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This Month In Real Estate Investing, hosted by Denver, Colorado realtor and real estate investor James A. Brown, is a monthly, video, roundtable-style podcast that features your favorite real estate investing personalities to help discuss the month's REI news and events. Learn more at thismonthinrealestateinvesting.com

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August 30, 20261 hr 26 min

This Month in Real Estate Investing August 2026: Rates. Distress. Sheep. Leverage!

August 2026 brings a housing market packed with shifting leverage, stubborn affordability, volatile mortgage rates, multifamily stress, builder incentives, and rising inventory, creating fresh opportunities for investors who understand financing, timing, and risk today nationwide. This Month's News Items: Portable Mortgage Bill Targets Mortgage Lock-In Typical Home Still Requires Nearly $110K Income Mortgage Rates Fall After Weak Jobs Report Apartment Cap Rates Hit 11-Year High U.S. Housing Inventory Hits Highest Level Since 2019 61% of Investors Turn Negative on Multifamily Builder Confidence Remains Deeply Weak 7% Mortgage Rates Are Back on the Table Apartment Vacancy Falls to 4.5% Escaped Sheep Takes a Bus Through the Car Wash Hosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.com Guests: Melissa Dorman: https://sellerfinanceacademy.com/ Patrick Yepez: https://dreambigmarketingservices.com/ Nathan Turner: https://earnestinvesting.com/ See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/ Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

July 27, 202627 min

Best Of This Month in Real Estate Investing

This special Best Of episode of This Month In Real Estate Investing revisits some of the show’s most revealing conversations about surviving a rapidly changing property market. The panel examines falling home sales, shrinking transaction volume, rising competition among agents, stubborn interest rates, and why many professionals who entered the industry expecting easy money may not last. The conversation also explores property as an inflation hedge, rental income, seller financing, note investing, and the tradeoffs between appreciation and hands-off cash flow. From there, the panel looks at the future of experiential retail, the realities of working from home, and the growing influence of artificial intelligence on property searches, management systems, and investor decision-making. Zillow, ChatGPT, mobile homes, data accuracy, regulation, and the danger of trusting AI-generated information all enter the discussion. It’s a wide-ranging collection of honest opinions, market lessons, disagreements, predictions, and practical strategies for agents and investors trying to understand where the industry is going next. Hosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.com See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/ Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

July 27, 20261 hr 11 min

This Month in Real Estate Investing June 2026: Trust. Technology. Deceit. Survival!

June 2026 delivers a whirlwind of fraud investigations, AI breakthroughs, listing battles, downtown transformations, and trust issues as This Month In Real Estate Investing explores the forces reshaping investing and why verification may become every investor’s greatest competitive advantage. - Real Estate Has a Trust Problem- Zillow vs. MRED and Compass- Predatory Contract-for-Deed Sales Trial- $100M Newport Beach Bank Fraud Case- AI Moves From Hype to Implementation- Fake Owners Sell San Diego Properties- Loudoun County Rental Scam Charges- Downtown Denver Recovery Struggles- AI Wealth Drives San Francisco Housing- AI Law Firm Wins Historic Court Case Hosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.com Guests:Zach Thomas: https://hiraethventures.com/ See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/ Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

May 30, 20261 hr 11 min

May 2026 • Drop. AI Agents. Terror. Abundance!

TMIREI May 2026 tackles Miami’s rising market, rental scams, investor fraud, AI listing photos, predatory contracts, luxury tax fights, and surveillance pricing concerns in one dramatic investor-focused conversation. This Month's News Items: Miami Sales Rise For 7th Straight Month Dave Ramsey Says Real Estate Is Not Passive Income Mother Falls For Social Media Rental Scam Gurus Sentenced For $17 Million Ponzi Scheme New York Titan Sparks Tax-The-Rich Firestorm AI Home Listing Photos Raise Concerns Ex-Brooklyn Judge Accused Of Investor Scam Former Seattle Broker Sentenced For Fraud MV Realty Settlement Delivers Homeowner Relief Americans Support Ban On Surveillance Pricing Hosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.com This month's guests: Paul Anderson: https://www.verticalfundingcapital.com/ Caleb David: https://davidcommercial.com/ Natalie Levkovitz: https://www.equallycraftedmanagement.com/ See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

May 10, 20261 hr 41 min

April 2026 • Drop. AI Agents. Terror. Abundance!

