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No asset protection plan? You need to listen to this show! While we spend our time trying to find great deals and make smart decisions relating to real estate, there is an entire side to the process that many investors ignore - until it is too late! So lets take some time to get into how to protect your investments. To get the latest, we will be chatting with Scott Smith of Royal Legal Solutions who is all about getting the very best asset protection plans in place so that when someone is looking for an easy mark to hit with a law suit or attempt to get your assets, they will just pass you by! Some links: https://royallegalsolutions.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-royal-smith/ HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Tariffs could be bad news for real estate. Today we will chat about the potential effects of tariffs on real estate. We will also cover some other interesting real estate news. Todays Links: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-21/congress-just-quietly-formed-committee-bail-out-200-pension-funds https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/rents-are-rising-at-the-fastest-pace-in-almost-two-years.html http://narnewsline.blogs.realtor.org/2018/03/01/aluminum-steel-tariffs-impact-on-residential-real-estate/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/03/06/how-trumps-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-could-affect-state-economies/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/business/china-tariffs-response.html HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

The key to the market right now is real estate inventory. We have gotten the numbers on builder confidence and permits. It is not good news. What is worse is that it is not the news that our real estate inventory desperately needs. Todays Links: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/15/homebuilder-confidence-retreats-amid-potential-challenges-to-meeting-demand.html http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/03/nahb-builder-confidence-declines-to-70.html http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/03/housing-starts-decreased-to-1236.html HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/rebelbroker/RER20180314WED.mp3" title="2018 Real Estate Market Winners and Losers" social_linkedin="true" social_pinterest="true" social_email="true" ] The folks at bigger pockets share some insights on the 2018 real estate market winners and losers. Drawing from the great data provided from House Canary, the folks at bigger pockets share the areas that are going to see the biggest slowdowns in the market growth. This is the kind of data to help you guide your real estate decisions toward greater profits! Checkout the links below for more on the 2018 real estate market. https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/real-estate-markets-2018-biggest-losers-winners-complete/ https://www.housecanary.com/HouseCanary's-Fourth-Quarter-Rental-Investment-Index-Press-Release?b=t HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

For many agents, they should fear real estate automation. But its all about adding value. Too many agents today add very little value. They list a home and let a checklist of tasks be done by their team. These agents are the most automation vulnerable. In order to remain relevant, agents need to shift focus where it should have always been anyway - on the actual needs of their clients instead of running their business like an assembly line - they need to stop and be a negotiator and an advisor throughout the process. If we are lucky, real estate automation might just help foster a return to giving clients a better experience and more of what they deserve. HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

It is amazing how much California real estate is going for considering the crazy stuff going on there. If I were to list off all the stats about people leaving California, the conditions folks live under and how many want to move out of the state, you would never guess that this same place also has the most expensive homes around - and getting worse! California real estate continues to see no inventory and ridiculously increasing prices. Can that ever change? Todays links: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-24/we-dont-belong-here-anymore-even-landlords-are-fleeing-bay-area http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/03/construction-spending-mostly-unchanged.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-home-prices-december-20180227-story.html https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/01/greg-gutfeld-slams-liberal-run-state-ranked-dead-last-in-quality-of-life-guess-which-it-is https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Lets chat with real estate investor, podcast host and deal finder Matt Theriault Matt Theriault may be a successful real estate investor now, but things did not start out that way. As you will learn in todays interview, before Matt reached his high goals as a real estate investor, he found himself working as a bag boy in a supermarket for minimum wage after experiencing great success in the music industry that came to a crash. To say Matts life has been a rollercoaster of success and failure would be an understatement! So today, we are going to learn more about what it took for Matt to pull himself back up to where he wanted to be and what he sees as the biggest real estate opportunities today. Links: https://matttheriault.com/ http://epicrealestate.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/epic-real-estate-investing/id446611090?mt=2 HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/rebelbroker/RER20180219MON.mp3" title="What is up with housing starts?" social_linkedin="true" social_pinterest="true" social_email="true" ] Housing starts gives us the first glimpse of what is to come in new home construction. The latest numbers are not awesome when it comes to new home construction. Housing starts is well worth paying attention to as it can be very useful in determining how much new inventory is likely to be added in the coming season. If you are looking for your strategy for this year, you will want to know this info. We will also take a look at one of our go to markets for getting a feel for the market - Phoenix. Todays Links: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/02/quarterly-housing-starts-by-intent-q4.html http://rismedia.com/2018/02/18/housing-starts-blow-expectations/ http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/02/phoenix-real-estate-in-january-sales-up.html HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

