A decade ago, I spent countless hours speaking on stages across the country, teaching others how to seize opportunities in real estate.

Back then, the economy was in turmoil, and the recession created what I now see as the opportunity of a lifetime.

It was a time when many felt uncertain, but I found clarity and seized the moment.

Within 4.5 years, my personal real estate portfolio grew to 450 houses—without relying on syndication or fractional ownership.

And that wasn’t even the whole story.

The number of properties I flipped and wholesaled? Four times more than what I kept.

Those years of intense effort reshaped my future and accelerated my wealth-building journey beyond what I could have imagined.

Fast-forward to today, and I can sense those same opportunities on the horizon.

They’re coming again. SOON.

Are You Prepared?

Success in real estate—or any industry, for that matter—isn’t about luck. It’s about skill.

And in times of great...

Them: "Hey Matt, wholesaling has gotten really tough since interest rates have been so high for the last couple of years."

Me: "It has?"

Them: "Yeah, haven't you been paying attention to what everyone is saying online?"

Me: "No."

Me: "How many deals have you tried to wholesale where you've had a lot of problems?"

Them: "Well, none, because everyone says the only way to make money now is owner finance and I don't know how to do that."

Me: "I think you are listening to the wrong people."

In a market that’s as dynamic as real estate, it’s easy to get swayed by the collective anxiety buzzing through online forums and social media.

When interest rates rise, the immediate reaction might be to panic and believe the hype that wholesaling has become an impossible game.

But let’s break this down with a little exercise I recently did.

After hearing my friend’s concerns, I did a quick search for cash sales in the area he was worried about.

To his surprise—and maybe...

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