This Month In Real Estate Investing

August 2026 brings a housing market packed with shifting leverage, stubborn affordability, volatile mortgage rates, multifamily stress, builder incentives, and rising inventory, creating fresh opportunities for investors who understand financing, timing, and risk today nationwide.This Month's News Items:Portable Mortgage Bill Targets Mortgage Lock-InTypical Home Still Requires Nearly $110K IncomeMortgage Rates Fall After Weak Jobs ReportApartment Cap Rates Hit 11-Year HighU.S. Housing Inventory Hits Highest Level Since 201961% of Investors Turn Negative on MultifamilyBuilder Confidence Remains Deeply Weak7% Mortgage Rates Are Back on the TableApartment Vacancy Falls to 4.5%Escaped Sheep Takes a Bus Through the Car WashHosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.comGuests:Melissa Dorman: https://sellerfinanceacademy.com/Patrick Yepez: https://dreambigmarketingservices.com/Nathan Turner: https://earnestinvesting.com/See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

This special Best Of episode of This Month In Real Estate Investing revisits some of the show’s most revealing conversations about surviving a rapidly changing property market. The panel examines falling home sales, shrinking transaction volume, rising competition among agents, stubborn interest rates, and why many professionals who entered the industry expecting easy money may not last.The conversation also explores property as an inflation hedge, rental income, seller financing, note investing, and the tradeoffs between appreciation and hands-off cash flow. From there, the panel looks at the future of experiential retail, the realities of working from home, and the growing influence of artificial intelligence on property searches, management systems, and investor decision-making. Zillow, ChatGPT, mobile homes, data accuracy, regulation, and the danger of trusting AI-generated information all enter the discussion.It’s a wide-ranging collection of honest opinions, market lessons, disagreements, predictions, and practical strategies for agents and investors trying to understand where the industry is going next. Hosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.comSee more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

June 2026 delivers a whirlwind of fraud investigations, AI breakthroughs, listing battles, downtown transformations, and trust issues as This Month In Real Estate Investing explores the forces reshaping investing and why verification may become every investor’s greatest competitive advantage.- Real Estate Has a Trust Problem- Zillow vs. MRED and Compass- Predatory Contract-for-Deed Sales Trial- $100M Newport Beach Bank Fraud Case- AI Moves From Hype to Implementation- Fake Owners Sell San Diego Properties- Loudoun County Rental Scam Charges- Downtown Denver Recovery Struggles- AI Wealth Drives San Francisco Housing- AI Law Firm Wins Historic Court CaseHosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.comGuests:Zach Thomas: https://hiraethventures.com/See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

TMIREI May 2026 tackles Miami’s rising market, rental scams, investor fraud, AI listing photos, predatory contracts, luxury tax fights, and surveillance pricing concerns in one dramatic investor-focused conversation.This Month's News Items:Miami Sales Rise For 7th Straight MonthDave Ramsey Says Real Estate Is Not Passive IncomeMother Falls For Social Media Rental ScamGurus Sentenced For $17 Million Ponzi SchemeNew York Titan Sparks Tax-The-Rich FirestormAI Home Listing Photos Raise ConcernsEx-Brooklyn Judge Accused Of Investor ScamFormer Seattle Broker Sentenced For FraudMV Realty Settlement Delivers Homeowner ReliefAmericans Support Ban On Surveillance PricingHosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.comThis month's guests:Paul Anderson: https://www.verticalfundingcapital.com/Caleb David: https://davidcommercial.com/Natalie Levkovitz: https://www.equallycraftedmanagement.com/See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.comCatch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

We break down fraud risks, market shifts, AI disruption, and luxury housing trends, showing how investors can navigate a rapidly changing landscape filled with both opportunity and serious risk.This Month's News Items:Agent Pleads Guilty in $11M Embezzlement CaseDowntown LA Market Shift as Tenants Buy BuildingsReal Estate Recovery Begins to Take ShapeCybercrime Hits $20.8B, Real Estate Fraud RisesAI Shopping Agents Set to Reshape RetailAntitrust Lawsuit Targets CoStar Data MonopolyMan Arrested in Real Estate Fraud SchemeGary Keller Warns MLS LeadersMiami Luxury Boom Prices Out BuyersRobot Beats Half-Marathon Record, But Limits RemainHosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.comThis month's guests:Dusten Hendrickson: https://mailboxmoneyre.com/Mitch Ginsberg: https://www.commloan.com/See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.comCatch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