More data shows that the migration out of silicon valley is huge. We talked about San Francisco but the reality is that the huge outward migration is effecting Silicon Valley as well. But who are these folks that are leaving? What can we learn about silicon valley and where these folks are going that can help us make smarter investment choices? Tune in to todays show to talk about that. Links: https://www.redfin.com/blog/2018/02/market-tracker-january-2018.html https://www.redfin.com/blog/2018/02/if-mortgage-rates-surpassed-5.html https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/15/miso-scores-10-million-to-bring-its-hamburger-flipping-robot-to-more-restaurants/ https://www.sfgate.com/expensive-san-francisco/article/U-Haul-San-Francisco-Bay-Area-prices-shortage-12617855.php https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2017/10/03/techies-leaving-san-francisco-going/ http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/mortgage_rates/

The San Francisco Real Estate market is seeing an increase in a not great number. What would happen if the demand for properties in the San Francisco real estate market dropped while inventory went up? Well, some new numbers suggest that might just happen. We are going to talk about that in todays show. Plus, we take a look at what autonomous vehicles might do to the world of real estate. It is actually good news. Links: https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/02/10/san-francisco-is-experiencing-a-mass-exodus-the-citys-liberal-policies-are-to-blame https://medium.com/fifth-wall-insights/self-driving-cars-will-transform-the-real-estate-market-e809b3cbaa61 HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Stockton real estate is supposed to be the #4 top metro area in 2018. I had a ton of folks reach out after the show where we talked about realtor.com covering the news that one outlet believes that Stockton, CA will be the #4 metro in the country this year. We are going to take a few minutes to chat about that and look a little more closely at Stockton to see if it makes sense to make it part of our investment strategy. Stockton real estate may do great in 2018, but you are going to need the right strategy to make it work for you given the reasons why folks are looking to live there. HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Scott Shatford is THE industry expert on getting the most out of AirBnB As the CEO and Co-Founder of AirDNA, Scott Shatford has built his reputation as the man who can provide an end to end solution for folks wanting to get into investing in a vacation property. Scott is the author of "The Airbnb Expert's Playbook" and has been an Airbnb entrepreneur for several years. He operates five highly successful vacation rentals and founded AirDNA in 2014 to empower other Airbnb hosts and investors to increase their success by using big data. Scott is an outspoken advocate of the sharing economy and has appeared on national broadcasts such as Nightline and Fox News advocating its merits. As a board member of the Los Angeles Short-term Rental Alliance, Scott meets with city planners to advise them on fair and effective home sharing legislation. Scott has an Economics degree from the University of Arizona and spent 9 years managing a Business Intelligence team at Korn/Ferry International before venturing into the sharing economy. HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

