Real Estate Underground

Ed Mathews

Real talk from an operator who learned real estate the hard way.Ed Mathews analyzed 1,100+ deals before buying his first property in 2011. Frozen in fear. He made every mistake, all while traveling 150+ nights a year working for some of Silicon Valley's top companies. 100+ deals later, he shares what actually works and what doesn't.Each week, Ed brings you candid conversations with experienced operators, investors, and syndicators. No hype. No theory. Just real deals, real lessons, and the street-level intelligence you won't find anywhere else.You'll hear about:Deals that worked (and the ones that didn't)What we learned when contractors ghosted and we had to step inHow to vet opportunities when everyone else is sitting on the sidelinesConservative underwriting in markets that punish optimismSystems that protect capital when deals go sidewaysWhether you're analyzing your first deal or your hundredth, this is the conversation you'd have over coffee with someone who's been there, made the mistakes, learned the lessons and built the track record.New episodes weekly.

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Jan 10, 2023 • 45min

Exploring the Difference Between Active & Passive Real Estate Investing, with Margaret Kozlark

Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #47!What you’ll learn about in this episode:In real estate, failures are opportunities to learn.How can we exploit the capital and earn a good amount of money?What is the difference between passive and active investment?Is there a difference between Multi-family and single-family homes? What is much better to fix or flip for a good investment?Fixing property is essential because we create a clean and safe place for people to live and then upgrade and enhance it.Resources:Email: margaret@noblivest.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-kozlarkFacebook: www.facebook.com/noblivestInstagram: www.instagram.com/noblivestWebsite: https://noblivest.comElevista - Speed as a Service™Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system built for real estate investors. Heads up: If you find this week's book intriguing and you buy using our link, we receive a small commission that helps support the show. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Real Estate Underground for weekly insights on building wealth through real estate, without sacrificing your sanity.Additional Resources:Clark St Capital -> Passive real estate investments for busy business owners and executivesElevista -> AI SaaS for real estate investorsClark St Academy on YouTube -> Learn how to invest in real estateSocial Media:LinkedIn -> Ed Mathews (President at Clark St and Elevista)

Dec 13, 2022 • 40min

Why Doctors Make Great Entrepreneurs, with Dr. Pranay Parikh

Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #46!What you’ll learn about in this episode:In real estate, failures are opportunities to learn.Does real estate that hard that you need to leave your profession?Is there an easy way to earn passive in Real estate?You don’t need to have unique talents in real estate; you need to try and fail and try again.In real estate, failures are opportunities to learn.Does real estate that hard that you need to leave your profession?What are the struggles you will encounter in real estate?Resources:Email: pranay@ascentequitygroup.comWebsite: reu.ascentequitygroup.comElevista - Speed as a Service™Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system built for real estate investors. Heads up: If you find this week's book intriguing and you buy using our link, we receive a small commission that helps support the show. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Real Estate Underground for weekly insights on building wealth through real estate, without sacrificing your sanity.Additional Resources:Clark St Capital -> Passive real estate investments for busy business owners and executivesElevista -> AI SaaS for real estate investorsClark St Academy on YouTube -> Learn how to invest in real estateSocial Media:LinkedIn -> Ed Mathews (President at Clark St and Elevista)

Dec 6, 2022 • 37min

Leverage The Digital Space For Closing Real Estate Investment Deals, with Bob McIntosh

Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #45!What you’ll learn about in this episode:The anatomy of a great real estate business.Advantages of Rental property investment when starting your real estate career.The importance of location in buying a property.How to leverage the digital space in closing a deal?The edge of building a personal relationship is an excellent opportunity to have a client, deal, and cash flow.Resources:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebobmcintoshPhone: 850-299-4949Elevista - Speed as a Service™Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system built for real estate investors. Heads up: If you find this week's book intriguing and you buy using our link, we receive a small commission that helps support the show. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Real Estate Underground for weekly insights on building wealth through real estate, without sacrificing your sanity.Additional Resources:Clark St Capital -> Passive real estate investments for busy business owners and executivesElevista -> AI SaaS for real estate investorsClark St Academy on YouTube -> Learn how to invest in real estateSocial Media:LinkedIn -> Ed Mathews (President at Clark St and Elevista)

Nov 29, 2022 • 32min

How To Invest in Real Estate During The Digital Economy Transition, with Joe Robert

Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #44!Joe Robert has over 20 years of experience in alternative asset management, including start-ups, seed round funding, real estate, and cryptocurrency. He currently serves as Robert Ventures's CEO, offering clients a 10% fixed-rate return through high-quality alternative assets. He believes we are in the beginning stages of the transition to a digital economy. The following 10 years will challenge everything we think we know about investing, finance, and wealth management.Resources:Website: https://joerobert.comWebsite: https://robertventures.comElevista - Speed as a Service™Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system built for real estate investors. Heads up: If you find this week's book intriguing and you buy using our link, we receive a small commission that helps support the show. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Real Estate Underground for weekly insights on building wealth through real estate, without sacrificing your sanity.Additional Resources:Clark St Capital -> Passive real estate investments for busy business owners and executivesElevista -> AI SaaS for real estate investorsClark St Academy on YouTube -> Learn how to invest in real estateSocial Media:LinkedIn -> Ed Mathews (President at Clark St and Elevista)

