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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Jun 14, 2022 • 39min
Learn How To Successfully Raise Money For Your Real Estate Investments, with Alan Cowgill
Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #20If you've ever tried to raise money for your real estate investments, you've probably read one of Alan's books on how to make it happen. If you haven't, this episode is for you!The great Alan Cowgill gives us some of his best ideas on how to raise money from private lenders, even if you don't have any money of your own. Listen to this episode and learn how the pros do it.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)
Jun 7, 2022 • 55min
How to Create Generational Wealth in Real Estate, with Jason Courtney
Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #19!Think you need to go to a fancy college to be successful in real estate? Nope. Jason Courtney is proof positive you can begin from anywhere in life and still achieve your life's goals. Listen to this amazing story of life transformation, redemption and success from a man who has gone from incarceration to never having to work another day in his life, all by getting on the right path and using real estate to create generational wealth.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)
May 31, 2022 • 39min
How To Successfully Reduce Vacancy Rates, with Bard Kligerman
Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #18!Welcome to the NBA, friends. Bard Kligerman is the CEO of Connecticut Realty Trust. Bard made his bones while buying and rehabbing affordable housing, beginning in Waterbury. Since 2007, Bard and his team have acquired more than 1,500 units here in Connecticut. Bard brings a unique business philosophy to his operation. Connecticut Realty Trust is focused on creating clean and safe assets where his residents are happy to live. He's successfully reduced his vacancy rates, well below the general market, and he has strong, long-standing partnerships with his residents. Bard is now building a 90+ unit development in Granby. Listen to this episode to learn how a real estate pro, at the top of his game, operates.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)
May 26, 2022 • 32min
How To Invest In Real Estate Without Breaking The Bank, with Brendan Chisholm
Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #17!Go to college, they said. Get a good job and you'll be all set, they said. Brendan Chisholm was where a lot of us were. He has a good education and a good job. He tried jumping into the stock market gambling machine and didn't enjoy the ride. He soon realized he was looking for a more stable, predictable investment approach by buying real estate to build cash flow and accumulate wealth. With that, he jumped in headfirst.Brendan is proof you don't need a massive pile of cash to successfully invest in real estate. Listen to this episode to hear all about how he's grown so large, so quickly.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)
May 10, 2022 • 33min
Getting Into The Self-Storage Space, with Luke Florian
Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #16!Luke Florian grew up watching his parents build their real estate business. He then jumped into wholesaling and flipping single-family homes. A graduate of the CTREIA Coaching Program, Luke is growing a multi-family portfolio and, now, also getting into the self-storage space. His focus has gone from cash position to building generational wealth.Listen in to this show to hear from one of Connecticut's most active and successful investors.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)
Apr 5, 2022 • 29min
Breaking Down the Numbers and Making Real Estate Investing Work for You, with Ahmed Khan
Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #15Ahmed Khan is a residential buy and hold investor, who sprinkled in a little bit of rehabbing on the side. Ahmed is an experienced entrepreneur who uses his experience as a technical Project Manager to accumulate an impressive portfolio in a short period of time.Ahmed began his investing career acquiring and flipping gas stations with a family member when he recognized the opportunity in residential real estate. Ahmed brings his unique perspective to this episode. He will tell you how he looks at a deal, how he breaks down the numbers and how he delivers results.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)
Mar 29, 2022 • 29min
Escaping the Rat Race and Building a Successful Real Estate Business, with Julie Greco
Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #14.The one...the only...Julie Greco! This #ctreia veteran joins the Real Estate Underground crew for an interesting and fun exploration of the real estate investing world. Julie is an entrepreneur, corporate rat trace escapee, and actress turned real estate investor who brought her big brain, tenacious networking prowess, and sparkling personality to master several different asset classes.From tax notes, to flips to multi-family, Julie has crushed it across several areas within the real estate investing world. Join us if you want to learn how a seasoned pro built her impressive portfolio.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)
Mar 22, 2022 • 31min
Growing Your Real Estate Empire, with Tom & Kevin Williams
Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #13Tom and Kevin Williams are a father and son team using their extensive legal, accounting, and digital marketing expertise to build a broad portfolio across multiple asset classes. From notes to multifamily to mobile home parks, this duo is well on their way to growing a substantial portfolio. This episode is for anyone who wants to learn how this high-performing team executes their unique approach to real estate investment.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)
Mar 14, 2022 • 34min
Building A Thriving and Interconnected Real Estate Juggernaut, with Dave Devito
Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #12Dave Devito is a real estate entrepreneur's entrepreneur. He is an investor, wholesaler, realtor, and mortgage broker. He is a walking one-stop-shop of creative real estate deal-making. Here at the Underground, we're pretty sure the guy never sleeps.Dave is one of those special people you come across who is good at everything, hard-working, honest, and on top of it all, a really good dude. Dave is a wealth of information and a networking dynamo.Listen in to this episode to learn how he approaches his deal-making, hear about some of his successes, a new venture he's creating and how he overcame a property fire early in his career. You'll also hear how this deal machine is building a thriving and interconnected real estate juggernaut.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)
Mar 1, 2022 • 45min
Building A Student Housing Maven, with Mark Goux
Send us Fan MailWelcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #11Mark Goux is a professional rehabber, student housing maven, and all-around rental property rock star! In this week's episode, Mark joins Ed and Rich from Clark St Holdings' worldwide headquarters!Mark spent more than a decade in the restaurant business building struggling locations back into becoming profit centers, again, for his partner company. Like many of us here in the Underground, Mark made the leap into real estate after he realized his bosses were never going to compensate him in line with the value he delivered. So he took his considerable talents and his no BS mindset to the real estate world and has been crushing it ever since.Mark has led a truly interesting life...from the restaurant world to the professional wrestling ring, to the Jerry Springer Show, and now, to real estate. Listen in to one of our most interesting, eclectic, and information-packed episodes yet!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)
