The Independent Real Estate Investor’s 2026 Playbook
(The No-Smoke-Up-Your-Skirt Guide to What it Actually Takes to Win in the New Real Estate Market)
No, it’s not just you…LOTS of people are scratching their heads over the low inventory (and yet somehow still low demand) high interest rate (and yet somehow still high priced), high-cost (and yet still stagnant-rent) market of 2026.
So let’s talk about it.
Because there are lots of experienced, active investors who are doing great things, and never stopped, and won’t stop, because they’ve figured out what DOES work…
And we’re bringing a BUNCH of those investors together to talk about HOW in this free “Best Strategies” series of Zoom meetings.
The Market is Shifting. The Old Rules No Longer Apply.
You should DEFINITELY attend if you value the experienced advice of people who are actually in the market today, not sitting on the sidelines wondering what to do next.
Each week features a different high-level expert or panel on a different strategy; attend all of them, or just the ones that will most benefit your particular business; the full weekly agenda is below
You don’t have to register for each of the sessions individually; just click HERE and you’ll be registered for the whole series
You don’t have to attend live (though that’s the best thing to do, since that’s when you’ll have the chance to ask questions); a link for the recorded version will go out to all attendees the next day, and will be available to review for a full week.
These aren’t sales pitches for home study courses; these experts will be giving their best advice and guesses about what’s next, NOT their courses (though we wouldn’t be surprised if you were ALSO encouraged to attend the awesome National Real Estate Summit in November…)
This is your chance to get ahead of the curve.
Don't let the market leave you behind.
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The 2026 Playbook Webinar Series
The 2026-2027 Market Forecast, and What it Means to Your Wealth (with Vena Jones-Cox)
Confused by the mainstream real estate market news?
No wonder: it seems like there’s a lot of conflicting information about what’s going on now, and what the immediate future holds for the economy in general and real estate in specific.
That’s because most of what we read DOESN’T apply to Independent Real Estate Investors—it’s for retail buyers or about big commercial investors, NOT those of us who deal mostly with smaller properties, creative deals, and multiple exit strategies.
Get the real “main street real estate” story by being there!
The Best Ways to Find Deals in the Strangled 2026 Market
Yes, there are still great deals in the world, and no, they’re not all off-market.
Our panel is focused on different KINDS of great deals (cheap cash, terms, single family, apartment, and more) and do it in very different ways (direct mail, building relationships with other investors and agents, using AI/digital marketing), but they’re all convinced that there are a lot more out there than you’re seeing.
Find out what THEY’RE doing to find deals in this session.
The Best Ways to Get Funding to Do Your Deals, Unconventionally (with Lindsey Jensen)
Whether you’re “just” buying properties to fix and flip, or “just” need transactional funding for a wholesale deal, or you’re looking to get funding to buy AND HOLD properties for the long term, it’s really good to know about ways to get money that’s NOT “Qualify for a conventional loan” or “pay cash”.
Our panel is using a variety of alternative finance strategies, including:
- Hard money and private money
- DSCR loans
- ‘Buying’ using long-term leases with option
- Using seller-held financing strategies including subject to and wrap mortgages
- Getting partners
They’ll talk about the pros and cons of these in the CURRENT market (and why some of them let you pay MORE than full price for properties in this very competitive market).
The Best Alternative Strategies for to Creating Lots of Cash Flow
Cash flow and return on investment are getting squeezed between higher property prices and higher interest rates.
So are you going to sit out the market, or are you going to look into strategies that you haven’t considered before that create high rates of return than the typical single family long-term rental?
Our panelists have: they’re experts in senior housing, mid-term rentals, note buying, and apartment investing, and they’ll talk about the pros, cons, risks and rewards of these lesser-known strategies.