January 2026 exposes a housing landscape defined by fraud, lawsuits, policy risk, buyer hesitation, and collapsing trust, forcing investors to rethink assumptions as pressure builds across every layer of the market.

This month's news items:

• Big Changes Coming to Real Estate in 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

Contact Info

Hosted by the ever-vigilant James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.com

Guests:

• Sally Gimon: https://thetrustisyou.com/
• K. Trevor Thompson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ktrevorthompson/
• Jamie Finnen-Gratzer: https://theoptimalfinancialgroup.com/

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This Year in Real Estate Investing 2025 breaks down the policy shocks, capital shifts, cultural changes, and financial realities that quietly reset the housing market and forced investors to rethink risk, strategy, and long-term positioning.

This year's top news items:

• Tariffs Froze New Development
• CTA Compliance Rule Disappeared
• Institutions Chose Industrial
• Rent Control Drew a Line
• 1031 and Bonus Depreciation Survived
• California Repriced Insurance Risk
• Office Finally Broke
• Rate Cuts Lost Their Power
• Washington Pivoted to Supply
• Commission Collapse Never Happened
• Migration Quietly Shifted
• Recession-Proof Assets Failed

Contact Info

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

Guests:

• Paul Anderson: https://verticalfundingcapital.com/
• Joseph Bodek: https://www.realestatementoringusa.com/
• Claude Diamond: https://www.claudediamond.com/
• Alina Herman: https://www.ourtopagent.com/
• Domenic Danino: https://www.rent2ownhomesus.com/
• Gabrielle Simmons: https://dealmakersco.com/

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November brings a surge of chaos across markets as data centers expand, scams multiply, policies shift, and investors rethink their strategy. This month’s roundup reveals a landscape transforming faster than anyone expected.

This month's news items:

• Data Center Domination
• Scottsdale Fake Heirs Home Sale Scam
• Fannie Mae Kills Credit Wall
• Mamdani’s Landlord Government Blueprint
• Trump’s 50 Year Mortgage Shock
• California SB 79 Six Story Battlefields
• Oahu Deed Forgery Property Scam
• Richmond Hill Crypto Fraud Bust
• Rotting in Mold Corporate Neglect
• Investors Take Over America’s Heartland
• Toxic Los Angeles Investor Abandonment
• New Jersey 4.5 Million Mortgage Scam
• The Art Of Letting Go

Contact Info

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

Guests:

• Nathan Turner, https://earnestinvesting.com/
• Damion Lupo, https://damionlupo.com/

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