"Time To Sell!" Ben Mallah's Shocking Prediction For Home Prices, Falling Rents, & The Trump Economy

The Iced Coffee Hour

Graham Stephan/Jack Selby

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.4 • 790 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Peterson Academy: Start learning at https://petersonacademy.com/ich Upwork: Post your job free at http://upwork.com and connect with top talent to grow your business. Notion: Try Notion with Notion Agent - your AI teammate: https://notion.com/icedcoffee Gusto: Try Gusto for FREE for 3 months at https://gusto.com/ICED Follow @BenMallah Here! Add us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jlsselby https://www.instagram.com/gpstephan Apply for The Index Membership: https://entertheindex.com/ Official Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeBQ24VfikOriqSdKtomh0w For sponsorships or business inquiries reach out to: tmatsradio@gmail.com For Podcast Inquiries, please DM @icedcoffeehour on Instagram! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:03 - Ben’s tax dilemma 00:06:31 - When to sell a property 00:07:20 - 2026 housing market outlook 00:13:53 - What could crash the market? 00:15:07 - Florida housing values 00:18:39 - Sponsor - Peterson Academy 00:20:06 - What to do with $100K cash 00:21:12 - Strategy for next year 00:22:59 - Deals he’s avoiding 00:31:36 - Still learning real estate? 00:33:57 - Sponsor - Upwork 00:35:11 - What he’d do differently 00:51:10 - The perfect amount of money 00:55:41 - Doing business with your kids 01:03:55 - Sponsor - Notion 01:05:13 - Sponsor - Gusto 01:06:41 - Mamdani election thoughts 01:07:22 - Graham’s tree story 01:09:47 - Can AI find real estate deals? 01:11:16 - Saving on renovations 01:12:06 - Alternative real estate investments 01:14:21 - Thoughts on 50-year mortgages 01:17:29 - Can property taxes be eliminated? 01:19:13 - How his quality of life changed 01:22:26 - Investing in California? 01:23:46 - Posting deals on social media 01:24:24 - Where the best deals come from 01:30:49 - More luxury goals? 01:32:52 - Why wealthy people don’t feel rich 01:36:03 - Weight loss update *Some of the links and other products that appear on this video are from companies which Graham Stephan will earn an affiliate commission or referral bonus. Graham Stephan is part of an affiliate network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites. The content in this video is accurate as of the posting date. Some of the offers mentioned may no longer be available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	AI is incredible. They can teach you how to fry an egg and even write a poem, pirate style.
0:07.0	But it knows nothing about your work. Slackbot is different. It doesn't just know the facts.
0:14.0	It knows your schedule. It can turn a brainstorm into a brief and it doesn't need to be taught.
0:20.0	Because Slackbot isn't just another AI.
0:23.3	It's AI that knows your work as well as you do.
0:26.4	Visit Slack.com forward slash meet Slackbot to learn more.
0:30.2	Every day I've got to look for deals.
0:31.5	Every day I'm going to do 1,000 emails, but I'm done.
0:34.8	Should I keep the house?
0:36.1	These are big decisions you gotta make in life.
0:38.3	I got a $15 million possible tax bill hanging over my head right now.
0:43.3	Question is, am I gonna have to pay it or not?
0:48.3	It's very depressing to me, you know, and I just wanna retire.
0:51.3	The next deal is what solves all my problems.
0:58.1	It defers my taxes and it creates more wealth.
1:00.3	It's all about finding a deal with upside.
1:01.2	That's all that matters.
1:04.7	So what do you think is going to happen in 2026 throughout the housing market?
1:09.2	All the people that bought that shouldn't have bought are now stuck.
1:14.5	I'm hoping and praying that I'll start seeing some distress in the market.
1:18.5	What exactly is driving the staleness in the housing market right now?
1:22.9	You want to build up to a certain net worth of like hundreds of millions of dollars, right?
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