We're getting into the truth about building wealth in real estate in 2026.

I've got my bald co-host Brian DeVilla today.

And then I've got his arch nemesis, Michael Zuber, one rental at a time.

Bro, the comments were not liking you, dude.

I know.

Speak the truth.

People get hurt.

Yeah.

Well, DeVille's position is that rentals ain't going to work in 2026 and that everybody slinging fake stuff. You believe rentals work. It ain't going to work in just one year. It's going to take a long period of time. But, you know, a lot of stuff has changed since our last, you know, quote unquote debate about all of this. You know, we just had the state of the union.

Trump posted a Fed chair. There's a lot going on. And I think we never really got to fully get into

the conversation either about like, how is somebody going to build wealth? If they're employee,

if they're an entrepreneur, all those things. So where do you want to start? What do you think? In 26, what do you think? So I guess the first thing I would, you know, jump into knowing that my enemy is to my left here is to really go back to the fact that building wealth hasn't changed in 100 years. There's only three steps. Step one is you have to create disposable income. Now you can argue what's more impactful,

cutting expenses or raising income. Doesn't matter. That's step one. Without seed capital that you can

deploy, you can't get wealthy, period. Step two is, I suggest you become elite at something. Now,

in my world, that's a buy box. 937.03, single family homes, three, four bedrooms, you know, one story, two-car garage, between 1,500, and 2,000 square feet. You're super niche. Super. There were 20 active listings in a market of half a million people, but because that's all I looked at, I knew what a deal was, and I knew what a great deal was, right, as opposed to going,

oh, I'm going to buy in St. Louis and in Vegas and in, you know, wherever. It's a different mindset. And oh, by the way, you look at that every day. And then, oh, by the way, step three is you have to do it for a decade. Right. That formula for building wealth hasn't changed if you're an entrepreneur or an employee.

I think it's easier as an employee,

but it works for entrepreneurs as for building wealth hasn't changed if you're an entrepreneur or an employee. I think it's easier

as an employee, but it works for entrepreneurs as well. But that's where I think you should start is

everybody's got to be grounded on how to get wealthy. Create seed capital that you could literally

light on fire and your life doesn't change. That's the money that gets piled in assets, assets held for a decade, you win.

Well, you were an employee and a high earning employee at that. And so obviously you could have that

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