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title: 'Real Estate Investing Advice for 2026'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=lFAlFYRPf_E'
video_id: 'lFAlFYRPf_E'
date: 2026-06-28
duration_sec: 767
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# Real Estate Investing Advice for 2026

> Source: [Real Estate Investing Advice for 2026](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lFAlFYRPf_E)

## Summary

The speaker, likely a real estate investor, discusses his portfolio strategy, focusing on consolidating his single-family rentals into a single county (Maroba) and moving towards RV parks and co-living properties. He also delves into the importance of self-awareness, recommending the Clifton Strengths assessment for personal and professional growth. He finishes by addressing tenant strategies in California, specifically advocating for Section 8, HUD-VASH, and continuation of care programs to mitigate tenant-rights risks.

### Key Points

- **Portfolio Consolidation Strategy** [0:05] — Between 2021 and 2022, bought 300 sub-2 deals across the country. Now selling about 100 single-family homes, 1031-exchanging into RV parks or properties in Arizona (specifically Maroba County). Goal: reduce single-family rentals to under 100 within 24 months, all in one county.
- **The Danger of Being Spread Thin** [0:56] — Owns two sub-2 deals in Sacramento that net $5,600/month, but regrets them because the market lacks his team and resources. Even with good management, scattered assets reduce focus and efficiency.
- **Self-Management vs. Professional Management** [1:15] — He never self-manages. Bought 40 rentals with a property manager from day one. Contrasts his approach with those who self-manage to save money and quit their W2 jobs sooner.
- **Sacramento's Co-Living Incentives** [1:53] — Notes that the Sacramento government is issuing grants for co-living properties, which entices him to double down there despite his strategic pullback from single-family rentals outside Maroba County.
- **Clifton Strengths Assessment Recommendation** [2:11] — Strongly recommends the Clifton Strengths test ($59). It identifies 34 personality characteristics, divided into top 10 (always on), middle 10 (can turn on with effort), and bottom 14 (require others to activate).
- **Personal Strengths: Activator & Includer** [3:29] — His top strength is 'Activator' (pushing others to their best). Fifth is 'Includer' (building large communities, e.g., 100-city tour). Believes knowing these traits prevents floundering in life.
- **Using ChatGPT with Clifton Strengths** [5:22] — Suggests taking the Clifton Strengths results, recording interpretation, and feeding into ChatGPT along with current life circumstances to get a 30-day personalized game plan.
- **Sub-2 Community Impact on Foreclosures** [6:07] — Claims that in Maroba County, the sub-2 community (30,000 people globally) has reduced foreclosures reaching auction by 60% over seven years, by helping sellers avoid foreclosure.
- **Solving Affordability, Not Just Profiting** [7:05] — Criticizes landlords who only chase tax benefits (like Airbnb) without solving affordability. States he has never had a seller or tenant he didn't help.
- **California Tenant Strategy: Avoid Traditional Rentals** [7:51] — Advises against traditional single-family rentals in California due to tenant rights. Recommends 'co-living,' Section 8, HUD-VASH (for veterans), Continuation of Care (COC), and Oxford House for multifamily.
- **Why Continuation of Care > Section 8** [9:13] — Section 8 is good (10/10), but COC is better (11/10). COC tenants are found via padmission.com. They get 100% of rent paid by nonprofit/government, tenant pays no deposit, and property repairs are covered at move-out.
- **Padmission.com Resource** [10:34] — Padmission.com is a free resource connecting landlords with nonprofits that fund the entire tenant process (deposit, rent, repairs) for Continuation of Care and similar programs.
- **California Tenant Rights Risk** [11:23] — Criticizes California's tenant-friendly laws, comparing them to a sandwich shop where the customer eats then demands payment to leave. Stresses this risk applies only to 'regular tenants,' not the subsidized programs he recommends.

### Conclusion

The speaker's core advice is to consolidate your real estate portfolio to a single market you can dominate, never self-manage if avoidable, and in California, replace traditional rentals with co-living or subsidized housing programs (Section 8, HUD-VASH, COC) to avoid tenant-rights headaches. Additionally, he emphasizes self-awareness through Clifton Strengths as foundational to success.

