Author

Matt Faircloth

Matt Faircloth, co-founder and president of the DeRosa Group, is a seasoned real estate investor. The DeRosa Group, based in historic Trenton, N.J., is a developer and owner of commercial and residential property with a mission to “transform lives through real estate.” DeRosa creates partnerships to finance select real estate investments and has a proven track record of providing safe, profitable investment opportunities to their clients.

Experience
Matt, along with his wife Liz, started investing in real estate in 2004 with the purchase of a duplex outside of Philadelphia with a $30,000 private loan. They founded DeRosa Group in 2005 and have since grown the company to hundreds of units in residential and commercial assets throughout the East Coast. Under Matt’s leadership, DeRosa has completed tens of millions in real estate transactions involving private capital, including fix and flips, single family home rentals, mixed-use buildings, apartment buildings, and office buildings.

Matt is an active contributor to the BiggerPockets Blog and has been featured on the BiggerPockets Podcast three times (show #88, #203, and #289). He also regularly contributes to BiggerPockets’ Facebook Live sessions and teaches free educational webinars for the BiggerPockets Community.

Matt authored the Amazon Best Seller Raising Private Capital: Building Your Real Estate Empire Using Other People’s Money. The book is a comprehensive roadmap for investors looking to inject more private capital into their real estate investing business and is a must-read for anyone looking to grow their business by using private lenders and equity investors. Kirkus, the No. 1 trade review publication for books, had this to say about Raising Private Capital: “In this impressively accessible introduction to a complex subject, Faircloth covers every aspect of private funding, presuming little knowledge on the part of the reader.”

Matt and his wife Liz live in New Hope, Penn., with their two children.

Education
Matt earned a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a minor in Business from Virginia Tech. (Go, Hokies!)

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Matt and his wife Liz live in New Hope, Penn., with their two children.

Education
Matt earned a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a minor in Business from Virginia Tech. (Go, Hokies!)

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Multifamily Real Estate Investing 6 min read

Mar 27, 2024Mar 29, 2024 Matt Faircloth

Utilizing the 5 M’s for Multifamily Success in 2024 and Beyond

This article is presented by DeRosa Group. Read our editorial guidelines for more information. Real estate investing, particularly in the multifamily sector, is both a rewarding and complex venture. 2024 brings with…

BiggerPockets Daily 12 min read

Oct 15, 2021Mar 22, 2023 Matt Faircloth

Four Things You Need to Do Before You Start Raising Money

This is an excerpt from the book Raising Private Capital by Matt Faircloth. Order today! Would you put your life into the hands of a pilot on his first day…

Landlording & Property Management 3 min read

Mar 19, 2021Jan 27, 2024 Matt Faircloth

Turtle Soup in the Kitchen Sink — Or, Why You Shouldn’t Skip Yearly Rental Inspections

If you are an active landlord and you mention it at a dinner party, I bet you get lots of questions like “What’s it like?” or “Tell me…

Investing For Beginners 5 min read

Nov 12, 2020Apr 03, 2023 Matt Faircloth

3 Things You Need to Do After Closing on a Rental Property

Once you are done celebrating your new investment property purchase, it's time to roll up your sleeves and get to work. Here's what must be done first.

All 2 min read

Oct 29, 2020Mar 16, 2021 Matt Faircloth

3 Important Points to Remember When Considering a Potential Real Estate Crash

There's talk about a potential market crash, but what's true? I've done research on the topic and talked to many other investors and even an economist.

Rehab & DIY 2 min read

Oct 16, 2020Jan 27, 2024 Matt Faircloth

3 Renovation Tips to Make Property Management Easier [With Video!]

Here's how you can smartly renovate your rental, specifically with the goal of keeping property management easy and affordable.

Private Money 8 min read

Oct 03, 2020Feb 13, 2024 Matt Faircloth

Private Money: How to Choose the Perfect Lender

Do you have a few private lenders lined up or have private lenders who want to do some work with you? If so, how do you vet them and how…

Saving 5 min read

Sep 11, 2020Feb 24, 2024 Matt Faircloth

How to Pay Down Bad Debt—Fast!

When I first started in real estate investing in my mid-20s I paid off all my bad debt in two years. I had college loans, credit card debt, bad debt…

Private Money 1 min read

Sep 08, 2020Feb 13, 2024 Matt Faircloth

How to Build a Million-Dollar Network of Private Money Investors

Learn the steps required to build an enormous private money network—from the basic to the advanced stages of the process.

Real Estate Business Management 2 min read

Aug 31, 2020Mar 16, 2021 Matt Faircloth

The Pros & Cons of Using a New LLC for Every Property Purchase

Today, I am going to take a stab at one of the questions that goes around a lot. Should you get a new LLC every time you buy a property?

Commercial Real Estate Investing 2 min read

Aug 24, 2020Jun 25, 2021 Matt Faircloth

3 Affordable Ways to Add Value to Your Multifamily Property [With Video!]

There are a bunch of ways to add value to your multifamily deal, but investments like this can be costly. What about value-adds on the more affordable side?

Finding Deals 5 min read

Aug 11, 2020Aug 04, 2023 Matt Faircloth

Does IRR Even Matter for Real Estate Investors?

Cash-on-cash return, return on investment, capitalization rate, annualized rate of return, and internal rate of return—with so many metrics, it can be hard for an investor to understand what their…

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Aug 08, 2020Mar 16, 2021 Matt Faircloth

This Is the Best Way to Become A Millionaire Through Real Estate Investing

Learn about the real estate investing strategy that has created the most millionaires and why investors who choose this route experience more success.