The REAL Reason Everyone is Quitting Real Estate (And Why You Shouldn’t)
Wealthy Way
Ryan Pineda
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Wealthy Way podcast, co-host Brian Davila joins Ryan Pineda to discuss why so many people are quitting real estate, the collapse of wholesaling, government regulation, and whether investing in real estate is still a viable path in 2026.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Why Everyone is Quitting Real Estate
7:25 - The Real Estate Transaction Freeze
14:29 - The Future of Housing: Technology Will Disrupt Everything
27:57 - The Middle Class of Real Estate Is Dead
36:33 - Biggest Opportunities in 2026 (Beyond Real Estate)
49:11 - Realization: Killer Salespeople Are Worth Millions
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About Ryan Pineda:
Ryan Pineda has been in the real estate industry since 2010 and has invested in over $100,000,000 of real estate. He has completed over 700 flips and wholesales, and he owns over 650 rental units. As an entrepreneur, he has founded seven different businesses that have generated 7-8 figures of revenue.
Ryan has amassed over 2 million followers on social media and has generated over 1 billion views online. Starting as a minor league baseball player making less than $2,000 a month, Ryan is now worth over $100 million. He shares his experiences in building wealth and believes that anyone can change their life with real estate investing.
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| 0:00.0 | Brian, so everybody is quitting real estate, dude. |
| 0:02.8 | 100%. |
| 0:03.4 | You saw, I think, Batch put out a statistic that there was 80,000 wholesalers during 2020 to |
| 0:11.4 | 2022, and now that number is down to 10,000. |
| 0:15.0 | That's insane. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm nervous that in the next five to 10 years, flipping wholesalingaling buying rentals is not going to be a reliable |
| 0:25.1 | career for people to start. Brian, so everybody is quitting real estate, dude? |
| 0:31.7 | 100%. You quit real estate for a little bit. I quit real estate for like two years and now I'm back. |
| 0:36.6 | So yeah, I experienced what |
| 0:38.5 | everyone is going through right now. I don't know if you saw, I think Batch put out a statistic that there |
| 0:43.9 | was 80,000 wholesalers during 2020 to 22 and now that number is down to 10,000. That's insane. Yeah, |
| 0:53.7 | 10,000. 10,000. Yeah. 10,000. |
| 0:54.4 | 10,000. |
| 0:55.4 | I actually believe it because I see a ton of people that were very successful during 20 to 22. |
| 1:03.3 | And then like I just literally don't see them anymore on social media. |
| 1:06.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.3 | I don't know what they're doing. |
| 1:08.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.2 | They're not posting anymore, which is never like a good sign. |
| 1:11.8 | Yeah. So I'm, I'm nervous that in the next five to ten years, flipping wholesaling, buying |
| 1:19.7 | rentals is not going to be a reliable career for people to start. I have a different opinion on it |
| 1:26.7 | because I see this happening not just in real estate right |
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