The folks at credit.com share their list of 7 real estate markets ready to take off in 2018 Today we discuss what some believe to be some very promising real estate markets in 2018. Links: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-05/canadas-largest-energy-company-replacing-400-truck-drivers-self-driving-trucks https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/06/embarks-self-driving-truck-drove-2400-miles-across-the-u-s/ http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/02/corelogic-house-prices-up-66-year-over.html http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2018/02/05/7-markets-poised-for-stardom-in-2018 HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Real estate agents, buyers, sellers and investors should all know the sneaky truth. We have talked a number of times about the casual deceptions that crop up in real estate. It seems like it is infused into the fabric of the real estate business... like small pox infected blankets. They are nice and warm at the start and make you feel secure only to be the thing that results in your undoing in the end. Sadly, it is everywhere. The system is built on it and separating it seems nearly impossible at times. I was recently looking into different contact management software for managing folks who respond to my marketing. Included in most is some sort of autoresponding drip campaign setup. Nearly all of them come with default responses and they all have elements that embrace this idea of the casual deception being OK. We are going to take some time to chat about that today. Todays Links: http://rismedia.com/2018/02/04/10-year-high-profits-sellers/#close http://www.realestatemarketingdude.com/real-estate-drip-email-campaigns-fading-fast/ HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Today we talk about the top 3 metros predicted to have the highest rent in 2018 Homeunion just released their research into the metros where we will likely see the highest rental income in 2018. Of course, we will take a look at those numbers and turn it on its head just a little to potentially unlock even greater opportunities. Knowing where the highest rent in 2018 can be earned is always a good thing! We will also discuss architectural billings and how those are stacking up. Plus, lets talk a little about one of the metros I think all investors should keep abreast of - Phoenix. Finally, more on the continuing change in the face of employment - something that will heavily impact future buyers in terms of how they find employment. Todays Links: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/01/phoenix-real-estate-in-december-sales.html https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-21/history-making-amazons-first-automated-grocery-store-opens-public http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/01/aia-architecture-billings-end-year-on.html https://www.homeunion.com/where-a-landlord-can-find-high-annual-rents HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Both Peter Schiff and James Stack are nervous about the real estate market [caption id="attachment_9468" align="alignright" width="300"] This should actually make you feel at little better about a downturn[/caption] The really scary part is that these are two men who correctly predicted the downturn last time. They are both seeing different things that concern them. Some of what they are seeing feels eerily familiar to what we saw in the year leading up to the last downturn in real estate. However, there are some interesting differences. We will chat about all that on todays show! Todays Links: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-22/housing-bears-hibernate-as-u-s-homebuilders-swagger-into-2018 https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-17/peter-schiff-impending-collapse-everything-can-go-wrong-will HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/rebelbroker/RER20180122MON.mp3" title="Home inventory - it's not looking good" social_linkedin="true" social_pinterest="true" social_email="true" ] The home inventory in the United States is getting even more challenging. The only way to solve our current housing situation is to get more homes on the market. We need the home inventory to rise. It is not about facilitating more buyers, but sellers selling and builders building. Sadly, while it remains the most important thing right now, it is also the one thing that is doing the worse across the nation. Combine that with the repatriation of potentially trillions of dollars into the US economy - a good thing - and the idea that this will create more jobs and make more buyers, you can start to see why things are likely to get more stressful rather than less. Todays Links: http://rismedia.com/2018/01/21/10-percent-and-falling-housing-inventory-keeps-shrinking/ http://fortune.com/2018/01/18/apple-overseas-cash-repatriation-gop-tax-plan/ HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

According to the folks at US News, you should sell your home in 2018 Today we are going to review an article from US News that advises homeowners to seriously consider the idea of whether or not to sell your home in 2018. They quote some numbers from Zillow and Trulia and offer 4 compelling reasons why you should consider selling your home in 2018. We will cover them all and see how much sense they make. We will also do a little check up on that Zillow data we talked about the other day. I gave a gut reaction that their data relating to my local markets was off and on todays show, I give you the numbers to show if I was right or wrong. Todays Links: https://realestate.usnews.com/real-estate/articles/why-you-should-sell-your-home-in-2018 HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

I don't think they got the top real estate markets for 2018 right - lets talk about it. When it comes to good data for investors, it is hard to argue with a big operation like Zillow coming out with the top real estate markets for 2018. Well, we do things a bit different around here and for my money, Zillow has not got it completely right. Well, at least not right for investors. Of course, this is not the first time I have had an issue with Zillows predictions. If I recall correctly, I had similar issues with their top 10 list for 2017. This year, we will review what they have to say and see if we can't tweak the list to work a little better for investors. We are also going to check in with the latest market data for Sacramento, CA and get the latest news on automated driving. Automated driving is going to change the world, and as investors, we need to understand it so we can be prepared for it! Todays Links: http://rismedia.com/2018/01/09/hottest-housing-markets-this-year/ https://www.zillow.com/research/hottest-housing-markets-2018-17852/ http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/01/sacramento-housing-in-december-sales.html https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/12/gm-fully-autonomous-car-no-wheel-2018/ HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Today we try to look into the future of the real estate market in 2018! The folks over at vero.com have offered up their expectations for how the real estate market will perform in 2018. So lets take a look and see what to expect in the coming year! Todays Links: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-11/u-s-consumer-comfort-rises-to-highest-level-in-almost-17-years http://www.veros.com/files/4815/1551/6147/VeroFORECAST_US_Housing_Outlook_Q42017-Q42018_Report_Infographics.pdf HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

