Real Estate Deals Are BACK (The Market Just Shifted)

Real Estate Rookie

BiggerPockets

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Inventory is up. Home prices are slipping. The housing market is shifting fast. There’s a lot of noise out there—but what does it all mean for rookie investors? Whether you’re looking for your first, second, or fifth rental property, today’s conversation will help you make sense of the latest real estate data and gain a serious edge in 2025! Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! With more homes being listed for sale and days on market creeping higher, it looks like we’re heading towards a buyer’s market. To help break it all down, we’re joined by Dave Meyer, head of real estate investing here at BiggerPockets. Investors could have the upper hand in the months ahead, and in this episode, we’ll show you how to negotiate lower prices and concessions—all while managing your investment risk in an uncertain market. You’ll also learn where to find crucial national and local data online (for free!) and how to use it to uncover promising markets and deals—without falling into the trap of analysis paralysis. We’ll even share some of our favorite beginner-friendly investing strategies in today’s housing market—ones that we’re trying ourselves! In This Episode We Cover Why today’s housing market offers a rare window of opportunity for investors Why buyers have more negotiating power due to higher supply and days on market Must-have tools and resources Dave uses for real estate market analysis The best, low-risk investing strategies for rookie investors to adopt in 2025 The secret to beating analysis paralysis and landing your FIRST real estate deal And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-576 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	If you're looking to invest in 2025, you need more than just headlines.
0:04.5	You need data and there's no better guide than our guest today, Dave Meyer.
0:09.4	Whether you're on the sidelines or already in the real estate investing game,
0:13.0	Dave's breaking down what's really happening in the market and how you can use it to your advantage.
0:23.5	This is the Real Bigotovicay Podcast, and I'm Ashley Carey.
0:26.8	And I'm Tony J. Robinson, and let's give a big warm welcome to Dave.
0:31.0	Dave, thank you for joining us today, brother.
0:32.3	Thanks for having me.
0:33.1	I'm excited to be here.
0:34.1	Dave is like our big brother from the OG Bigger Pockets podcast,
0:40.2	who has come today to share his knowledge with rookie investors. So I think,
0:44.8	Dave, the first thing we want to talk about is kind of what does the 2025 data say? So
0:52.3	what is the single most important shift in the housing market that rookie
0:56.3	investors should understand right now? Well, my job is getting more fun because I think for the
1:00.9	last three years, everything was just always the same. Like there was tight inventory. It was
1:05.4	tough to find deals. But that is actually starting to shift. We're moving more towards what would be called normally a buyer's market.
1:14.1	And I think this is exciting for investors. Personally, just for my own investing, I'm getting more excited about looking for and buying deals because there's just going to be more inventory.
1:24.9	There's going to be more to look at. But the reality is,
1:28.2	when you have a buyer's market, there is also the risk of falling prices. That presents the opportunity
1:34.0	because you can buy things for cheaper, but it also presents risk. You don't want to buy something
1:38.1	that's going to decline significantly in the future. And so I think the data suggests we're
1:43.4	entering a period that has a lot of upside and opportunity, but also has some future. And so I think the data suggests we're entering a period that has a lot of
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