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Pittsburgh Real Estate, Handled By Someone Who Invests Here Too

Buying, selling, or building a rental portfolio: I work with all three.

Services provided: acquisition of rental properties, fix-and-flips, multi-family properties, and small apartment buildings for out-of-state and local investors across the Pittsburgh market — plus home buying and selling for everyone, relocation services, and help navigating pre-foreclosure and estate sales.

Pittsburgh skyline with the Duquesne Incline

Latest Pittsburgh Real Estate News

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City of Pittsburgh / Riverlife

West End Bridge Connector

Riverlife is leading a multi-million dollar effort to build ADA-accessible bike and pedestrian ramps linking the Manchester and West End neighborhoods to the West End Bridge and riverfront trail — part of a broader push to close gaps in the city's 15-mile riverfront trail loop.

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Piatt Companies

Esplanade: North Side riverfront redevelopment

A roughly 15-acre brownfield site on Pittsburgh's North Side is being redeveloped into a mixed-use riverfront district with apartments, condos, a hotel, retail, and public green space — with site work and phase one construction targeted for 2025–2028.

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Pittsburgh Regional Transit

NEXTransit: the region's 25-year transportation plan

The long-range plan behind future transit investment across Allegheny County — new rapid transit corridors, busway extensions, and station upgrades that shape which neighborhoods see the next wave of transit-driven demand and development.

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Work With A Pittsburgh Investment Specialist

If you're serious about investing here, you need more than listings — you need deal flow, market insight, and someone who can execute while you're not in the room. Most of my clients are out-of-state and rely on me to identify, underwrite, and close deals on their behalf.

The Playbook

What actually happens from the first call to your next deal
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We start with a real conversation

A call or video chat to talk through your buy box, timeline, and anything else I should know. You'll also get access to my personal Pittsburgh rental market pricing guide.

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Your search is live within 48 hours

I set up an automated MLS search matched to your criteria, the same baseline search every realtor sets up. Consider this the floor, not the ceiling.

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Then I go beyond the automated search

This is where it stops looking like a typical realtor search. Outside your automated feed, I personally comb through daily MLS updates and send you the properties that actually pencil against your buy box, so you're not the only one scraping through listings every morning.

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See something you like? Just say the word

Reply "interested" to the email leads I send or send me a text. Or if you see a property you like send me a text, call, or email. From there I schedule the showing, walk the property myself, and record a full video walkthrough.

That's the whole ask.

PS: Don't rely on me to catch every deal every day.

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The walkthrough lands in your inbox

You'll get the video link by text or YouTube, so you see exactly what I saw, whether you're down the street or across the country.

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Let's build the offer

From here we get rolling on an offer, or if you want to dig deeper first, this is exactly where you pick my brain on underwriting.

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You're covered through closing

From accepted offer to keys in hand, I help you navigate the entire closing process, backed by a referral network for anything and everything real estate touches: lenders, inspectors, contractors, attorneys.

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Closing day isn't the finish line

If you're flipping or running a BRRRR, I'll keep you in the loop as your project progresses and help you sell at top dollar when it's time. I also help buy-and-hold and BRRRR clients get their properties leased.

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Then we go after the next deal

My goal isn't to be the realtor you call once a decade when you buy a primary residence. It's to help you scale your portfolio and actually reach your financial goals, one deal at a time.

Anytime, no strings attached

Trying to confirm or nail down the numbers on a property? Just ask, and I'll run my personal underwriting on it. I underwrite conservatively, drilled down to true cash flow, not just NOI.

Current Listings

Updated daily via West Penn MLS
PropertyTypeBeds / BathsSizePriceStatus
South Park, PA 15129
Apartment2 / 1850 sqft $1,150/mo For Rent

About Matt Cercone

Matt Cercone
REALTOR® Active Investor West Penn MLS

I'm an investment focused agent and real estate investor helping buyers acquire, sell, and scale across Pittsburgh — single-family homes, multifamily, and small commercial.

As an active rental property owner myself, I underwrite deals the way an investor does: rent comps first, rehab budget second, offer price last. That's the same order I walk every client through, whether it's a first duplex or a fifth property in a growing portfolio.

A little about me: when I'm not working you can find me hiking, fishing, hunting, or golfing.

Contact

Have a property in mind, a question about a listing, or want to talk investment strategy? Send a message and I'll get back to you directly.

724-681-7256
Mattcercone@mattcerconepgh.com
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