Mathew Owens graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a B.A. in economics and an emphasis in accounting. Mathew earned his CPA license in 2000 passing all four parts in one sitting, a task that only 10% of CPA candidates have been able to do. Mathew specializes in corporate and individual taxation, assurance services, and business and real estate consulting. He worked as a CPA, auditor and business advisor while running his own tax business before founding OCG. Matt is responsible for operations management, property management, deal analysis, advertising and sales, accounting control systems, lending and teaching financial literacy courses.

In 2009 Mathew left his corporate life and founded Owens Consulting Group. Mathew has completed over 100 transactions in the past three years, representing approximately $10 million in real estate, most of which has been sold to CF Investors. OCG currently manages the portfolio of all CF Investors that they have sold property to, and its investors have experienced average cash on cash return of 23%. OCGs team has over 60 years of combined experience in various aspects of real estate investment.

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