## Transcript

Good advice for the whole room and I'll
shut the heck up.
[music]
2021 and 2022 I bought 300 sub 2 deals
all over the country and I spread myself
into markets that I didn't really plan
on
expanding it. I just got I was like oh
2% 0% 1.9%. Like I have one sub two deal
on the beach in Hawaii. It's the only
one I have in Hawaii. That was dumb.
Why? Cuz I didn't build it. I I didn't
have it. I don't have enough houses
there to build a team around. And so
what I'm currently doing right now is
over the last 12 months, I've sold about
a hundred of my single family houses and
we're 1031ing either into RV parks or
1031ing into stuff in Arizona. So in 24
months, my single family portfolio will
be less than 100 rentals and they will
all be in Maroba County. So Sacramento's
awesome. The two sub two deals I have
here perform well. They, you know, net
me probably 5,600 bucks a month. But um
I just wish they were in a market that I
had more teams and more resources to
even care about them if that makes
sense. And it's not even about the
management cuz I don't I know a lot of
people that are just starting out what
they'll do is they'll self-manage a lot
of their assets. I started out in the
business saying I will never do that. I
will never in my life do that. This is
my personality.
Some people go, I want to quit my
nineto-ive job so bad that I'm going to
go buy a dozen rentals, manage them
myself, and that savings I have on the
management basically allows me to quit
my job. I went deep enough that I bought
40 rentals, had somebody else manage it,
then I started phasing out of my
construction business. From day one, I
never managed a single thing. So, when
people ask me like, "How do you manage
your assets?" I'm like, "I have an asset
manager. Always have." The team manages
them here, but the team's like, "Man, we
have to we have to deal with Sacramento
stuff." And cool thing about Sacramento
is you guys know about they they're
putting grants out to do more co-l
livingiving here.
>> They're just printing your government's
going to start printing money for you
guys to do more co-living properties.
And so I'm enticed. I'm encouraged to be
like, "Let's go double down in
Sacramento." But I've already made a
commitment mentally that we're getting
rid of any single family house that's
not in Maroba County. So good advice for
the whole room and I'll shut the heck
up.
Take a Clifton Strengths test. If you
haven't taken a Clifton Strengths test,
skip your next three days of Starbucks
and go spend $59. Clifton Strength. So,
it's this is psychologists that spent 50
years doing the opposite of what most
psychologists did. What which was
everybody else is trying to figure out
like what's wrong with everybody? What's
wrong with everybody? This guy goes, I'm
going to find out what's right about
people. Like, why are people winning?
Like, and this is why I'm so good at
understanding you. I can see the way
you're sitting. I can see the way you're
dressed. I can see the way you do your
hair. I can see the watch you're
wearing. I can see everything about you
and understand your personality. But
also, you bro, you exude energy. You
exude energy in a in a really cool way.
And everybody does, just a different
wavelength.
This will teach you more about human
behavior than anything else on the
planet. Clifton spent 50 years figuring
out what are the top 34 characteristics
that every human being has and he
divided them into top 10, middle 10,
bottom 14. Okay, top 10, whatever one
they're categorized for you, the top 10
are turned on in you all the time. You
wake up that way. You breathe that way.
You sleep like everything in your life
shows up that way. And I can tell you
what your top 10 are. Not in order, but
I could tell you which ones are in your
top 10. For me, I my number one
characteristic is um it's called um
activator,
which I love to activate people into
their best version of themselves. I'm
obsessed with see pushing somebody
else's button and watching them grow and
stepping back and not taking any credit
for it. I just like I love Okay, next.
Boom, boom, boom. Number one personality
trait. Number five is includer. It's why
I build the largest community in the
world. The largest I have the large
Nobody's even onetenth of my size.
Number five is includer. I love
including everybody and I love doing
this stuff. I mean, think about I just
did a 100 cities and 100 is the
stupidest thing ever. But I woke up that
way going, I'm doing this and I can't
turn that off. I have an idea. I can't
turn it off. So, the way you show up and
those thoughts you have, that's your top
10 personality traits. And if you don't
know those, my friends, you're going to
flounder around your whole life.
>> Why? Why do I feel pulled this way, but
everybody's telling me to go this way,
but I'm pulled this way? If you
understood your top 10 characteristics,
your life would change dramatically.
Your middle 10, okay, your next 10 are
ones that you can turn on yourself.
Like, you ever have to tell yourself,
especially with like slower people, like
be nice. [laughter]
Okay, that's a switch I have to turn on
sometimes right?
>> So, [laughter]
the ne the the next 10 characteristics
are buttons that you can turn on for
yourself with exerted effort. The bottom
14, this is the most interesting thing.
Okay, the bottom 14 can only be turned
on by somebody else. So somebody else,
your friends, like you guys challenge
each other. You're bros. You turn other
buttons on of each other and you turn
each other into like better versions of
yourself, right? Best friends do that.
It's the craziest thing ever. Clifton
Strengths, $59. And if you're a
gangster, go to Clifton Strengths
website and pay $200 to have somebody
give you a one-on-one and go through
your Clifton Strengths. When you walk
