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This Month In Real Estate Investing: January 2026 (Deceptions. Fractures. Trials. Collision!)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ONWEhdlIkM United States Real Estate Investor® This Month In Real Estate Investing: January 2026 This Month In Real Estate Investing  is the monthly  United States Real Estate Investor show featuring your favorite REI personalities discussing the month’s news, trends, economics, culture, and much more... This Month's News Items Big Changes Coming to Real Estate in 2026 Fort Worth Couple Pleads Guilty to $5M Fraud 2026 Real Estate Outlook San Diego Man Charged in Investment Fraud South Fulton Rental Scam Leaves Family Facing Eviction Trump TPS Cutoff Triggers Housing Risk Trump Targets Wall Street Housing Cincinnati Investment Group Charged in $50M Bank Fraud NYC Announces $2.1M Tenant Harassment Settlement Zillow Faces New Steering Lawsuit California Housing Crisis Drives Mass Exodus Homebuyers Backing Out at Record Pace Gen Z Cognitive Decline and Denmark’s Fix A Market Under Pressure Everywhere at Once This month’s episode of Th...

Building a Life of Time Freedom Through Intentional Investing with Grant Francke

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Key Takeaways Time freedom comes from intentional systems, not passive income fantasies. Mastering underwriting and focus removes fear and hesitation from investing. Long-term success is built by aligning daily actions with a clear future vision. United States Real Estate Investor® The REI Agent with Grant Francke https://youtu.be/XCgb-CXhwu4 United States Real Estate Investor® Value-rich, The REI Agent podcast takes a holistic approach to life through real estate. Hosted by Mattias Clymer, an agent and investor, alongside his wife Erica Clymer, a licensed therapist, the show features guests who strive to live bold and fulfilled lives through business and real estate investing. You are personally invited to witness inspiring conversations with agents and investors who share their journeys, strategies, and wisdom. Ready to level up and build the life you truly want? Follow and subscribe to The REI Agent  on social Facebook Instagram Youtube Linkedin X-twitter United States ...

Illinois Home Prices Slip in Chicago, December Dip

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December 2025 Chicago Home Prices: Up YoY Although December typically brings a seasonal slowdown, Chicago home prices still rose from the prior year. City prices signal disruption The median sale price reached $350,000 in December 2025, up 2.9 percent from $340,000 a year earlier. Chicago inventory plunged 25.5% year over year, tightening options for buyers. An alternative source put the median at $365,000, a 4.3 percent gain. This highlights neighborhood disparities and segment performance. Annual context For 2025, Chicago’s median price was $375,000, up 5.6 percent from $354,975 in 2024. Price growth remained modest even as national year-over-year gains extended to 30 straight months. Nationally, active listings surpassed 1 million listings in July 2025, underscoring how supply trends can diverge sharply by region. Metro pricing stays firm Across the nine-county metro, December’s median price rose 4.4 percent to $355,000. Chicago’s median price per square foot increased 5.3 percent...

Los Angeles Prices Fall, December Slide Widens

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Los Angeles Home Prices in Dec 2025: Down MoM, Mixed YoY Although Los Angeles entered December amid typical seasonal slowing, the median home price fell sharply to $890,910. That marked a 5.5 percent drop from November and a pullback from September’s peak near $983,230. With mortgage rates near 8.1% , affordability pressures intensified for would-be buyers. Redfin’s latest snapshot showed homes averaged 66 days on the market in December 2025. Month over month shock Heightened mortgage rate volatility and economic uncertainty coincided with weaker activity. Pending sales were down 21.5 percent statewide from November. Single family pricing slipped to $807,540 in the metro area. Condos and townhomes posted broader California declines of 3.3 percent. Mixed year over year signals Year over year, the county median was 2.4 percent lower than December 2024. Other trackers reported modest gains or larger declines. These splits reflect methodology and property mix. That complicates rental dyna...

California Finds $260K Homes, Bargain Map Emerges

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How We Found California Homes Under $300K While much of California’s housing inventory remains priced far above entry-level budgets, the sub-$300,000 market can be tracked through high-frequency listing databases and regional MLS feeds. This approach triangulates platform counts with near real-time refresh cycles. Data Sources Under Pressure Houzeo’s database reported 12,711+ California listings under $300K. Realtor.com indexed 31,539 active listings under the same ceiling. Google is testing full listings inside search results, which could shift how buyers discover these low-priced properties. Zillow and Homes.com added filtered regional snapshots. These included 201 Orange County entries. Listings also carried status tags like New, Open House, and Sale Pending to help sort urgency. Method: API Integration and Data Cleansing API integration pulled structured fields from major portals and MLS aggregators. This ensured consistent, comparable inputs across sources. Data cleansing normal...

Pasadena REIT Posts $8.44 Loss, Shares Jolt

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Pasadena REIT Q4 Earnings: Key Metrics and Guidance Although Pasadena REIT delivered a narrow funds from operations beat in Q4 2025, it posted a net loss of $1.08 billion, or $6.35 per share. The results arrive as U.S. CRE prices are down about 18% from their late 2025 peak, while elevated borrowing costs continue to weigh on financing conditions across the sector. Occupancy of its operating North America properties ended the year at 94.6% . FFO was $368.5 million, or $2.16 per share, and revenue was $754.4 million. Key Metrics Under Stress Same-property revenue declined 13.7% in Q4 2025. Same-store net operating income fell 37.8%. Full-year 2025 FFO totaled $1.53 billion, or $2.33 per share. Annual revenue was $3.03 billion. Guidance and Dividend Disruption Full-year earnings per share guidance is $2.57 to $2.77. Depreciation and amortization is estimated at $6.70. Adjusted FFO per share consensus had slipped to $2.15. Board remarks cited continued occupancy normalization and lease-u...