A change in the flood plain maps could impact your home! On todays show we are going to talk about some numbers that paint a picture of a public that is not doing well when compared to past decades in terms of net worth and debt ratios. This is particularly troubling when you consider all the various challenges to the stability of the economy that we are likely to face. You would want the public being better prepared financially for a potentially tough time. Overall, even if you do not buy into the idea that some tough times may be ahead, these are not encouraging numbers. We will also talk about new flood plain data that would effect tens of millions of property owners who suddenly find their properties in a riskier flood plain than they were before. The insurance costs are something every owner or investor should be aware of. We will also take a few minutes to review the latest market numbers from Las Vegas, Nevada. Todays Links: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-09/median-family-net-worth-below-1989-level-debt-money-worst-62 http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/01/las-vegas-real-estate-in-december-sales.html https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/science-environment-42169462 HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

The University of San Diego Burnham-Moores Center makes predictions on real estate in 2018 Every year, a conference occurs at the University of San Diego where they make some predictions about the coming year. Well, they have made some predictions for real estate in 2018 and today, we are going to review them! Alternative Credit Scores - That Ignore Credit Measuring credit by not measuring it Just when we thought the crazy train could not pick up any more speed - Congress starts pushing the idea that Fannie and Freddie should change the model they use to evaluate the credit worthiness of borrowers. Of course, when you read what you want to do, ... Todays Links: http://www.latimes.com/sd-fi-housing-forecast-2018-story.html HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Today we count the real estate agent lies. real estate agent liesYou guys know I hate this stuff. The casual lies that folks in real estate are willing to tell just blow me away. Today, we are going to run through a letter I received today and how to spot the lies and how to handle them. I want all you real estate agents listening too! Consider this your "What not to do" lesson for the day. So tune in for real estate agent lies and what to do with them! The lies real estate agents tell Lets talk about the lies real estate agents tell If the feedback I got about yesterdays show is any indication, you guys REALLY want to talk about the lies real estate agents tell. Today, we will expand on that a bit. If you skipped yesterdays show since the title did not ... HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

It is that time of year to find what you are thankful for! [caption id="" align="alignright" width="259"] Be thankful for Pie... very thankful.[/caption] If you are already someone who embraces the idea of taking a calculated risk, you are ahead of the game. One of the most common topics listeners bring up with me is overcoming their hesitation with investment related risk. On todays show, lets talk about what to be thankful for - with an example from my own experience. Plus, I will offer up a suggestion on how to make some baby steps in becoming more comfortable with risk! The intangibles of success and being thankful Happy Thanksgiving to you all, and thank you for listening! Happy Thanksgiving! I like to take time out to reflect on what I am thankful for. Success does not exist in a vacuum. While you can take credit for having the determination to keep going when others would have quit, your ... HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

As we predicted, a pension fund bailout is being suggested. Multiply this by 4 Trillion to get an idea of how big a bailout it would be[/caption] We have been expecting this for a while and it is not good news. This kind of thing will hurt a whole lot more than just real estate, but you should be aware of it so you can take steps to be prepared for it. At pension fund bailout at the taxpayers expense would completely throw things into chaos - and not in a good way. Plus, we get a slightly less nightmarish update on automation and driverless cars. Todays Links: https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/13/embark-autonomous-truck-deliveries/ http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/09/a-self-driving-shuttle-launched-in-las-vegas-it-didnt-go-well http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-08/it-begins-democratic-senator-introduce-bill-taxpayer-funded-pension-bailouts http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-13/pension-ponzi-bailout-democrats-sponsor-us-treasury-bailout-scheme http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/10/05/coal-miner-pension-bailout-could-set-stage-for-multi-trillion-dollar-taxpayer-bailout-dont-do-it.html https://www.lombardiletter.com/pension-funds-bailouts-coming-national-debt-soar-dollar-plunge/21296/ Is the pension bubble about to burst? If the pension bubble does burst, what happens next? Some interesting rumblings lately about the possible pension bubble! There are reports that pensions are about to do a lot of selling on the stock market and that could spell the beginning of the end.We will talk about that and discuss how ... HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

