Raising Private Capital: Building Your Real Estate Empire Using Other People's Money

I am really enjoying this book - it's easy to read, well organized and contains a lot of practical ideas and insights that we capital-raisers can put into play right away. If you are interested in raising money for real estate projects, this is a great place to start.

In my lifetime, there have only been two books that have had such a profound affect on me, 4 Hour Working Week (Tim Ferris) and now this book, Raising Private Capital by Matt Fairlough.I’d consider myself an experience investor with approx £3m of deals under my belt. But even still, this book did not fail to deliver - there are so many golden nuggets throughout from start to finish.For me personally, I found that I creatively think of a number of strategies to approach property investment, many of which were small ideas I never spoke of that manifested in my mind. And then BOOM, I would read a whole paragraph on that exact subject, which told you the exact strategy, what’s involved and how you can benefit from it. This happen AT LEAST 10 times throughout the book. And because of that it lead me to say the word ‘wow’ more times than I care to remember. This book brought those ideas in my head, into reality. Such as;1. Equity structure2. How to fund any ‘money left in’ (DELTA)3. ComplianceThis is an outstanding book even for me, so I can imagine a new starter would likely benefit even further. 5 stars.

I've been an avid BiggerPockets podcast listener for years and I learned about Matt through his BP podcast episodes and eventually his Derosa Group YouTube channel. As a beginner investor, I own one 4-plex in Louisville, my biggest bottleneck to scaling my real estate business has been securing enough money for the down payments on potential investment opportunities. Prior to reading this book, I thought the only viable way to scale my portfolio was to slowly save my money until I had enough to purchase my next deal. However, after reading Matt's book, I've learned there are various ways to raise money to grow my real estate business.Probably one of the most impactful concepts he shares in his book is to ask those who like and trust you to become financial partners in your real estate deals. Although this seems relatively intuitive, I struggled with the limiting belief that my close friends and family would not understand, nor support, my desires to grow my real estate business. However, I have since engaged various people in my inner circle to consider investing in my deals and I've been met with positive responses! Through the insights in this book, I feel more empowered to begin raising capital and I plan to use this strategy to scale my real estate business. Thanks for all the help Matt and I look forward to your future books!

The book is very good and really explain how to get money and deal with your behaviour when dealing with cash provider

I met Matt back in June 2023 at Deal Maker Live and he is an amazing guy. His book is great and he practices what he preaches. Super down to earth and willing to help just like he does in this book.