Dr. Toby PotterCEO and Founder, The Unshakable Investor · Real Estate Investor Success Coach

Real Estate Investing: Why NOW is Always the Right Time

Name: Real Estate Investing: Why NOW is Always the Right Time
Uploaded: 2025-06-09T18:50:34+00:00
Duration: 1 min 19 s
Channel: Dr. Toby Potter
Description: In this conversational video, the hosts argue that waiting for lower real‑estate valuations or interest‑rate cuts is futile because historically property…

9 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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In this conversational video, the hosts argue that waiting for lower real‑estate valuations or interest‑rate cuts is futile because historically property values have only risen, with any dips quickly rebounding and surpassing previous levels. They stress that the optimal moment to invest is always the present, urging listeners to seek out profitable deals despite a tougher market—highlighting a shift from a decline in fix‑and‑flip opportunities to increased ground‑up construction activity. The discussion frames real estate as the premier vehicle for building generational wealth, noting that many billionaires allocate roughly 70% of their portfolios to various real‑estate assets. They underscore the relentless demand for housing, citing a figure of 6.5 million people needing homes, and contrast the finite nature of land with the limitless creation of crypto. The hosts conclude that better funding mechanisms are needed to meet societal housing needs, reinforcing the message that action now is essential.

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But one of the things that we struggle with when we're coaching our clients is they'll say, well, you know, I'm just going to wait till valuations come down, I'm going to wait till interest rates come down. I want to tell you that's not going to happen.
The time is always now.
The time is always now. I don't care if you look back over the history of real estate, and I've been in it for 30 years, you go back, valuations have only climbed. Yeah, they've never dipped and stayed down for a period of time. They may, may have a little bit of a dip, but then the climb is twice as high. So if you want to get into real estate investing, you need to do it now, right?
Yes, always now.
It's always now. The time is now. Uh, like you said, find the deals. It's a little bit tougher now to find the deals. Fix and flips are down, ground-up construction's up, but you got to find those that make a profitable margin. Start building a portfolio, start growing and building, because you're right, real estate is the only industry to invest in for generational wealth.
Yes.
Uh, and every billionaire that I know, and I know a bunch, will tell you 70% of their portfolio is in some form of real estate— commercial, strip malls, uh, all that stuff, housing. And to me, housing is the biggest demand that will always be there. Oh, when there's 6.5 million people needing housing and we can't find them housing, that demand's only going to grow.
Yep. As Warren Buffett says, you know, crypto— people can mine crypto all day. Yeah, but real estate and land, there's no one's making more of it.
No one's making more of it, uh, and we've got to get better at funding these deals and providing housing for society.
Agreed.