If you do get that real estate license, how should you pick your broker? This one goes out to Danny M.! Danny has been a part of the audience since at least 2009 and recently suggested I share my thoughts on how to pick a real estate broker when you become an agent. So today, I answer that along with some thoughts you should consider if you are an investor who is tempted to get your real estate license. Why "Top 1%" titles should mean NOTHING to buyers and sellers. We often sort of move through life and simply absorb what comes our way. That's natural. We don't all have time to sit back and ponder what someone really means when they give us some statistic or number that is designed to convince us of one thing or another. In ... HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Historical data suggests that when interest rates rise, they may go nuts! Some interesting topics today. Interest rates will inevitably rise. When they do,will it be gradual or will they go completely nuts? We will review some interesting data that suggests bad news on that one. We will also review a story that points out that we were right about millennials all along- and they were wrong! Finally, as we suggested on this show - automation is coming on line much faster than the experts were projecting - and it could completely change our markets. Todays Links: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-07/bank-england-700-years-data-suggests-reversal-rates-will-be-rapid http://realtytimes.com/consumeradvice/buyersadvice/item/1006742-20171108-proof-that-we-jumped-to-conclusions-about-millennials-and-home-buying HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

The NAHB released their latest numbers and builders are not as confident about building homes for baby boomers! Last week we covered some interesting shifts in the housing choices that baby boomers have been making. Today, we see an interesting shift in builder confidence that might just make the 55+ demographic even more compelling for investors. Todays Links: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/10/case-shiller-national-house-price-index.html http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/11/nahb-builder-confidence-decreases-for.html http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/11/update-framing-lumber-prices-up-sharply.html HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Forbes shares their list of the 10 things to look for when looking for a great investment community! Today we are going to review this 10 item list from Forbes and see what we think of it. There are some new thoughts in this list that we have not discussed before, so it should be a good enhancement to previous shows where we have touched on this topic. Any tools that help us make better choices in terms of where to find a great investment will just make a worthy addition to our investment tool kit! Todays Links: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesrealestatecouncil/2017/10/26/10-signs-a-city-is-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-real-estate-investment-hub/#2b9a22c72433 HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/rebelbroker/RER20171102THU.mp3" title="Interest rates are NOT why less mortages are happening" social_linkedin="true" social_pinterest="true" social_email="true" ] Why does the media insist on blaming interest rates when mortgage origination drops? Once again we see a dip in the number of mortgage originations but most media outlets want to blame that on higher interest rates. Today, we will review why that is total nonsense. We will also talk about another time honored number that is no longer valid today - and it has HUGE effects on the buying and selling cycle in the market. Also, we find that once again home prices are higher - but there is no real surprise there. Finally, I got it wrong. I made a prediction for October 2017. Now that October is behind us, it is clear that I was 100% wrong. We will chat a bit about that as well. Todays Links: http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2017/10/31/report-average-owner-stays-put-for-10-years http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/10/case-shiller-national-house-price-index.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/01/weekly-mortgage-applications-fall-as-rates-move-even-higher.html http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-01/its-official-october-was-calmest-stock-market-month-ever http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/mortgage_rates/ HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Baby boomers are starting to do things differently - and it could redefine the rental market Happy Halloween everyone! No scary stories today. We are going to talk about a shift in the rental market that could be a HUGE opportunity for investors out there! Baby boomers are not acting as they have in past years - and this spells opportunity for folks who are aware of it! Unlike past years, baby boomers are deciding to rent rather than buy. What is most interesting is what they are renting and where. With this information in your pocket, you can potentially appeal to a segment of the rental market that tends to be full of dream tenants! Todays Links: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-23/meet-americas-new-renter-class-baby-boomers https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-market/real-estate-news/todayrenterprofile-older-highly-educated-suburban/ HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Is it time for home flippers to focus on the luxury real estate market? [caption id="attachment_9383" align="alignright" width="281"] This is the chart to find the sweet spot when it comes to selling for the highest price in the shortest time[/caption] Interesting numbers have come out that show an increased demand in the luxury real estate market. According to the latest numbers, there has been a drop in luxury home sales with an increase in prices. Inventory on million dollar plus homes is down. Builders have started to move resources into more affordable housing and this might just spell opportunity for folks involved with fixing and flipping. [caption id="attachment_9382" align="alignleft" width="178"] A more local view of the same data[/caption] Todays Links: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/26/luxury-homes-cant-keep-up-with-high-demand.html HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Aaron Hendon is a top real estate professional and author from Seattle - sharing his insights! Aaron Hendons book is not quite out yet - but he was kind enough to share a pre-publication copy with me and it is definitely worth your time to take a look! His goal with this book is to give you the tools you need to work through the entire purchase process - from that first moment when you start thinking about purchasing or selling right through to close of escrow. In addition to being an author, Aaron is also a top agent in the Seattle market. In todays show, he will share his years of experience and give us some insights into that growing market. For those of you long time listeners to the show, you are going to notice that Aaron shares our views on how to select your real estate agent - I cannot begin to tell you how refreshing it is to talk to someone in real estate who "gets it" when it comes to the things that should really matter to buyers, sellers and investors! HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Lets talk about biggerpockets BRRRR & BARRRR strategies! No, not that kind of Brrrr[/caption] I love biggerpockets.com, I joined just under a year ago and they offer a great pathway toward achieving your goals in real estate. It is a program that really only relies on you to get where you want to be. If you follow their advice, you are going to achieve some level of success. For a long time I have been a fan of their BRRRR strategy but yesterday they offered up an enhanced version the BARRRR strategy that brings with it some great tax benefits. We are going to chat about that today! If you do decide to join biggerpockets.com, please look me up! Side note: This is NOT an advertisement or paid for by biggerpockets in any way - AT ALL. It is simply the most effective online tool/community I have found for real estate investors. Links: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/forget-brrrr-try-barrrr/ http://www.biggerpockets.com HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

