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Property Unpeeled
by PropertyOnion
Real deals. Real risks. Real strategy.Hosted by Tony Stern, Property Unpeeled breaks down real-world distressed real estate deals, foreclosure auctions, tax liens, hidden risks, due diligence, and real-world investor strategy. No hype, just data, experience, and the truth behind the deal.Foreclosure investing, tax deed sales, courthouse auctions, title research, lien priority, REO properties, wholesaling, fix-and-flip investing, pre-foreclosures, BRRRR strategy, off-market deals, and distressed real estate education.Inquiries: [email protected]
Episodes
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From Foreclosure to the Sidewalk
What happens when a foreclosure or eviction becomes something far more serious than a lost property? Across Florida, Texas, Colorado, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, rising housing costs and housing loss are reshaping communities, and the distressed real estate market. Tony Stern follows the economic…
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Colorado Prop NN: Your Property Taxes Won’t Drop. So What Does It Do?
Colorado voters are being asked to decide what happens to state revenue above the TABOR cap, but Prop NN will not directly lower property tax bills. For Colorado property owners and real estate investors, understanding where that money goes matters more than the measure’s name suggests. Tony…
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Florida Amendment 3: The Tax Cut Is Only Half the Story
Florida Amendment 3 could lower property taxes, but the tax cut is only one side of the equation. The final proposal also raises a much bigger question: what happens when Florida cities and counties collect billions less in property-tax revenue? Tony Stern breaks down what changed in the final...
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Boat Slips | The Unexpected Asset Class Below the Surface
Boat slips can behave like real estate, but the rules underneath them are very different. From deeded submerged land to leaseholds and riparian rights, the ownership structure can determine whether a slip becomes a scarce asset or an expensive liability. Tony Stern breaks down what drives boat…
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Stop Hunting the MLS Unicorn | Skip the Retail Market and Find True Wholesale Deals at County Auctions
Stop hunting for deeply discounted investment properties in a marketplace designed to push prices up. County foreclosure and tax deed auctions operate under a very different set of rules. Tony Stern breaks down 10 reasons investors should look beyond the MLS, from retail-buyer competition and...
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How to Underwrite Foreclosure and Tax Deed Auctions: The Complete Playbook
At foreclosure and tax deed auctions, the winning bid is only the beginning. The real deal is hidden in the title, condition, surviving liens, occupancy, and costs you uncover before bidding. Tony Stern breaks down the process, from identifying lien position and estimating unseen rehab to...
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Unpeeled Short: Landlord Exodus | The Great Mom-and-Pop Shakeout
Small landlords are leaving the single-family rental market as rising insurance, property taxes, maintenance costs, and regulatory pressure squeeze once-predictable returns. But is the landlord exodus a warning to get out, or a shakeout creating opportunity for investors prepared to stay? Tony...
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Boca's $400M Ghost Towers | The Mandarin Hotel: Why Prime Boca Real Estate Couldn't Outrun Debt, Delays and a Changing Market
Prime Boca real estate. A world-class luxury brand. Wealthy buyers, major presales and hundreds of millions in institutional financing. So how did the Mandarin Oriental development end up facing foreclosure, bankruptcy, construction liens and years of delays? Tony Stern breaks down the project as…
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Unpeeled Short: Speaking the Language of Real Estate Investing | Part 2
Speaking the language of real estate investing means understanding the shorthand behind the deals. Part 2 breaks down 10 more acronyms investors are likely to encounter, from REO and REIT to IRR, P&S, and JV. Tony Stern explains what these terms actually mean and, more importantly, how they apply...
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Unpeeled Short: Florida’s Property Tax Amendment Explained | Who Wins, Who Loses, and What It Could Cost
Florida property tax relief could put more money back in homeowners' pockets, but the proposal comes with tradeoffs investors shouldn't ignore. Tony Stern breaks down the proposed 2026 constitutional amendment, who could benefit, what stays untouched, and where the costs could resurface. This...
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Unpeeled Short: The Art of the Leveraged Buyout | What Every Real Estate Investor Can Learn from Wall Street
Wall Street has been using leveraged buyouts to build fortunes for decades, and most real estate investors are already using the same strategy without realizing it. Learn how billion-dollar private equity deals translate directly to rental properties, foreclosures, tax deeds, and tax liens. In…
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Unpeeled Short: The 10 Real Estate Investing Acronyms Every Investor Should Know
If terms like NOI, Cap Rate, ARV, DSCR, or BRRRR have ever made real estate investing feel like a different language, this episode is for you. Learn the 10 acronyms every investor should know before analyzing deals, talking with lenders, or bidding on properties. In this solo episode, Tony Stern...
