Patrick Grimes lost everything in 2009 and 2010. He was a snot-nosed engineer out of college, indexed all-in on a pre-development real estate deal with a personal guarantee. The market turned. The advice he had ignored, from the founder of his old machine design firm, kept coming back: "Don't put everything in high tech. If you want a financial future for your family, take your high money and your high tech and dump it in alternatives." Patrick spent the next decade and a half rebuilding arou...

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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.