Major League Real Estate Podcast

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, hosts Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton sit down with Josh Lurie of F Street to unpack how he’s helped scale a boutique real estate investment firm into a multi-market syndication platform built on systems, people, and trust. Josh shares his path from CPA and M&A attorney to joining F Street and building out its investment arm over the past seve...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, hosts Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton sit down with Scott Lurie, founder of F Street, to unpack how he turned $700,000 into over $130 million of deployed capital and what it really takes to build wealth that lasts. Scott dives into his 20-year journey from fixing and flipping single-family homes to creating a diversified alternative investment...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton explain one of the most overlooked areas of real estate syndication: how to accurately factor tax effects into ROI projections and communicate those expectations to investors. Nathan and Matt walk through: - Why syndicators should include tax impact in their ROI calculators and how it changes investor outcomes -...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton unpack one of the most complex topics in real estate investing: how 1031 exchanges interact with syndications and TIC (tenants-in-common) structures, and why it’s rarely as simple as investors think. Nathan and Matt walk through: - The key difference between a 1031 exchange and an investment into a syndication -...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton unpack one of the most misunderstood topics in real estate investing, the difference between active and passive income and how GPs can turn that knowledge into a true advantage for their investors. Nathan and Matt walk through: - The key distinctions between active and passive income and why it matters for tax s...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton dive into the realities behind “The K-1 Problem” — why investors often wait months for their K-1s and what syndicators can do to fix it. Nathan and Matt walk through: - The real reason K-1s take so long to prepare - Why accurate and timely bookkeeping matters more than you think - How poor communication between...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton sit down with Sief Khafagi and Corbin Weinerman, from Techvestor, to unpack how they scaled from tech careers into one of the most innovative short-term rental syndications in the industry, growing to 150+ STRs and pioneering a data-driven “mini-resort” model that’s redefining investing. Nathan, Matt, Sief, and...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton are joined by Patrick Grimes, engineer-turned-syndicator and founder of the Passive Investing Mastery Series, to unpack how he scaled from single-family BRRRRs to co-GPing 2,000+ multifamily units and expanded into non-correlated alternatives like first-position debt and litigation finance. Nathan, Matt, and Pat...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa is joined at the 2025 Tax, Legal, and Wealth Summit by Barrett Linburg, Managing Partner at Savoy Equity Partners, to dig into the real-world strategies, structures, and tax benefits of Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs) and Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs). Nathan and Barrett discuss: - How Barrett went from an 8-unit rehab in...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton break down the complexities of Section 754 elections and why they matter for real estate partnerships. Nathan and Matt walk through: - What happens when a partner sells or redeems their partnership interest - How tax basis works in partnerships compared to direct property ownership - Why disparities arise betwee...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton answer real-world tax questions from listeners in their first Partnership Tax Mailbag session. From Section 754 elections to refinance distributions, they break down complex rules syndicators need to understand to protect both themselves and their investors. Nathan and Matt walk through: - What a Section 754 ele...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa is joined by Brandon Hall, CPA, CEO and Founder of Hall CPA, to break down the tax and legal complexities of drop and swaps, a strategy used when partners in a real estate deal want to go their separate ways while still pursuing 1031 exchanges. Nathan and Brandon discuss: - What a drop and swap is and how it differs from a standa...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton dive into the complexities of 1031 exchanges and why they can be both powerful and problematic for real estate syndicators. Nathan and Matt walk through: - What a 1031 exchange is and how it works as a tax deferral strategy - The 45-day identification rule, 180-day closing window, and the role of qualified inter...

In this episode of the Major Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton break down the complexities of Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs) and why this tax incentive can be powerful for real estate investors. Nathan and Matt walk through: - What Qualified Opportunity Zones and Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) are designed to do - How investors can defer capital gains and potentially elimi...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton dive into the tax and legal complexities of contributing property to a partnership and why the IRS’s disguised sale rules can turn a seemingly simple transaction into a taxable event. Nathan and Matt walk through: - How property contributions work under partnership tax rules - Why partnerships offer flexibility...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton break down the latest wave of questions surrounding 100% bonus depreciation under the "Big Beautiful Bill", with a special focus on the critical January 19 cutoff date that’s caught many investors off guard. Nathan and Matt walk through: - Why 100% bonus depreciation is top of mind for real estate syndicators in...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton explain how preferred returns work in real estate syndications, how they're taxed, and the key details that often get overlooked in fund structuring. Nathan and Matt walk through: - What preferred returns are, how they’re typically structured, and why most syndications include them - Why PREF equity payments are...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton dive into one of the most overlooked, but highly impactful, real estate tax strategies: partial asset dispositions (PADs). Nathan and Matt walk through: - What a PAD actually is and how it prevents you from depreciating the same asset twice - Why failing to write off disposed components (like a roof or HVAC unit...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton break down the massive tax legislation signed on July 4th and what it means specifically for real estate syndicators. Nathan and Matt walk through: - How 100% bonus depreciation became permanent and what that means for deal structuring - The unfortunate “unlucky two weeks” in January 2025 and how they impact dep...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton dig into one of the most powerful and riskiest tools available to general partners: the Deficit Restoration Obligation (DRO). Nathan and Matt walk through: - What a Deficit Restoration Obligation actually is, and why it allows you to go negative in your capital account - When DROs show up in operating agreements...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton break down one of the most misunderstood, yet critical, components of real estate syndication: capital accounts and how they relate to partnership allocations. Starting with the basics, Nathan and Matt break down: - What capital accounts are and how they track contributions, distributions, income, and losses - W...

In this episode of the Major League Real Estate Podcast, hosts Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton take a technical dive into the mechanics of real estate depreciation and its role in tax strategy for syndications. Together, they unpack: - What depreciation is and why it matters in real estate investing - The difference between depreciable basis and land allocation - How depreciation schedules are deter...

In this episode of the newly relaunched Major League Real Estate Podcast, hosts Nathan Sosa and Matt Hamilton take you through a full-cycle deep dive into real estate syndications, from the mechanics of deal structuring to the complex world of tax implications. Together, they break down: - What a real estate syndication actually is - Why it's such a popular vehicle for real estate investment - The...