Real Estate Underground
Real Estate Underground
Ed Mathews
Tom Dunkel's SAFE Method: Vetting Every Deal Before You Invest
40 minutes Posted Jun 16, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
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Meet Tom Dunkel and Eagle Capital Investments
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The SAFE Investing Method: Sponsor, Asset, Financials, Exit
Taxes and the lazy man's 1031 exchange
The Wealth Builder's Playbook and being the "who"
The buy box: mobile home parks, co-living, multifamily
Where self-storage sits after the boom
Using Claude and Manus to move faster
Lightning round: purpose, significance, and legacy
The best advice he ever got
A decision he would take back
On the nightstand: Invest Like a Billionaire
Defining success as an empty nester
Golf, a rock and roll cover band, and where to find Tom
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If you are within three feet of Ed Mathews, you are probably talking about real estate. This week the conversation is with Tom Dunkel, managing principal at Eagle Capital Investments, and it is a clinic in how to vet a deal before a dollar leaves your account.
Tom has been a full-time investor for two decades. Over that span he has raised more than $50 million in private capital from a network of investors who lean on his experience to place money into alternatives most people never see: mu...