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Matt Picheny - From Broadway Theater to Passive Investor

The Gentle Art of Crushing It!
The Gentle Art of Crushing It!
Episode • Dec 15, 2022 • 37m

Are you ready to start investing but don't know where to start?

Get VIP access to the top investment strategies, active and passive, from today's guest, Real Estate Investor, #1 Best-Selling Author, and Tony Award Winner Matt Picheny!


Matt went from earning less than $8,000 a year as an actor to generating half a billion dollars of real estate transactions.

In just six years, Matt invested in over 10,000 apartments nationwide and helped his own clients amass tens of millions of dollars in profit.


He’s also the author of the #1 best-selling book Backstage Guide to Real Estate: Produce Passive Income, Write Your Own Story, and Direct Your Dollars Towards Positive Change.

Matt and his wife have two Tony Awards® as co-producers of the Broadway shows Moulin Rouge and American Utopia. They have invested

in many other theatrical productions, including the iconic musicals Hamilton and Wicked.


Matt shares what it was like overcoming his fears and investing in his first passive and active deals, the challenges he faced, and how he was able to apply the things he learned to his business along the way. 

He shares how important building a relationship, being persistent, and being educated are to successful investing as well as the three pillars of investing that he uses to generate cash flow and live his life to its fullest.


HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EPISODE

00:00 - Coming up

00:13 - Intro 

00:54 - Welcome Matt to the show

01:20 - Matt shares his background 

03:24 - How he got into real estate

05:18 - His experience in active investing 

07:15 - Working as a property manager

09:25 - Cost segregation study

12:40 - What you should know as an investor 

15:17 - First passive investment 

21:05 - Investing and purchase strategies 

24:51 - Attitude of operators 

27:16 - His journey back into the active space

31:02 - Podcast or book recommendations 

32:10 - Resources that new investors might find helpful 

34:17 - A recent bucket item list that he has checked off

35:30 - Final thoughts 


LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

Get Matt's Book- The Backstage Guide to Real Estate- https://picheny.com/backstage-guide/

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail by Ray Dalio- https://www.amazon.com/Changing-World-Order-Nations-Succeed/dp/1982160276

Matt Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/picheny/


CONNECT WITH THE GUEST

Connect with Matt at www.picheny.com


CONNECT WITH THE HOST

Connect with our host, Randy Smith, for more educational content or to discuss investment opportunities in the real estate syndication space at www.impactequity.net, https://www.linkedin.com/in/randallsmith or on Instagram at @salesguyinvestor


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