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Real estate investing is like the weather - it’s always changing. But it’s unlike the weather in that you usually have to wait more than 5 minutes to see the change. With real estate, a multi-trillion dollar industry in the United States, you have multiple impact points each with their effect, but individually are like using a bumblebee to steer a barge into port. Example, Compass, opening a new office in Atlanta, talking about their use of proprietary technology to dominate the realty brokerage market. They will no doubt gain market share because of their deep pockets. But will they dominate? Unlikely. They represent a generation of investors enamored with technology and blinded by their own preference to machines over human interaction. But the entire company misses the point. Real estate sales require presence, that presence requires supervision, the supervision requires a trust, a set of ethical guidelines, enforced by a regulatory agency and ultimately there are licensed people - Realtors. When people are involved both as buyers and as representatives, relationships matter more than technology. Compass will survive, but will disappoint investors unless they master the people side of this. And their effect on the real estate market? Negligible at BEST. Most likely it will go completely unnoticed by most.

Larger impact is seen through the activity of the government: interest rates, policy change, taxation.

Interest rates: Direct impact on affordability and home sales.
Policy Change: Example: loosening of capitalization requirements for lenders - more money and more creative loans available.
Taxation: The tax laws passed last December have significantly affected home sales in the more expensive markets. Prices are dropping up and down the eastern seaboard. Soon to follow will be the luxury market Chicagoland and the west coast.

We are tracking the changes, the impact points, and are sharing with you on what is becoming the fastest growing real estate show on the air. Today we are going to talk about the hot new markets in flipping houses, the decline of returns in flipping houses, a new bill in congress designed to ultimately eliminate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and one of the MOST important factors millenials use when deciding to buy a home. This plus many of your questions coming up.