We break down fraud risks, market shifts, AI disruption, and luxury housing trends, showing how investors can navigate a rapidly changing landscape filled with both opportunity and serious risk. This Month's News Items: Agent Pleads Guilty in $11M Embezzlement Case Downtown LA Market Shift as Tenants Buy Buildings Real Estate Recovery Begins to Take Shape Cybercrime Hits $20.8B, Real Estate Fraud Rises AI Shopping Agents Set to Reshape Retail Antitrust Lawsuit Targets CoStar Data Monopoly Man Arrested in Real Estate Fraud Scheme Gary Keller Warns MLS Leaders Miami Luxury Boom Prices Out Buyers Robot Beats Half-Marathon Record, But Limits Remain Hosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.com This month's guests: Dusten Hendrickson: https://mailboxmoneyre.com/ Mitch Ginsberg: https://www.commloan.com/ See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

March 30, 20261 hr 42 min

March 2026 • Fraud. Pressure. Shift. Uncertainty!

This month’s TMIREI episode breaks down rising fraud, shifting investor strategies, global conflict impacts, and new regulations shaping the housing market as 2026 unfolds with uncertainty and opportunity. This Month's News Items: Los Angeles Woman Faces 24 Years in Prison for Real Estate Fraud War With Iran Raises Concerns for U.S. Housing Market Real Estate Investors Pull Back From Florida Markets Experts Say No Major Housing Market Crash Expected in 2026 Kentucky Rental Scams Surge as Lawmakers Push Tougher Penalties Wealthy Buyers Flock to Charleston for Second Homes New FinCEN Rule Targets Residential Real Estate Transactions New Hampshire Developer Indicted in $3.8M Loan Fraud Case FBI Busts $17.4M Mortgage Fraud Scheme Targeting Seniors Study Finds Ideal Coffee Intake May Lower Stress Hosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.com This month's guests: Tim Baldwin: https://pmlawsolutions.com/ Axel Meierhoefer: https://idealwealthgrower.com/ Meg Epstein: https://www.casouthdevelopment.com/ See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

March 1, 20261 hr 50 min

February 2026 • Fraud. Liquidity. Luxury. Disruption!

Fraud headlines, record luxury prices, rising defaults, and foreign capital flows collide in February 2026. TMIREI breaks down the shifting credit cycle, AI office fears, and liquidity pressure reshaping how disciplined investors approach buy-and-hold strategy today. This Month's News Items: Private Clubs Replace Mall Anchors College Park Seeks $600K Back Urban Multifamily Fraud Risks Rise Foreign Capital Fuels U.S. Housing $5M Settlement in Property Scandal Hamptons Prices Hit Record High AI Fears Sink Property Stocks Texas Deed Fraud Scheme Exposed Broker Charged in $1.5M Home Fraud Real Estate Secondaries Hit $20B CPA Sentenced in $600K Fraud CMBS Defaults Accelerate China’s 120K-Cycle Water Battery Hosted by James A. Brown: https://jamesbrownrealestate.com This month's guests: Matt Meredith: https://meridianlg.com/ David S. Rose: https://usremholdings.com/ Reza Motalebpour: https://ingwe.ca/ See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

February 1, 20261 hr 45 min

January 2026 • Deceptions. Fractures. Trials. Collision!

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/ See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/ Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

January 10, 20262 hr 39 min

This Year In Real Estate Investing 2025 (The Reset No One Could Avoid)

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/ See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/ Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/

November 30, 20252 hr 11 min

November 2025 • Shock. Surge. Chaos. Breakpoint!

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/ See more great content at https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/ Catch all USREI content on Real Estate On Air! https://www.realestateonair.fm/