viewers on a tour of a D-Class neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV to learn more about real estate investing in the Detroit real estate market.

NerdWallet recently published a guide for new real estate investors. The aim of this guide was to teach new investors 4 of the best ways to get started in real estate investing. During the 114th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, real estate investing expert James Wise explains why he disagrees with NertWallet's real estate investing quick start guide for beginners. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, education and entertainment.

Despite low inventory and high interest rates, Americans still consider housing to be the best long term investment. During the 113th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, real estate investing expert James Wise explains why real estate beats out stocks, mutual funds, gold, savings accounts, CDs, bonds and cryptocurrency as the best long term investment. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, education and entertainment.

Despite a law that forces them not to discriminate against Section 8 tenants, the majority of landlords in Milwaukee refuse to rent their properties to Section 8 renters because they believe Section 8 tenants are the worst. During the 112th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, Section 8 investing expert James Wise explains whether or not this Section 8 discrimination is racist or justified. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, education and entertainment.

Rouge progressive city governments can't get away with their woke b/s in the state of Missouri anymore. During the 111th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, real estate investing expert James Wise discusses the recent statewide eviction moratorium ban in Missouri. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

Renting a house or apartment in New York is very difficult for landlords. Rent control and a long eviction timeline are just two of the frustrating aspects of being a landlord in New York. The eviction process in New York has historically taken up to a year from beginning to end. Now, that eviction process has timeline has doubled. During the 110th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, rental property expert James Wise is discussing how New York's new Attorney General, Letitia James has doubled eviction timeline to two years. It can now take up to two years for a landlord to be able to evict a tenant in New York. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

The city of Elmira is the latest city in New York to jump on the anti landlord trend. This New York city is targeting landlords with a public list akin to a scarlet letter. During the 109th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, rental property expert James Wise is discussing how un-American it is to have cities target a certain class of citizens. Having differing sets of rules for building codes because of who the owner is a slap in the face to those who value private property ownership rights. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

Renting a house in Seattle is horrible. Being a landlord in Seattle is extremely difficult given how tenant friendly the Seattle real estate market is. During the 108th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, housing expert James Wise is explaining how a Seattle area landlord was forced to hold a protest outside of his own home because the city will not allow him to evict a squatter who has stolen over $80,000 from him. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

If you hate living in Los Angeles, California because of LA's major homeless problem, don't you worry. Los Angeles has come up with a new plan to fix the homeless problem. During the 107th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, housing expert James Wise is explaining how awesome it is to have the homeless problem solved by the woke California government. The plan is for Los Angeles County to steal your money. They will then take your stolen money to pay for lawyers who are going to steal your house and give it to the squatters, thereby eliminating the homeless problem in California. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

Chicago's ultra progressive Mayor Brandon Johnson tried to take things a step too far to the left for Chicago residents. This time, the windy city's woke Mayor tried to increase the Chicago real estate transfer tax by four times the current rate. The reason for such a massive tax increase was to shake Chicago property owners down so the city could pay for their homeless problem. During the 106th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, James Wise is discussing why Chicago property owners rejected this woke housing policy. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

Housing rights took a big hit with a new progressive housing law signed by Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott. The new law, called the "Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act" forces landlords to sell their home to their tenant if the tenant decides they want to buy it. During the 105th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, James Wise is discussing how un-American it is to have a law that forces a landlord to sell their house to their tenant. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, real estate education and real estate investment opportunities.

It's been estimated that as many as 80% of the Section 8 voucher holder in Texas have been denied housing by a landlord at one point or another. During the 104th episode of The Ask James Wise Show, James Wise provides insight into why so many landlords in Texas are not willing to rent their properties to Section 8 tenants. James Wise also discusses how landlord tenant laws in Texas are so different than the landlord tenant laws in a blue area like Washington DC where landlords can face a fine of up to $10 million for discriminating against Section 8 tenants. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more housing news, education and entertainment.

Imprisoning a child because her mom didn't pay the rent is pure insanity. During the 103rd episode of The Ask James Wise Show, James Wise dives into the crazy story of the Kenyan landlord who imprisoned a small girl because her mother owed him rent. This guy is a shining example of why so many people hate landlords. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more real estate information, education, entertainment and investment opportunities.

To say that renting a house in Seattle is tough is the understatement of all understatements. The landlord tenant laws is Seattle are so backwards that even landlords renting houses in the best neighborhoods in Seattle are at an extreme risk of financial disaster when the wrong tenant moves into their property. During the 102nd episode of The Ask James Wise Show, property management expert James Wise is discussing the sad case of Jason Roth. Jason was a Seattle mechanic turned landlord who was forced to live in his van after his tenant stopped paying rent. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more real estate information, education, entertainment and investment opportunities.

On the heels of Covid and George Floyd, things got really strange in Minnesota. From riots to an eviction records ban that effectively prevented Minnesota landlords from being able to properly screen their tenants, Minnesota was going through a wild time. Luckily the Minnesota Supreme Court has stepped in and issued a ruling that should help get things back on track. During the 101st episode of The Ask James Wise Show, real estate investing expert James Wise is discussing the recent ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court that has found that the state law that banned landlords and the public from accessing eviction filings was unconstitutional, thus allowing landlords the ability to begin proper tenant screening practices again. Subscribe to HoltonWiseTV for more real estate information, education, entertainment and investment opportunities.