Real Estate Underground
Ed Mathews
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About the Show
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 learn and hear about:
Deals that worked (and the ones that didn't)
- What we learned when contractors ghosted and we had to step in
- How to vet opportunities when everyone else is sitting on the sidelines
- Conservative underwriting in markets that punish optimism
- Systems that protect capital when deals go sideways
Whether 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 every Tuesday at 12pm ET.
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Regularly hosts outside guests
20 of recent episodes transcribed
198 episodes — long track record
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Recent Episodes
S5E198 B-Class Property, A-Class Management: The Short-Term Rental Edge with Tim Hubbard
Short-term rentals are supposed to be the most hands-on asset class in real estate. Tim Hubbard runs hundreds of them across the U.S. and multiple countries—without ever being on the ground. Tim is…
S5E197 From X Games Gold to 3,300 Multifamily Units with Dan Brisse
What does it take for a professional snowboarder, six X Games appearances, gold and silver medals, fifteen years on tour, to land in real estate? For Dan Brisse, the answer was watching the guys five…
S5E196 Real Estate Hustle vs. Real Estate Business with JB Thibodeaux
JB Thibodeaux grew up in Acres Homes in Houston and is a third-generation carpenter and concrete specialist who turned that craft into a vertically-integrated real estate development business. His…
400 1031s, Zero Failures: The Senior-Care Niche Hiding in Plain Sight with Dan Ihara
Dan Ihara has sold over $1 billion of real estate, moved 1,600+ units, and completed 400+ 1031 exchanges—without failing a single one.And he built the whole thing around a niche almost no operator…
S5E194 Internet Isn't a Tenant Cost...It's an NOI Lever - with Adam Bell
Most multifamily operators treat internet as a tenant problem or a cost line they grumble about. Adam Bell, Founder and CEO of Internet Subway, says they're leaving real money on the table.Adam runs…
S5E193 Plan A, B, and C: Buy More Land with Brandon Cobb
Brandon Cobb's business model is simple: take farmland, get it approved for housing, and sell it to national home builders like Lennar and DR Horton. The builders have no choice but to buy. They're…
S5E192 It's Not Gambling, It's Building: A Billion-Dollar CRE Playbook with Ben Reinberg
Ben Reinberg has done over $1 billion in commercial real estate transactions. He didn't get there chasing returns. He got there by treating CRE as what it actually is: a hard asset that produces cash…
S5E191 Obscurity is the Enemy: AI, Marketing, and the Operator's Edge with Clay Lehman
Clay Lehman spent 20 years in real estate, starting at Arthur Andersen, running the Ocala controller desk for Pulte Homes, and eventually building Lehman's Strategic Partners to help agents grow…
S5E190 123% Leverage and the Crash That Changed Everything with Joel Kraut
Joel Kraut co-founded BRRRR Loans after losing $4.2 million in the 2008 crash. He had 144 properties at over 100% leverage when the market turned. Five tenants called the same day to say they…
S5E189 No Government Owns Us: Building a Global Real Estate Portfolio with Ladislas Maurice
Ladislas Maurice left a corporate career at Nestle to spend the last nine years investing in real estate across emerging and frontier markets around the world. He buys apartments in Nairobi for…
S5E188 From Gold Bricks to Gold Coins: Real Estate Tokenization with Tyler Vinson
Tyler Vinson has spent 25 years in investment real estate, from duplexes and flips to multifamily, commercial, and Class A storage. Now he's building the infrastructure to bring real estate into the…
S5E187 Time, Money, and the $21 Million Leap with Ashley Garner
Ashley Garner grew up swinging a hammer on student rentals near West Virginia University. Decades later, he jumped from a 35-unit portfolio to a $21 million, 196-unit acquisition in North Carolina.…
S5E186 Dead Retail, Live Returns with Neil Henderson
Neil Henderson is a general partner and Director of Investor Relations at Nomad Capital, a Wilmington, NC-based private equity firm with a twist on self-storage: they buy vacant big-box retail…
S5E185 The Cincinnati Mistake That Built a $2 Billion Company with Joe Fairless
Joe Fairless built Ashcroft Capital into one of the most recognized multifamily syndicators in the country — $2B+ in assets, properties across the Sunbelt, and a vertically integrated management…
S5E184 Deal Junkie Diaries: Michael Pouliot Talks Strategy for 2026 and Beyond
In this episode, Ed welcomes Michael Pouliot of Carbon Real Estate Investments, a vertically integrated private equity firm operating workforce housing apartments across the Southeast. Pouliot…
S5E183 From Prison to Paradise: Fuzzy Jardine and The Pono Way
This week, Ed welcomes Hawaii-based real estate developer and educator Fuzzy Jardine to Real Estate Underground. Fuzzy shares his background growing up in Hawaii, getting into trouble with drugs and…
S5E182 The Lazy Investor Who Helped 2,000 People Buy Rental Properties
Melissa Nash spent $10K on a fully renovated $190K property with a tenant already in place.Cash flows $200/month.Sounds boring until you realize: $10K all-in. Someone else is buying her a house. And…
S5E181 Riding the Short-Term Lane: Kenny Bedwell’s Data-Driven Journey to STR Riches
Mastering Short-Term Rentals with Data-Driven Real Estate Strategies - Featuring Kenny Bedwell from STR InsightsIn this insightful episode of the Real Estate Underground podcast, host Ed Mathews…
S5E180 AI Arbitrage: Why the Next 12 Months Will Separate Real Estate Winners from the Losers
What if you could turn a 10-hour due diligence process into 20 minutes of review?Alberto Rizzoli, CEO of V7 Labs, reveals how AI workflow automation is eliminating the "purgatory" of real estate…
S4E179 From Contractor to Mogul: Joao Macavilca's Real-Estate Adventure
Episode Resources:Website: www.stf-capital.comIG: @Joaomac_stfFB: @STF_Capital LinkedIn: Joao MacavilcaElevista - Speed as a Service™Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system…
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