Good Deals are Made; Not Found – with Matt Skinner

<p>Matt Skinner started as a general contractor and graduated into development and syndication in early 2000. When the market crashed, he found multifamily investing and has never looked back.  He loves that apartment ownership provides cash flow, tax benefits, and growth.</p> <p>In this episode, Matt shares why he thinks you should focus on one market and become an expert in it, and how doing so makes it easy to attract the capital you need. </p> <p>Checkout: Raising Capital Without Rejection Full-Day Workshop (Online): <a href='https://investorattractionworkshop.com/'>https://investorattractionworkshop.com/</a></p> <p>What you’ll learn in just 17 minutes from today’s episode:</p> <ul><li>Discover how you can build a fortune in real estate even if you are just a high school graduate </li> <li>Learn how to focus on the market and find deals on a regular basis and make money consistently with them </li> <li>Discover one smart trick to attract capital partners with confidence and not with neediness </li> </ul> <p>Resources/Links:</p> <ul><li>Get your FREE Book and click here: <a href='https://dealmakersociety.com/book-dmm/'>https://dealmakersociety.com/book-dmm/</a> </li> </ul> <p>Topics Covered: </p> <p>00:52 – Where Matt lives and invests right now </p> <p>02:55 – From a construction worker to a real estate entrepreneur </p> <p>07:00 – How to raise capital </p> <p>10:06 – Great opportunities that COVID afforded him </p> <p>12:32 – Attracting possible capital partners </p> <p>14:39 – The book that tells you how he raised his first capital </p> <p>Key Takeaways: </p> <p>“I do most of my investing, I do have assets in California, we primarily do new development in here because if you can get your hands on a piece of land, you can build something way cheaper than you can buy it, the values are just so high, the price per square foot they sell for more than they cost to build.” – Matt Skinner </p> <p>“With raising capital, there are rules, and there are regulations. And