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2026: The Buying Window is WIDE Open

Predictions from this Video

Total: 34
Correct: 0
Incorrect: 0
Pending: 34
Prediction
Topic
Status
Real estate investing is predicted to become significantly easier in 2026.
"Real estate investing is about to get easier, much easier in 2026."
Real Estate Investing Ease
Pending
Real home prices (inflation-adjusted) are expected to be slow or flat, stalling for the next 2-3 years, in what is called 'the great stall'.
"I think prices are kind of just going to stall out for another year or two. might be even three. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw real home prices, inflation adjusted home prices kind of be slow, kind of be flat for the next couple of years."
Housing Market Prices
Pending
National home prices are predicted not to decline by more than 3-4% in 2027.
"I'd be surprised if we saw national home prices go down more than 3 or 4% next year."
National Home Price Decline
Pending
Local home prices could decrease by 1-2% in 2027.
"Prices could go down next year. They could go down 1 or 2%."
Local Home Price Decline
Pending
Real estate appreciation is not expected to be significant over the next couple of years.
"Maybe appreciation is not going to be great over the next couple years"
Real Estate Appreciation
Pending
2026 is predicted not to be a strong year for rent growth.
"rent growth...probably not going to be a banner year for rent growth in 2026."
Rent Growth
Pending
Cash flow for long-term rentals is expected to slowly improve.
"I think it's going to get better for long-term rentals, but that's going to come slowly."
Long-Term Rental Cash Flow
Pending
Short-term rental occupancy rates and average daily rents are predicted to decrease from 2025 to 2026.
"I wouldn't even count on my occupancy rate being the same from 2025 to 2026. I would assume a decrease in occupancy rate. I would assume a decrease in average daily rents just to be safe."
Short-Term Rental Performance
Pending
Commercial real estate prices are predicted to decline further.
"commercial just has more to fall."
Commercial Real Estate Prices
Pending
Real estate investing will become significantly easier in 2026.
"Real estate investing is about to get easier, much easier in 2026."
Real Estate Investing
Pending
The commercial real estate market is expected to offer an increasing number of good deals.
"I think there will be more and more good deals."
Commercial Real Estate Deals
Pending
The risk of a housing market crash is low.
"I personally think the risk of a crash is relatively low."
Housing Market Crash
Pending
Mortgage rates are predicted to be higher in the next two years.
"I think there's a very good chance that mortgage rates are higher in a couple of years."
Mortgage Rates
Pending
Selling real estate is predicted to become harder in 2026.
"It is not getting easier to sell. It is getting harder to sell."
Real Estate Selling Difficulty
Pending
Housing prices will remain relatively flat for the next couple of years.
"prices remain kind of flat for the next couple years."
Housing Prices
Pending
Housing market affordability will slowly improve over the next one to two years.
"this dynamic of slowly improving affordability in the housing market is what I think we are in for in the next year or two."
Housing Affordability
Pending
The speaker's investing framework, used since 2025, will continue to be effective in 2026.
"I think it's going to work for me in 2026. So, I'm going to keep doing the same thing."
Real Estate Investing Strategy
Pending
Expect slow or no appreciation and rent growth in real estate over the next few years.
"You got to plan for slow or no appreciation and rent growth in the next few years."
Real Estate Appreciation & Rent Growth
Pending
Real estate investment returns are predicted to outperform the stock market and other investment options.
"real estate investing... they're still going to beat the stock market. They're probably still going to beat what else you can do with your money"
Real Estate Returns
Pending
Housing prices might decline by 1-2% in the next year.
"Prices could go down next year. They could go down 1 or 2%."
Housing Prices
Pending
Rental vacancy rates might increase and rents might not grow this year.
"vacancies could go up this year, rents might not grow."
Rental Market Risks
Pending
Value-add real estate investing will remain an important strategy.
"value ad investing is going to continue to be important."
Real Estate Investing Strategy (Value-Add)
Pending
The BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy will be effective in 2026.
"I think the burr is going to be really good strategy here in 2026."
Real Estate Investing Strategy (BRRRR)
Pending
Cash flow for long-term rental properties will slowly improve.
"Cash flow has been hard to come by. I think it's going to get better for long-term rentals, but that's going to come slowly."
Long-Term Rental Cash Flow
Pending
Co-living or rent-by-room strategies could effectively boost cash flow for investors in 2026.
"if you want to boost your cash flow, this could definitely work in 2026."
Real Estate Investing Strategy (Co-living/Rent-by-room)
Pending
Short-term rentals are expected to continue underperforming in 2026, compared to previous years.
"I'll tell you that it in 2025 it did not perform as well as it did in 2024. And I expect that to continue."
Short-Term Rental Performance
Pending
National home prices are unlikely to fall by more than 3-4% in the next year.
"I'd be surprised if we saw national home prices go down more than 3 or 4% next year."
National Home Prices
Pending
Commercial real estate prices have further downside potential, but also more upside potential for rebound.
"commercial just has more to fall. There's more upside here, too, because it could rebound."
Commercial Real Estate
Pending
There will be an increasing number of good commercial real estate deals.
"I think there will be more and more good deals."
Commercial Real Estate Deals
Pending
Selling real estate for flips is becoming more challenging.
"It is not getting easier to sell. It is getting harder to sell."
Real Estate Flipping Conditions
Pending
Selling a flipped home might take longer.
"when you go to sell it, it could take longer."
Flipped Home Selling Time
Pending
After Repair Value (ARV) for flipped homes might be lower than expected.
"You might not get the ARV that you were expecting."
After Repair Value (ARV) for Flips
Pending
Mortgage rates have a high probability of being higher in a couple of years.
"I think there's a very good chance that mortgage rates are higher in a couple of years."
Mortgage Rates
Pending
The real estate market will become slightly easier but will not be considered exciting or 'sexy' in 2026.
"Things are going to get a little bit easier. The market won't be sexy."
Real Estate Market Outlook
Pending