Today’s episode tells the story of twin brothers who, despite having no track record, no ownership experience, and very little equity, bet on themselves and jumped into starting a company together. Will Matheson and Evan Matheson are the co-founders of Matheson Capital and Will joins us today for a chat. In our conversation today we discuss what inspired the brothers to attend the real estate program at Columbia, Will’s thoughts on growing your network, and the flow of their acquisitions from small to large. He talks about investment strategies he’s most and least excited about and how investor sentiment has changed over the last 18 months. Tune in to hear his most memorable close-call experience as a real estate investor and how he dealt with it. For all this and more, start listening now.
Key Points From This Episode:
- What made Will and his twin brother jump into the program at Columbia.
- Their start and how they scaled their company to a hundred million dollars.
- Will shares the flow of their acquisitions when they started their company.
- Growing the network out and his thoughts on having happy investors.
- When they decided to move from smaller to larger properties.
- He talks about their current business model and what that looks like.
- Product types that have piqued their interest in our current economic environment.
- The investment strategies he’s most and least excited about.
- The value ad properties he finds to be a real opportunity.
- Where their equity capital is coming from.
- His thoughts on how investor sentiment has changed over the last 18 months.
- The aspects of the deal they are currently focused on.
- Will shares a close-call experience as a real estate investor and how he dealt with it.
- Best practices for working with a co-founder; especially if that person is your twin.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Will Matheson on LinkedIn
Matheson Capital
Marcus & Millichap
Vertical Street Ventures
VSV Academy
Passive Income Through Multifamily Real Estate Facebook Group
Peter Pomeroy on LinkedIn
Peter Pomeroy Email