When it comes to christian real estate investing, most people stop at the numbers, the returns, the debt, the market. Nick Stromwall (Oak and Vine Capital, Rise48) argues Christians are missing the biggest risk in any deal: the character of the people actually running it.

Nick's path started while working in campus ministry, wrestling with a real question: how do you build wealth without losing your marriage, your kids, and your community along the way? That question shaped a faith-driven approach to real estate built on stewardship rather than ownership, one that's produced a converted learning center in an Iowa apartment building and neighborhood serve days at Rise48 properties, complete with free food, prayer walks, and real connection with residents.

In this conversation, Nick and Matt talk through what it actually looks like to vet an operator's heart alongside their financials: watching how someone treats a waiter, asking about their marriage, and one simple test, asking them to describe a deal that didn't go according to plan. Nick also shares his "buy box" framework for weighing financial return against real, tangible impact, and why he's upfront with investors that a deal could lose money entirely.

This episode is about who you're actually trusting with your money, and why that matters more than the pro forma.

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