Why Rental Properties Are Getting Less PROFITABLE (What Actually Works)
Wealthy Way
Ryan Pineda
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
I talked with Michael Zuber and Brian Davila about how buying rental properties in 2026 is totally different (and harder) than past markets, and shared my own approach for making money in this cycle. We dive deep into wealth-building through real estate, mindset, economic cycles, and how to capitalize on the shifting landscape of money, work, and opportunity in 2026.
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CHAPTERS:
2:10 – How Michael Zuber Built Financial Freedom with Real Estate
10:20 – The Concept of Rental Properties and Leveraging Expertise
19:40 – The Truth About the Economy in 2026
27:45 – Critiquing Political Leadership and Its Economic Impact
44:55 – Will AI Destroy Jobs or Create New Opportunities?
1:22:00 – Spotting the Next Big Wealth Opportunity in Today’s Market
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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 | Today we're going over what is the best strategy to buy rental properties in 2026. Right now, things are changing, high interest rates, high prices and everything else. And so I decided to bring on Mr. One Rental at a Time, Michael Zuber, my co-host, Brian DeVilla, who's not just the bald guy, according to everyone in the comments, but an actual real estate investor. And then I'll share with you guys my strategy this year. |
| 0:21.5 | What's up, boys? |
| 0:22.4 | What up? |
| 0:22.9 | Appreciate the opportunity. |
| 0:23.7 | It should be fun. |
| 0:24.3 | Okay, so real rapid fire before we get into best strategies in 26. |
| 0:28.1 | What's your background with rental properties? |
| 0:30.0 | I started buying rental properties in 2001, sold all my houses in 2006, 1031 into apartment |
| 0:36.2 | buildings, went from 8 to 80, grew the portfolio |
| 0:39.1 | from 80 to 180, and retired in 2018. Okay, so you ended up doing this all while working a corporate |
| 0:45.9 | job. Correct. So you accumulate 180 rentals while working with a W-2. Correct. That's a lot of people's |
| 0:51.9 | goal, you know, aspiring goal. But very different time. Oh, no, |
| 0:55.2 | there's no question. Then today. No question. Would your strategy work today? I think it would. |
| 0:59.4 | Well, again, the beauty of this conversation is I started in 2001. Yeah. And I saw your and Brian's |
| 1:06.1 | conversation from over the weekend. And what I think Brian was missing is that real estate's cyclical. |
| 1:12.0 | Yeah. So I lived through 21 and 22 before. It was called 05 and 06, where everybody won, |
| 1:18.8 | nobody lost money. You could be crappy at your job and still make money. We're just in a |
| 1:23.3 | different season. And it doesn't feel good. Lots of people leave the business. One of your quotes |
| 1:27.5 | was there was 80,000 wholesalers now. There's 10,000. My answer is good, right? There's 50% less |
| 1:33.0 | real estate agents, good. There's 60% less mortgage brokers. Good. That means if you're an operator, |
| 1:38.4 | if you're focused on doing the work, you can write disrespectful offers and get them. |
| 1:42.5 | Yeah. So it is a market that I'm a lot happy about. 26 is better than 25. Yeah. No, I would agree with that. And I would agree with another thing you said. You know, Brian missed a few things. People in the comments let us know. He did miss quite a bit. No. So, Brian. Yeah. Tell me about your background. Okay. Okay, so I own about 30 rental properties. |
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