Data Says It’s a Buyer’s Market: Here’s Where the Most Opportunity Is w/Michael Zuber

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

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🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The buyer’s market is back, and opportunities are growing. Inventory is rising, demand is shrinking, and sellers are more motivated to give you a price cut, concession, or repair. This is the time investors have been waiting for, and much of the housing market is already on discount. But which areas are the deepest buyer’s markets, and how are we investing today to capitalize? BiggerPockets CEO Scott Trench and Michael Zuber from One Rental at a Time join the show to share about deals they recently bought to take advantage of 2025’s housing market conditions. Plus, we give away free data on the markets with the most buyer control. Buyer’s market conditions don’t show up often—and they won’t last long. Finally, we’re unveiling a brand new, free tool from BiggerPockets that makes it easier than ever to find cash-flowing real estate deals in your area—BiggerDeals! No more scrolling through hundreds of listings. You can see estimated cash flow, cap rate, cash-on-cash return numbers, and more with BiggerDeals! In This Episode We Cover: The free, easy way to find cash-flowing rental properties in your area How to take advantage of the growing “buyer’s market” and which areas buyers have the most control Two real deals Scott and Michael are investing in right now How to get massive discounts (and interest rate buydowns) on new construction homes The four factors that make up a buyer’s market and free data to see if your market is one And So Much More! Links from the Show Join BiggerPockets for FREE Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! Ask Your Question on the BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets YouTube Apply to Be a BiggerPockets Real Estate Guest BiggerDeals Data from Today’s Episode BiggerPockets Real Estate 1095 - Scott Trench: How I’m Protecting My Money From “Irrational Exuberance” One Rental at a Time YouTube Channel One Rental at a Time Book Earn 10-12% Without Landlord Headaches with Ignite Funding Maximize Your Real Estate Investing with a Self-Directed IRA from Equity Trust Try BiggerDeals Today and Find Your Next Rental Grab “The Book on Rental Property Investing” Sign Up for the BiggerPockets Real Estate Newsletter Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area Connect with Michael Connect with Scott Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1118 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Congratulations. The data says it's a buyer's market for U.S. real estate.
0:12.0	Welcome to the Bigger Pockets podcast. I'm Scott Trench, CEO of Bigger Pockets and co-host of the
0:17.4	Bigger Pockets Money Podcast. I'm filling in for Dave Meyer. Today is a guest host of the
0:21.6	Bigger Pockets Real Estate podcast. And that wonderful gentleman congratulating you for entering into a real
0:28.1	estate buyer's market is Michael Zuber, who hosts and leads and builds the brand, one rental at a
0:35.1	time. He's got a fantastic YouTube channel, one rental at a time, go check it out. He's got a fantastic book called One Rental at a time. He's got it in a fantastic YouTube channel. One rental at a time.
0:38.3	Go check it out. He's got a fantastic book called One Rental at a time. Pretty easy to find him
0:42.8	around the internet. Been a guest on his show a few times, had a lot of fun. He's going to be
0:46.9	co-hosting today here on the Bigger Pockets Real Estate podcast. Michael, it's such a privilege
0:52.0	to have you here guest hosting the Bigger Pockets Real
0:54.8	Estate podcast.
0:55.8	Thanks.
0:56.8	I appreciate the opportunity.
0:57.8	I look forward to this.
0:58.8	Lots of stuff to discuss.
0:59.8	On this episode, we're going to discuss if the seller's market of the last few years has changed
1:03.6	and whether buyers now have more power.
1:05.6	Spoiler alert, Michael already ruin the surprise.
1:08.5	We're going to talk about briefly what's going on in the macro economic environment
1:12.5	because obviously that does influence people's perceptions about whether it's a good time to buy
1:17.4	real estate or not. It's certainly a buyer's market, but that could be or not be a good time to
1:21.4	buy real estate. And then we're going to talk about deals that we've done. We've both made major
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