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Engineering a Real Estate Empire: From General Electric to $1 Billion in South Florida Real Estate with Larry Mastropieri
Behind The Mastropieri Group’s growth is a disciplined system for finding deals, building teams, and creating authority in a competitive market. In this episode, Tony explores how Larry applies that approach across brokerage, investing, Discover South Florida, and Real Deal Investing. They also...
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The Paper Trap: Public Records, Private Headaches | How AI is Automating Title Searches
Real estate public records are legally public by design, yet spread across thousands of disjointed county systems, making true property title verification incredibly difficult. In this episode, Eyal Stern from Dono.ai uncovers how artificial intelligence is breaking down the archaic "paper trap"…
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From a $5,000 Near-Miss to 200,000 Distressed Properties: Building PropertyOnion
This week, Tony shares his 40-year journey from the streets of London to building the ultimate platform for distressed property investing. Discover how a $5,000 foreclosure mistake led to the creation of Property Onion and why understanding lien priority is the ultimate safeguard for your…
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Bonus Episode | World Cup Rant
The World Cup and Housing Market Are Running the Same Playbook In this bonus episode of Property Unpeeled, Tony Stern takes a detour from distressed real estate to talk about something that sounds surprisingly familiar: World Cup ticket prices. What starts as a rant about FIFA, dynamic pricing…
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The $80,000 Blind Spot: Foundation Repair or Contractor Trap?
Think foundation issues are an automatic deal-breaker? You might be walking away from your next goldmine, or straight into a massive contractor trap. In this episode, forensic foundation expert Bob Brown, aka The Dirt Whisperer and author of Foundation Repair Secrets, brings over 30 years of...
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The Lien That Won't Die: Surviving Encumbrances, Title Defects & Negotiated Payoffs
A foreclosure auction win can turn into a title problem fast. We break down what happens when an investor discovers an unwanted mortgage, hidden lien, or oversized payoff. In this episode of Property Unpeeled, Tony Stern talks with David Abelard Jr. of Equity Fixers about the encumbrances that…
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Suing the Federal Government? Part 2: The HUD Reverse Mortgage Foreclosure Problem with Jeff Harrington
Picking up where Part 1 left off, Tony and Jeff dive straight into the courtroom counter-attack, exploring advanced legal defense strategies like the Merger Doctrine and equitable ownership to fight back against federal overreach. Learn how distressed real estate investors can use federal…
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Could HUD Take Your Property in Just 3 Weeks? | Hidden Reverse Mortgage Foreclosures with Jeff Harrington
Jeff Harrington on Reverse Mortgages, Hidden Foreclosures, and Real Consequences: What Investors and Associations Need to Know Tony Stern and attorney Jeff Harrington discuss an invisible but devastating threat facing Florida foreclosure investors and homeowner associations. This little-known...
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Municipal Code Violations Exposed with Ari Pregen: How Property Owners Can Reduce , Resolve, or Eliminate Costly Code Liens
Ari Pregen on Defending Your Properties: Code Violations, Lien Negotiations, and South Florida's Enforcement Landscape Tony Stern, co-founder of PropertyOnion.com, interviews Ari Pregen, founder of The Code Clinic, a South Florida law firm exclusively dedicated to defending property owners,...
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Becoming the Bank: Scott Carson on Distressed Debt & Real Estate Notes
Scott Carson on Becoming the Bank: Distressed Note Investing, Strategy, and Opportunities in 2026 Tony Stern, co-founder of PropertyOnion.com, interviews Scott Carson, CEO of weclosenotes.com and widely known as “the note guy,” about distressed mortgage debt, note investing, and what it really...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Real deals. Real risks. Real strategy.Hosted by Tony Stern, Property Unpeeled breaks down real-world distressed real estate deals, foreclosure auctions, tax liens, hidden risks, due diligence, and real-world investor strategy. No hype, just data, experience, and the truth behind the deal.Foreclosure investing, tax deed sales, courthouse auctions, title research, lien priority, REO properties, wholesaling, fix-and-flip investing, pre-foreclosures, BRRRR strategy, off-market deals, and distressed real estate education.Inquiries: [email protected]
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Real deals. Real risks. Real strategy.Hosted by Tony Stern, Property Unpeeled breaks down real-world distressed real estate deals, foreclosure auctions, tax liens, hidden risks, due diligence, and real-world investor strategy. No hype, just data, experience, and the truth behind the...
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