Matt Teifke

Matt Teifke has said he was born in Cleveland, Ohio, moved to the Austin area as a young child and grew up in Round Rock, Texas. His mother’s progression from cleaning houses to buying rental properties influenced his career.⁠[1]

He earned his undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi and his real estate master’s at Texas A&M University in College Station.⁠[2][3]

He recalled delivering pizzas for Papa John’s while starting at a small brokerage. Earning several thousand dollars from his first closing encouraged him to remain in real estate.⁠[4]

He and his wife, Lexi, founded TRE Homes Property Management.⁠[2]

He left commercial real estate work to focus full-time on his company. A later company release dates the founding of the Teifke Real Estate brokerage to 2018.⁠[2][5]

The Lead Sponsor’s biography records a property management merger, followed by increased focus on brokerage.⁠[2]

Alex CoffmanAlex CoffmanAlex Coffman is a Texas-based real estate investor and business owner, a co-owner of Teifke Real Estate and a partner at TR3 Capital. His work spans property investment, brokerage, training and podcasting, and he has been interviewed by School of Hard Knocks.Open the full entry, whom he had known since childhood, became a full partner in Teifke Real Estate. They jointly operated its brokerage and related real estate activities.⁠[6][7]

In a Business RadioX interview, he said he taught real estate mathematics and contract law at Austin Community College.⁠[1]

School of Hard Knocks published his interview. He discussed moving from agent to business owner and their partnership: Coffman emphasized operations, while Teifke focused on relationships and opportunities.⁠[4]

He co-hosts The Real Estate Podcast with Alex Coffman, discussing property operations, investing and entrepreneurship. Its company YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel is named Teifke Real Estate.⁠[6][4]

TR3 Capital’s partners include Matthew Teifke, Alex Coffman and Robert McLeod. The firm focuses on acquiring and operating income-producing real estate.⁠[8]

In a Syndication Attorneys interview, he described investing in houses, RV parks and laundromats before emphasizing multifamily housing and distressed-debt transactions with his partners. He also said earlier property management and construction businesses had been sold.⁠[9]

He described four partner-owned activities to Voyage Austin: Teifke Real Estate brokerage, Tejas PM single-family management, TR3 Capital investing and Our Deal Partner mentoring.⁠[10]

In that interview, he reported losing $4 million on Acreage Holdings stock and treating it as a lesson about exceeding his expertise. This was a retrospective account, not evidence that the loss occurred that month.⁠[10]

TR3 Capital announced its Fund V acquisition of the 294-unit Villas Del Sol apartment community in Austin, describing it as its largest acquisition to date. Teifke emphasized timing and long-term ownership. The unit count describes the property, not his personal wealth.⁠[11]

Austin Community College lists him as vice chair of its Real Estate Advisory Committee, which provides industry input on curriculum and instruction.⁠[3]

His wife is named Lexi. Austin Community College’s biography states that they have two sons.⁠[3]

His X account is @MatthewTeifke and his personal YouTube channel is @MattTeifke. The latter is distinct from the Teifke Real Estate company channel and is linked from his Voyage Austin interview.⁠[12][13][10]