October 2025 brought scandal, scams, and seismic shifts. From Vegas Ponzi schemes to Baltimore fraud and a nationwide rent freeze, TMIREI unpacks the chaos and the hidden opportunities driving the new investor reality.

This month's news items:

• Phony NYC Broker Runs $25K Rental Scam
• Texas Couple Busted for $1.6M Deed Fraud
• $19M Wire Fraud Exposes Mortgage Cyber Weakness
• Gov’t Shutdown Adds Uncertainty to Housing Market
• Billionaire’s Son Busted in $2M “Man Cave” Scam
• Investors Now One-Third of Homebuyers
• Nantucket Broker Fights Short-Term Rental Limits
• Memphis Women Claim Investor Took Their Money
• Baltimore’s $100M Fraud Ring Uncovered
• Vegas Lawyer Beasley’s $500M Ponzi Collapse
• Office-to-Co-Living Conversions in Phoenix
• Rent Growth Falls to 15-Year Low Nationwide
• Dave Ramsey Slams Millennials & Gen Z

Contact Info

Hosted by the ever-vigilant James A. Brown: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-brown-303/

Guests:

• Dave Foster, https://www.the1031investor.com/
• Patrick Grimes, https://passiveinvestingmastery.com/
• Fred Moskowitz, https://www.fredmoskowitz.com/

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