Ed Mathews

Being a C-level executive should not stop you from owning real estate. Find a partner who will: - find the deals - acquire & manage the properties - improve the buildings - serve the residents - manage & grow the asset's value - safely double your investment every 3-7 years

Wrote a check for internet last quarter? What if that became revenue instead of expense? Adam Bell: it's already happening at well-run multifamily portfolios. 5-15% NOI uplift on bulk deployments. REU: buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

"Fiber probably has a 30-year lifespan at a minimum. I don't see it going away. I see it increasing in capacity." Adam Bell, Internet Subway. This week on REU. buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

Billions are being invested in fiber networks. You own the buildings they go into. Adam Bell: property owners are in a rare position to own a portion of that infrastructure. This week on REU. buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

"There's a lot of people that provide bulk internet. Not everyone provides experience." Adam Bell, Internet Subway. This week on REU. buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

"Most multifamily operators think about internet as a tenant cost. It's actually an NOI lever." The whole episode is built on this reframe. Adam Bell, this week on REU. buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

Most multifamily operators think internet is a tenant cost. Adam Bell says it's an NOI lever, and the fiber itself is a 30-year asset you can own. New Real Estate Underground episode. Drops today 12 PM ET. buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

Most real estate investors use ChatGPT as the full team. For me... - Claude to think and code - Codex to find errors and risk - Perplexity to research - Gemini creative - Claude/n8n for process How do you and your team use AI?

Identifying forced buyers is one of the most underrated edges in real estate. Brandon Cobb's $20M/yr business is built on one: public homebuilders that MUST keep buying land.

How Brandon Cobb de-risks land development: - City alignment first - Don't spend until you're sure - Buyer lined up during DD This week on Real Estate Underground.

"I'm not trying to do a gajillion deals. I want to do two or three deals a year, have some seven-figure paydays, and not have to worry about it." Brandon Cobb, this week on REU.

Public homebuilders' entire strategy: buy land, build houses, repeat. There is no Plan B. There is no Plan C. It's all Plan A. Brandon Cobb on this week's REU.

National homebuilders MUST keep buying land. Their stock price depends on it. Brandon Cobb sells them the dirt. $20M/yr. Lost $1M, made $1.4M on the next one. New REU episode out now.

The CRE lesson nobody learns until it's too late: your ability to hold is everything. Over-leveraged, market turns, you're done. Ben Reinberg's hardest-won lesson on the new REU episode: buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

One of the most chaotic markets in decades. Inflation. Rate uncertainty. Geopolitical risk. Most investors are paralyzed. Ben Reinberg has navigated crashes before. His take this time around: buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

Real estate is not a commodity. It's a hard asset. Ben Reinberg learned that the old-school way -- in the field, not in a course. $1B+ in CRE later, the philosophy still holds. buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

Medical office isn't sexy. That's the point. The human body doesn't go out of style. Ben Reinberg built his $1B+ CRE portfolio around assets that work in recessions, downturns, and chaos. buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

Cash flow. Tax efficiency. Long-term security. That's it. Ben Reinberg built $1B+ in CRE by keeping it that simple. While everyone else was gambling on appreciation, he was building. buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

New episode of Real Estate Underground is live. Ben Reinberg has done $1B+ in CRE. We cover medical office, the overleverage trap, and what it actually means to treat real estate as a hard asset. buzzsprout.com/2182677/episod…

"The real power of AI is in enhancing what you already have. If there's no substance, AI's only gonna carry you so far." Clay Lehman on Real Estate Underground. AI doesn't replace reps. It multiplies them. Link in comments.

"The difference with AI is the speed of adoption. It's already happening." Clay Lehman on Real Estate Underground. By the time you decide to start, the early movers are already three cycles ahead. Link in comments.