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Timestamps: 
00:00 Welcome and Episode Preview

00:59 Meet Matthew Ricciardella

01:46 From Dropout to Realtor

03:07 First Duplex Breakthrough

03:50 Scaling Into Commercial

06:32 Why Storage and MHC Win

07:56 Launching Crystal View Funds

10:02 Fund One Playbook

12:59 Exit Timing and Regrets

14:35 Evergreen Fund Strategy

16:13 Off Market Deal Flow

19:53 Vertical Integration Edge

23:39 Owner Mindset Wins

24:43 Skin in the Game

26:54 Underwriting Returns

28:55 Capital Deployment Strategy

31:07 Conservative Leverage

32:14 Buy Cash Then Refi

33:36 HELOCs and Optionality

34:47 Biggest Losses Lessons

37:28 Culture and Team Fit

39:30 Market Trends 2026

41:43 Manufactured Housing Myths

43:26 Consolidation and Rollups

44:29 Tech and AI Operations

46:27 Take Action Closing

Bigrock by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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