The people who know the market the best get the best deals. knowing your market is vital, especially when you invest from a distance because it is to easy to scam an out of state investor. 

Brokers will need to become adept at highlighting other motivations for moving, such as life changes or specific property needs.Increased Competition: With fewer transactions, brokers may face increased competition for available listings and buyers.Educating Clients is Key: Brokers will play a vital role in educating both buyers and sellers about the current market dynamics, including affordability challenges, which are evidenced by the widespread use of mortgage-rate buydowns, with roughly 40% of new home sales featuring such incentives.What This Means for Real Estate Borrowers and Developers:Borrowers and developers will need to navigate a landscape with affordability constraints and potentially softer demand in certain sectors:More Cautious Development: Single-family starts and permits have declined 20% and 13% respectively since February 2025, and homebuilder sentiment has fallen to its lowest level since 2022.

My other modifications from The Oracle of Omaha's advice is diversification via "O" and "GLD".

Loan Modification or Short-Term Forbearance (Even from Private Lenders)While private/hard money lenders aren’t always flexible, some will delay foreclosure if you show you’re actively trying to sell and communicate clearly.

While your value added is in the physical aspect of real estate (building SFR, developing subdivisions, etc) our emphasis is on deal structuring (loan modification, wrap mortgages, interest rate arbitration, real property consolidation, tenant repositioning, etc.). 

Planning ahead can reduce your overall tax liability and give you more freedom to reinvest and scale effectively.Just as vital is safeguarding the wealth you’re working so hard to build.

Networking is absolutely vital, and especially when you are new or entering a new field/area, casting a wide net is important. 

In a few cases, walking them through their options—loan modification, reinstatement, or even applying for hardship programs—ended with them keeping the house.

But what surprised me was how many options were still available, even late in the game.Here are a few things I learned (or was reminded of) during the process:✅ Loan Modifications Aren’t a MythWe helped them apply for a loan modification with their servicer.

But our first effort is to get the borrower to agree to a loan modification and have them retain ownership and us getting g a performing note.