A great forward looking list of the Hottest Real Estate Markets for SFRs in 2017! The good folks over at Ten-X have compiled a ranked list of 50 cities that should give the best returns on investments in Single Family Residential properties. So this is about revealing what WILL BE the hottest real estate markets - not the markets you have already missed! So if you are looking for the best bets in terms of where to invest your real estate dollars - and single family residential homes are your preferred way to do it - then this list is for you. As always, this list is as interesting for who is at the bottom of the list as for who is at the top, so of course, we are going to check out both ends! Todays Links: https://mediaroom.ten-x.com/2017-10-17-Texas-Cities-Dominate-Ten-Xs-Fall-2017-List-of-Hottest-Single-Family-Markets http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/10/nahb-builder-confidence-increased-to-68.html HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Damion Lupo talks about the biggest obstacle to your real estate success - you! Hold on a second. I don't mean that you are a problem. What I mean is that the thing that keeps the vast majority of people I encounter for achieving real estate success is that they simply never start. There are always plenty of excuses. They will even seem completely rational, well considered and reasonable. Trust me, I know a little bit about this. There is not a single person in the world who is trying to hold you back - except for you. Now you can choose from hundreds of different ways that people do this to themselves. So what you need is a process that you can work through to help you figure out what YOUR SPECIFIC limiting factors are. Damion Lupo shares with us his new book, "Re-Invented Life" where he and his co-author, Christofer Ashby, help guide you through a process that is designed to help open your eyes to the personal truth of what you allow to hold you back but also to help you figure out what you really want and need in your life. The bottom line is that reading and working through this book should be Step #1 for ANYONE who wants to fully realize "Success" in whatever you want to do - including real estate. Links: https://damionlupo.com/ http://totalcontrolfinancial.com/ HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Some of the hottest markets should be AVOIDED if you are looking for the best bank for the buck! We have talked about this tons in the past. The numbers prove it, you are better off buying in less known markets than the big sexy ones that fill all the headlines! When it comes to making your money work for you the hardest, you should stay away from places like San Francisco and San Jose. Todays show will also be a bit of an update on my personal real estate efforts and a discussion on investing in areas after disasters. Todays Links: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/11/rent-in-san-francisco-but-buy-in-detroit.html Interview with Al Beahn! Detroit Real Estate Investor Should Detroit be on your list of possible areas to invest? Ask Al Beahn We have talked quite a bit about Detroit over the last few years. Mostly, not in a good way - at least not when it comes to new investors that don't know the ground truth of Detroit. ... HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Kevin Bupp makes a good case for making a mobile home park part of your multi-unit investment strategy! In previous shows, we have talked about mobile homes from the standpoint of a buyer. Mobile homes can be VERY risky if you do not make sure you are buying them right and that the land beneath them cannot be sold out from under you. However, today we look at the world of mobile homes from a very different perspective - as an investment where you are not buying a mobile home but rather a mobile home park! Today we will chat with Kevin Bupp who has made this kind of investing the heart of his strategy - and it has worked out very well for him. In fact, I think that once you have listened to this show, you will start to understand how purchasing a mobile home park deserves a spot in your multi-unit investment strategy! All the ways to find Kevin!: http://www.kevinbupp.com/ http://mobilehomeparkacademy.com/ https://sunrisecapitalinvestors.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/real-estate-investing-for-cash-flow-hosted-by-kevin/id791316884?mt=2 HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Now we have buyers taking on riskier loans - if values drop - this will make things worse. Buyers are having to pay more and more for homes as a result of the low inventory. To do so, they are having to resort to more risky loans - and they are doing it in record numbers. We will also take a look at pending home sales numbers and how much home prices have increased with Augusts latest numbers. Links: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-27/pending-home-sales-plunge-nar-admits-housing-market-has-essentially-stalled http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/10/corelogic-house-prices-up-69-year-over.html https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/10/03/homebuyers-rush-to-riskier-mortgages-as-home-prices-heat-up.html HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

