Sam Wegert built a chain of martial arts schools for 15 years before pivoting full time into real estate. Today he and his wife own around 250 rooms in Charlotte and manage several hundred more, all under one strategy: co-living. Single-family home, single-family debt, multifamily income. 

The model is simple to describe and hard to operate. You buy a 2,500-square-foot 1990s house with a boxy floor plan and a non-HOA neighborhood. You convert every square inch that is not the kitchen or one ...

Clean, Quiet, Safe: Management Essentials

From Oil Fields to Real Estate Empires with Casey Gregersen

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.