Alternative Investing Mastery Series
Access Replay for Session 70:
Investing in Feeder Funds vs Starting Your Own
Don’t Miss This Replay
Learn from some of the biggest names in investing about how you can win with this downturn.
What You’ll Learn In This Replay
What’s driving managers to launch feeder funds and partner with capital-raising groups
How the feeder model benefits passive investors (access, minimums, and diversification)
What to evaluate before investing in a feeder fund (fee layers, alignment, and liquidity terms)
What makes running a feeder fund attractive and where the economics come from
How feeder relationships are structured (roles, incentives, reporting, and control)
Live Q&A to Give You the Answers You Need
Upcoming Sessions
April 29th - How to Read Your K-1s from Investments in Alternative Assets
Date TBD - More to be announced
Meet Your Presenters
Elijah Randall
Investor Relations Specialist, Passive Investing Mastery
Prior to joining Passive Investing Mastery, Elijah owned a residential construction company, where he led the rehabilitation of more than 2,000 single-family homes and pioneered innovative estimating software, enhancing industry efficiency. Elijah has personally invested in over 60 single-family flips and rentals, demonstrating a deep understanding of market dynamics.
With a strong relationship with Patrick spanning over 25 years, he has brought his 15 years of experience in real estate and customer support into commercial real estate and alternative assets. Elijah has established himself as a seasoned professional with a keen eye for smart investments and a commitment to outstanding investor relations.
Patrick Grimes
CEO/Founder, Passive Investing Mastery: Diversified Litigation Portfolio, Diversified Medical Receivables Portfolio, Recessionary Acquisitions Fund, Recessionary Income Fund, PIM Rapid Lending
Patrick’s portfolio is diversified across energy, litigation finance, medical receivables, commercial lending, and acquisitions, including retail, industrial, and thousands of apartment units. He has developed a range of diversified passive investments focused on growth and cash flow. He speaks on stages nationally, co-authored Amazon #1 best-sellers 'Lesson From Thought Leaders,' and 'Pivotal Leadership,' also an e-book Barnes & Noble #1 Best-Seller, and is a member of the Forbes Business Council, contributing articles on investing and commercial real estate.
For investors who want recession-aware, low-correlation alternatives to traditional markets, Patrick offers four core strategies: (1) PIM’s Diversified Litigation Finance Portfolio, built to provide investors with non-correlated growth by funding a diversified pool of lawsuits through contingency-fee law firms; (2) PIM’s Medical Receivables Portfolio, for investors seeking non-correlated cash flow and growth through financing medical practices’ accounts receivable—billed claims for services already rendered. Patrick also offers two commercial real estate funds, both capitalizing on the downturn in commercial real estate: (3) an Acquisitions Fund, targeting growth through opportunistic property acquisitions, and (4) an Income Fund, targeting stable cash flow through a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate loans.
Patrick holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and both an MBA and MS in Engineering from San Jose State University. An avid adventurer, he resides in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Mathew Owens
CEO/Founder, OCG Properties, LLC
Mathew Owens, CPA, is the founder and owner of OCG Properties, LLC, a real estate investment firm specializing in value-add, cash-flowing residential and multifamily assets across the United States. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a BA in Economics and an emphasis in Accounting, Mathew became a Certified Public Accountant in 2002 and began his career in taxation and auditing—experience that now forms the foundation of his sophisticated investment, due-diligence, and financial-structuring approach.
With more than 19 years of full-time real estate experience, Mathew has bought, renovated, sold, or held over 1,000 single-family properties, and currently owns hundreds of rentals across multiple U.S. markets. His investment expertise spans value-add multifamily, mobile home parks, short-term rentals, performing and non-performing notes, private lending, and syndicated real estate and alternative investment strategies. As a private lender, he has deployed more than $35 million across various markets, and he has raised over $200 million in private investor capital for diverse real estate projects.
OCG Properties leverages Mathew’s deep operational background—including 15+ years of property-management experience—to help investors generate durable cash-flow streams through professionally operated syndications, promissory notes, and other real-estate-backed assets. Through OCG, clients benefit from Mathew’s expertise in taxation, due diligence, legal structuring, long-term planning, and high-volume investment operations, making him a trusted advisor and experienced operator in the real estate investing community.
Sam Silverman
Founder, Silverman Capital
Sam Silverman is the founder of Silverman Capital, a private markets platform built to align manager and investor interests through transparency and disciplined investing. With a background spanning institutional asset management and entrepreneurial ventures, Sam oversees all investment decisions with a focus on capital preservation and risk-adjusted returns. He has led the deployment of over $110M in private market investments and personally co-invests alongside limited partners in every fund. His approach emphasizes thoughtful underwriting, alignment, and long-term value creation over headline performance metrics.