This month’s TMIREI episode breaks down rising fraud, shifting investor strategies, global conflict impacts, and new regulations shaping the housing market as 2026 unfolds with uncertainty and opportunity.This Month's News Items:Los Angeles Woman Faces 24 Years in Prison for Real Estate FraudWar With Iran Raises Concerns for U.S. Housing MarketReal Estate Investors Pull Back From Florida MarketsExperts Say No Major Housing Market Crash Expected in 2026Kentucky Rental Scams Surge as Lawmakers Push Tougher PenaltiesWealthy Buyers Flock to Charleston for Second HomesNew FinCEN Rule Targets Residential Real Estate TransactionsNew Hampshire Developer Indicted in $3.8M Loan Fraud CaseFBI Busts $17.4M Mortgage Fraud Scheme Targeting SeniorsStudy Finds Ideal Coffee Intake May Lower StressHosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.comThis month's guests:Tim Baldwin: https://pmlawsolutions.com/ Axel Meierhoefer: https://idealwealthgrower.com/ Meg Epstein: https://www.casouthdevelopment.com/See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.comCatch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

Fraud headlines, record luxury prices, rising defaults, and foreign capital flows collide in February 2026. TMIREI breaks down the shifting credit cycle, AI office fears, and liquidity pressure reshaping how disciplined investors approach buy-and-hold strategy today.This Month's News Items:Private Clubs Replace Mall AnchorsCollege Park Seeks $600K BackUrban Multifamily Fraud Risks RiseForeign Capital Fuels U.S. Housing$5M Settlement in Property ScandalHamptons Prices Hit Record HighAI Fears Sink Property StocksTexas Deed Fraud Scheme ExposedBroker Charged in $1.5M Home FraudReal Estate Secondaries Hit $20BCPA Sentenced in $600K FraudCMBS Defaults AccelerateChina’s 120K-Cycle Water BatteryHosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.comThis month's guests:Matt Meredith: https://meridianlg.com/ David S. Rose: https://usremholdings.com/ Reza Motalebpour: https://ingwe.ca/ See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.comCatch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

January 2026 exposes a housing landscape defined by fraud, lawsuits, policy risk, buyer hesitation, and collapsing trust, forcing investors to rethink assumptions as pressure builds across every layer of the market.This month's news items:Big Changes Coming to Real Estate in 2026Fort Worth Couple Pleads Guilty to $5M Fraud2026 Real Estate OutlookSan Diego Man Charged in Investment FraudSouth Fulton Rental Scam Leaves Family Facing EvictionTrump TPS Cutoff Triggers Housing RiskTrump Targets Wall Street HousingCincinnati Investment Group Charged in $50M Bank FraudNYC Announces $2.1M Tenant Harassment SettlementZillow Faces New Steering LawsuitCalifornia Housing Crisis Drives Mass ExodusHomebuyers Backing Out at Record PaceGen Z Cognitive Decline and Denmark’s FixContact InfoHosted by the ever-vigilant James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.comGuests:Sally Gimon: https://thetrustisyou.com/K. Trevor Thompson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ktrevorthompson/Jamie Finnen-Gratzer: https://theoptimalfinancialgroup.com/See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

This Year in Real Estate Investing 2025 breaks down the policy shocks, capital shifts, cultural changes, and financial realities that quietly reset the housing market and forced investors to rethink risk, strategy, and long-term positioning.This year's top news items:Tariffs Froze New DevelopmentCTA Compliance Rule DisappearedInstitutions Chose IndustrialRent Control Drew a Line1031 and Bonus Depreciation SurvivedCalifornia Repriced Insurance RiskOffice Finally BrokeRate Cuts Lost Their PowerWashington Pivoted to SupplyCommission Collapse Never HappenedMigration Quietly ShiftedRecession-Proof Assets FailedContact InfoHosted by the ever-vigilant James A. Brown: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-brown-303/Guests:Paul Anderson: https://verticalfundingcapital.com/Joseph Bodek: https://www.realestatementoringusa.com/Claude Diamond: https://www.claudediamond.com/Alina Herman: https://www.ourtopagent.com/Domenic Danino: https://www.rent2ownhomesus.com/Gabrielle Simmons: https://dealmakersco.com/See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

November brings a surge of chaos across markets as data centers expand, scams multiply, policies shift, and investors rethink their strategy. This month’s roundup reveals a landscape transforming faster than anyone expected.This month's news items:Data Center DominationScottsdale Fake Heirs Home Sale ScamFannie Mae Kills Credit WallMamdani’s Landlord Government BlueprintTrump’s 50 Year Mortgage ShockCalifornia SB 79 Six Story BattlefieldsOahu Deed Forgery Property ScamRichmond Hill Crypto Fraud BustRotting in Mold Corporate NeglectInvestors Take Over America’s HeartlandToxic Los Angeles Investor AbandonmentNew Jersey 4.5 Million Mortgage ScamThe Art Of Letting GoContact InfoHosted by the ever-vigilant James A. Brown: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-brown-303/Guests:Nathan Turner, https://earnestinvesting.com/Damion Lupo, https://damionlupo.com/See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/