An option from Linda Liberatore for those that don't want to pay a property manager but do want someone else to deal with their rental properties! We have spent a decent amount of time about the different ways you can manage your properties. Many first time investors are most intimidated by the idea of dealing with renters. Todays guest, Linda Liberatore, has an option for you that comes somewhere between doing it all yourself and paying a property management firm a percentage of your proceeds. This could be a great option that not only leaves dealing with your renters to someone else, but saves you a TON of money in fees! You can find Lindas service at her website - along with a free strategy session! HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Looking at the top metros to make your single family investment sing! The good folks at HomeUnion have released their latest rankings list that is designed to tell us the metros that will perform the best over the next year! So not what have done the best over the last year, but trying to predict the future big players! We will run down the top 10 and chat a bit about metros that did not make the cut that just might surprise some folks. This is specific to single family investment, but the elements they use would benefit just about any brand of real estate investment in these metro areas. Todays Links: https://www.homeunion.com/blog/dallas-investment-housing-market-tops-homeunions-power-rankings-list/ HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

What does the increase in the apartment vacancy rate mean to you? [caption id="attachment_9333" align="alignright" width="300"] 3Q 2017[/caption] Today we are going to cover some interesting new data on apartment vacancy rates. With this most recent increase, we are seeing the logical end result of the dominant multifamily construction that we have been seeing for the last couple of years. Since apartments also tend to be the least desirable housing option, it introduces some interesting opportunities for real estate investors of all kinds - and even some current renters. Todays Links: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/09/reis-apartment-vacancy-rate-increased.html HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

The Fed has issued TRILLIONS of dollars in bonds - now it is backing off To keep rates low and to get more money flowing out in the banking world, the Fed printed money and issued bonds. They bought the bonds. Yeah, it sounds confusing, but that is how they get the money out there to the banks. Now, they are planning a very slow reduction of those holdings. It is a good thing, but risky. It will also have an effect on real estate, so lets talk about that! Links: https://www.housingwire.com/articles/41353-heres-what-quantitative-un-easing-could-mean-for-the-housing-market http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/09/corelogic-28-million-homes-still-in.html HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

