About this episode

Matthew Ricciardella discusses his journey in real estate investing and the advantages of focusing on manufactured housing and self-storage.

Background: Matthew Ricciardella is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal View Capital. He is a member of Fund II-IV’s Investment Committee and Management Committee. With over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, he has personally been a principal in over $1B in real estate transactions and presently has ~$600M in assets under management across the various Fund’s that he sponsors. Description: Mike Schroeder interviews Matthew Ricciardella, CEO of Crystal View Capital, about his path from a college dropout and residential realtor to a real estate investor and fund manager focused on manufactured housing communities and self-storage. Matt shares how cold-calling and buying properties below market launched his career, why these asset classes performed well through 2008–2010, and how Crystal View scaled from a $10M Fund I (about 45% gross IRR over a 7.5-year hold) to larger funds, including a $200M Fund IV. He explains the advantages of off-market sourcing, proprietary data, and vertical integration through in-house management, as well as conservative leverage, acquisition and refinancing strategy, and disciplined underwriting. Matt discusses lessons…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Schroeder

Guest: Matthew Ricciardella

Topics covered

• manufactured housing
• self-storage
• real estate investing
• fund management
• affordable housing

Keywords

• real estate
• investment
• manufactured housing
• self-storage
• fund management
• cold-calling
• affordable housing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crystal View Capital, Fund II-IV

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