Pick something that fits your style and investment of both time and money. 

After watching the trends and digging into the numbers, one thing is crystal clear: New-home sales 2025are shaping up to be the silver lining in what’s otherwise been a challenging market.

I would also check median home prices vs. rent potential, landlord-friendly laws, and supply vs. demand trends.

I forgot the poster, but the McDonalds man needs to get a taste of this reality.2nd point, rise before they trend back to where they are now is my expectation. 

Chicago is a lower appreciation market but with the trends we've been seeing with increased rates of hurricanes on the east coast and fires in the west, I do think long-term we will see some migration to the Midwest.

I have several close friends who specialize in audit representation so especially in the wheelhouse of real estate audits I get a good amount of feedback on trends. 

Peter Lohmann’s newsletter is a solid source for staying on top of national trends; I’d recommend subscribing if you haven’t already.In Texas, I’ve noticed increased activity, especially in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

And fall in equities will only exacerbate this trend - along with continued on-shoring / pro-growth trends the current administration is pushing.  

However, there's an obvious loophole to the claim because if you buy a house for 999K and then the value goes over 1 million then technically you're one of the 90% that just became a millionaire through real estate :) REIT investing is a much less active way of investing into the 11 major real estate sub-sectors, in the US we have 274 listed REITs on the major exchanges of NYSE and NASDAQ, and about 75-80 of them are not equity REITs but rather mortgage REITs, which I like to park cash in when 10yr yields are trending down to give me capital appreciation plus 14-15% dividend yields. check out alreits | Global REIT Researchto do more thorough individual research.

@Eric Hrlbock Send info if you have a chance, I don’t mind driving - especially if I can get some info on trending properties downstate from us...