So todays show started out with the idea of discussing some of the small deceits that get embraced in the world of real estate. I was planning on trying to point them out as a bad thing and help buyers, sellers, investors and real estate entrepreneurs be able to spot when they are faced with these deceits. I also was hoping I might reach agents who are embracing the idea of these casual deceits without really realizing it. However, things kind of snowballed. You all know that I can go off into the weeds, but in this case - I set fire to the weeds. You see, this topic skirts dangerously close to the very reason why I started doing this show in the first place. Way back in 2007, it all started with an article I wrote about the biggest lies told by real estate agents. Sitting down and writing that article is what fueled my initial desire to do this show. Well, I got too close to that fire today and ended up going the full monty on what I consider to be one of the biggest lies of real estate. So tune in, sit back and enjoy not only what I think is one of the biggest lies in real estate, but what you can do to fight against it! Please also take a minute to fill out this quick survey to help the show. For links to the stories discussed in todays show, check out the show notes at http://www.therebelbroker.com

Real estate lending seems to manage to out do themselves again when it comes to bad lending choices! This is not a new topic, but these tidbits are sure new! Two more interesting and less than great lending options have been added to the world of real estate lending. Of course, we just have to add these to the ever growing pile of bad things. The industry has to learn that the problem is not lending - it is inventory. Todays Links: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-21/are-these-two-companies-proof-housing-bubble-back https://www.loftium.com/ https://qz.com/1081598/startup-loftium-gives-home-down-payments-to-people-who-continually-rent-their-house-on-airbnb/ HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

Will California real estate problems be solved by residents moving away? Some very interesting data today on what people think about living in California. More frequently than ever, I am finding that the California real estate market is encouraging more and more folks to look into moving out of state.We will review some new data that shows the numbers we talked about last time have gotten MUCH worse and more people than ever want out of the state - particularly the working age population. Todays Links: https://www.housingwire.com/articles/41342-bay-area-residents-consider-great-exodus-in-response-to-rising-home-prices http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-20/existing-home-sales-slump-1-year-lows-nar-says-theres-simply-not-enough-homes-sale HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!

There really is no escaping the reality that you need to protect yourself when buying real estate. In todays show, I will discuss some real estate horror stories that could have been prevented with the right strategies. All buyers, sellers, investors and real estate entrepreneurs need to know how to best protect themselves from real estate issues. All across the country, disclosure requirements vary. What you need are ways to protect yourself no matter what those disclosure laws might be. What is truly important is doing everything you can to avoid getting yourself into a situation that would cost you time, money and sanity to resolve. There is good news tho. In the vast majority of cases, a few simple steps can dramatically reduce the chances of these things happening to you. So sit down and take a listen to what I can share about how to avoid the horror stories in todays show! Todays show is an encore performance of a past episode!

There is a pretty standard line that you will get from real estate agents when you suggest that you want to sell your home yourself. Most of what they will say is true to one degree or another, but depending on market conditions and your expertise, you can sell your home by yourself. Today we will talk about an article I found where one agent talks about the "myths" of selling a home yourself and see how they stack up to a little analysis. More news on negative interest rates. We won't spend much time talking about it, but I will be linking to a good article on the subject that will give you some good background. Regulators are clearing the way for autonomous cars - that is cars with NO human driver in them! As we discussed in a previous show, the push is on the fast track these automated cars and the latest news from the folks in Washington back that up. Also, vacancy rates are at virtually zero in many communities. We are going to talk about that and see if we can make it work for us. For links to all the subjects discussed in todays show, review the show notes at http://www.therebelbroker.com.

Is it time to re-think your house flipping strategy? Some interesting data was released the other day. It looks like house flipping is happening less and making less money. So today, lets take a look at the latest data on house flipping and see if we can't come up with smart ways to react to that new information. We are also going to take a little time to talk about the types of property flipping and which strategies are most risky given the latest data! Todays Links: https://www.housingwire.com/articles/41319-returns-from-home-flipping-drop-for-third-consecutive-quarter HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!