Nathan Turner is the Canadian Note Guy. He started in real estate the way most operators do: he flipped a house, couldn't sell one of them, accidentally became a landlord. In 2009 someone introduced him to the world of buying the mortgage instead of the house, and he never looked back. He moved from being the hands-on operator (swinging hammers, spreading paint, fielding tenant calls) to being the lienholder. He owns Earnest Investing and runs the Diversified Mortgage Expo, which is hitting i...

How Dr. Jacopo Iasiello Turned Crisis into a Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Portfolio

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 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 every Tuesday at 12pm ET.