Nov 22, 2022 • 35min

Learn The Art of Cold Calling For Real Estate Investing, with Zachary Beach

Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #43!Zachary went from a bartender to a Real Estate Expert, Coach, and 2x Best-Selling Author of Real Estate On Your Terms & The New Rules of Real Estate Investing. He's the COO of Smart Real Estate Coach, a partner in multiple 7-figure businesses, and co-host of the Smart Real Estate Coach and Not Just A Transaction podcasts.At 25, Zach decided to leave the world of bartending and personal training and jump into the family business. It was one of the first significant risks he took in his life, as nothing was guaranteed. Zach knew absolutely nothing about real estate. Through hard work, in-house training, and implementation, Zach has now completed over 100 deals, and on top of that, he coaches students around the country on how to buy and sell a property just like his family still does. Now, as a group, they buy and sell 25-30 properties a month with a predictable and scalable system, controlling between $60-$80 million of real estate at any one time with little to no money in the deal and no banks involved.Zach has over 6 years of experience and runs all Smart Real Estate Coach operations, continuing to coach his students and associates. He has a fantastic wife, Kayla, and two small children, his son Remi and his daughter Bellamy. He is a prime example of business success and, at home.Resources:Website: https://wickedsmartbooks.com/undergroundElevista - Speed as a Service™Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system built for real estate investors. Heads up: If you find this week's book intriguing and you buy using our link, we receive a small commission that helps support the show. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Real Estate Underground for weekly insights on building wealth through real estate, without sacrificing your sanity.Additional Resources:Clark St Capital -> Passive real estate investments for busy business owners and executivesElevista -> AI SaaS for real estate investorsClark St Academy on YouTube -> Learn how to invest in real estateSocial Media:LinkedIn -> Ed Mathews (President at Clark St and Elevista)

Nov 15, 2022 • 37min

Be Savage and Never Average: Real Estate Investing Tips, with Denise Oster Dehn

Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #42!Denise Oster is a magnetic force of spirited energy ruled by determination. Her tremendous ambition and drive created a new dimension to her inner truths and beliefs. Life’s mishaps and uncertainties are opportunities to fulfill desires for herself and others. She values the magical vibration and unlimited potential we all have. The essence of her life is to seek, serve, learn and grow. Although she may never grow up, she shows up with integrity and commitment. Her bold, sassy yet charismatic approach to life, coupled with the exuberance of her personality, is how she lives her life and impacts others. She doesn’t let shit happen; she makes shit happen. For over 15 years, Denise has helped hundreds of clients realize their Inner truth (IT factor) and discover what they are destined to do. Her message, teachings, experience, knowledge, and coaching have eliminated the safety-value approach to living and transformed into an inner candle flame that won’t flicker even when the worst situations befall you. She is a catalyst for choice, commitment, and community. She is not about finding yourself; she is about creating yourself! Her inner mojo shifts your heart to look within and debunk limited beliefs. Denise’s journey to excellence has been fueled by an unrelenting passion for empowering people to empower others. She holds a psychology degree and is a certified professional life coach, real estate agent, investor, international speaker, certified corporate trainer, TV channel and show host, and former educator. Her passion is to serve others, and her purpose originated from past obstacles that presented opportunities. She lit her flame at the end of her tunnel. She learned to overcome a childhood learning disability, lack of self-worth, fears, infertility, miscarriages, emotional abuse, divorce, single motherhood, and uncertainty. Her past experiences forced her to go within or go without.Resources:Website: www.deniseoster.comElevista - Speed as a Service™Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system built for real estate investors. Heads up: If you find this week's book intriguing and you buy using our link, we receive a small commission that helps support the show. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Real Estate Underground for weekly insights on building wealth through real estate, without sacrificing your sanity.Additional Resources:Clark St Capital -> Passive real estate investments for busy business owners and executivesElevista -> AI SaaS for real estate investorsClark St Academy on YouTube -> Learn how to invest in real estateSocial Media:LinkedIn -> Ed Mathews (President at Clark St and Elevista)

Nov 8, 2022 • 40min

How To Leverage Technology to Increase ROI in Real Estate Investing, with Lucas Hauer

Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #41!Lucas Hauer is a Real estate Investor and former Marketing executive for Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi. Through his company Basil Holdings LLC, they help retirees and corporate professionals invest their capital in cash-flowing properties that provide a hefty return, tax benefits, and stable capital security in the Arizona real estate market. Also, with their subsidiary company, they can provide sellers with cash offers on their assets. They can also help sellers get more for their homes through their investor relationships of nearly 7,000 cash investors!!Resources:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-hauer-163334180Email: Lucashauer1@gmail.com Elevista - Speed as a Service™Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system built for real estate investors. Heads up: If you find this week's book intriguing and you buy using our link, we receive a small commission that helps support the show. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Real Estate Underground for weekly insights on building wealth through real estate, without sacrificing your sanity.Additional Resources:Clark St Capital -> Passive real estate investments for busy business owners and executivesElevista -> AI SaaS for real estate investorsClark St Academy on YouTube -> Learn how to invest in real estateSocial Media:LinkedIn -> Ed Mathews (President at Clark St and Elevista)

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