Matt Pitcher

Archive of Matt Pitcher's Articles

Matt has written 7 article(s) for the BiggerPockets Blog.

I Quit

by Matt Pitcher | February 26, 2009

I Quit. I quit listening to the media and how bad things are. I quit believing there is not enough money. I quit believing in a power outside of me. If you focus on “no money, no money, no money,” Guess what you get? The answer seems pretty simple when asked like that! No Money! [...]

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Commentary

Madoff Scandal Fallout: Do Investors Care?

by Matt Pitcher | January 10, 2009

This was a question posed by an editorial in a prominent financial news media publication recently. I have asked myself the same question. For those of us whose primary objective is raising capital and attracting authentic, unique, and compelling opportunities for that capital, the Madoff scandal could not have come at a worst time. Or [...]

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Commentary

“The State of the Economy: Pain Management or Redemptive Suffering?”

by Matt Pitcher | December 18, 2008

I am not Catholic, and I beg for forgiveness from those who think I may be blaspheming by using the term ‘redemptive suffering’ in a non-religious context. Whew. Now that we have that out of the way … Watching the news media, you’d think the world is about to end. Markets are in turmoil. Economies [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Simple Rules for Raising Capital, Part 2 (Now It Gets More Complicated)

by Matt Pitcher | December 5, 2008

In my last blog, “Simple Rules for Raising Capital”, I hit some very basic high points that I think you must follow to become a world class capital raiser. This blog gets into more detail on that subject. What follows is what I call “The Four As of Capital Raising” 1 – Accredited This one [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Simple Rules for Raising Capital

by Matt Pitcher | November 21, 2008

Piggybacking on my last post, “The Importance of Being Nimble“, I’d like to blog today about something that is absolutely critical to your ongoing investing success: raising capital. In my opinion, it is a skill you must develop. Must. Not should. Must. Once you become very very good at raising capital, any amount of capital, [...]

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Real Estate

The Importance of Being Nimble

by Matt Pitcher | November 13, 2008

Remember the Oscar Wilde play, “The Importance of Being Earnest”? Well, I’d like to blog today about “The Importance of Being NIMBLE.” The turmoil in the markets and the contraction in the global economy reminds each of us of the old cliche: “the only thing that’s constant is change.” So it is in business and, [...]

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Real Estate

Assessing Distressed Debt Opportunities

by Matt Pitcher | November 2, 2008

We all understand the fundamental philosophy that generally drives winning investing (or at least I hope we all do): “buy low, sell high”. Well, real estate is getting pretty “low” across the board these days. The billion dollar question, of course, is: is THIS “low” THE “low”? We’ll have to leave that question for another [...]

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