out that, take your Clifton Strengths.
If you're ultra black belt gang
gangster, take that and the recording,
throw it into chat GPT and go, I'm
currently doing this, this, this, this,
and this in my life. I don't like these
things about my life. Give me a 30-day
game plan based on everything I just
gave you, bro.
[music]
Sacramento. [cheering]
Yo [applause]
dude, it's like 20° colder in here than
the room I was just in. Guys, thank you
so much for being here. I'm so grateful.
Um, wow. We got best guess I'd say 450
people in here. This is pretty cool.
>> Um, if you're in a room like this, what
do you what do you think is in here? Do
you think that there's deals in here?
>> Do you think there's money in here?
>> Yes.
>> Okay. I'm I'm in the middle of an RV
park with like three people in this room
that are closing in the next 30 days.
So, you have people that are finding a
lot of deals. I believe that the sub 2
community, we're about 30,000 people um
globally. We're in 29 countries. I
believe that. Here's an interesting stat
before I say what we I believe in
Phoenix, Arizona, when I started
teaching people how to do sub two deals
about seven years ago. Um, and verse
today, the amount of foreclosures that
make it to all the way to auction has
decreased by 60%. No matter what the
market's doing, up, down, left, or
right, 60% less um foreclosures are
happening just in Maroba County, which
is where I'm from. Why is that? It's
because we now have tools and more
people have tools to help these sellers
that are in foreclosures, which is which
is awesome. That's the same stat
nationwide, which has been a lot of fun.
But the thing I'm like just really
really proud of is that we get to help
people solve affordability. Is
affordability a problem in Sacramento?
>> Cool. So, what are you going to do about
it, you greedy landlords? [laughter]
>> Right. Are we going to go do more
Airbnbs? Sure, Airbnb works, but is that
going to solve affordability?
>> No.
>> No. And look, it's great because I know
a lot of people love the the tax
benefits if you're a W2 employee, but
you're not really solving any problem.
You're really just not. And I I didn't I
don't want to get into a business where
I make a lot of money that I feel icky.
Like I don't want to sell soap for a
living. You know what I'm saying? Like I
don't That's a reference to a job I used
to have. So, [laughter]
I really wanted to be in a business that
I can help people. And I've done
thousands of transactions. There's never
been a seller I did not help. And
there's never been a a tenant that I did
not help um make sure it's affordable.
You know what? Let's do a couple Q&A. I
feel like Mullet Man has a question. Do
you have a question? Do you need help
with anything, Austin? Yes. The only
thing risky about investing in
California is single family traditional
rentals.
>> Small multif family.
>> Okay. Small multif family. But what kind
of tenants are you going after?
>> Section 8, COC, HUDVASH.
>> Okay. One suggestion I would have is
that everybody I talk to nationwide
that's doing California deals, their
biggest problem is tenant rights.
>> And so if you're I have two I by the way
have two sub two deals I own here in
Sacramento. Thank goodness I I made them
into co-l livingiving so I don't have
tenant issues. But whatever you're going
to do my friend small multif family I
would go co-l livingiving section 8
continuation of care. I would go to
Oxford House. I would do anything but
traditional rentals if you want to like
your your investment strategy.
>> You say premium h housing.
>> Yeah, that's what I want to do.
>> Like midterm rental. Is that what that
is?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. Midterm rental. Hillary says too.
>> Can you name this again?
>> Yes, I can name them again. So Oxford
House section 8.
Um Hudvash. Hudvash is section 8 for
veterans. And then COC, which is
continuation of care. It's the same
department as section 8, but they it's
way better.
>> Um, who who wants to do section 8 at
some point?
>> Okay, I'll tell you why you shouldn't do
section 8.
Section 8's amazing. It's a 10 out of
10, but I'm going to give you section
8's a 10 out of 10. I'm going to give
you an 11 out of 10. Okay. When section
8 tenant comes into your house, they
have to pay first and last month's
deposit. They also don't pay the full
rent. Like section 8 won't pay the full
rent. The tenant has to pay some of that
rent. Correct. When the tenant moves out
of that property, who pays for the
repairs on that property?
>> You.
>> Right. This is the weirdest thing. The
money comes from the same place. It goes
into section 8 or it goes into HUDVASH,
which is section 8 for for veterans or
it goes into something called
continuation of care. Continuation of
care is another program. You can find
incredible resources on a website called
padmission.com.
Free. I don't get paid to promote them
at all. I should padmission.com.
What padmission.com does is it puts you
in touch with nonprofits that gets
government funding that they pay the
first month's last month's security
deposit for these tenants. They pay 100%
of the rent so you're not collecting
rent from two different places and and
when the tenant moves out, they pay the
repair of all the cleanup to get ready
for the next tenant.
>> That's cool.
>> Okay. So, continuation of care, you'll
be able to find those tenants on
padmission.com.
>> Thank you.
>> padmission.com.
>> Guys, that was probably worth just you
coming here tonight. I promise you.
[cheering] Okay.
>> Yes, sir. Absolutely. Okay. So, I would
focus on those types of things. Nothing
against tenants, but I can tell you like
a regular tenant is always going to be
your biggest complainer. They're going
to be the people like, "No, I'm not
moving out. How dare you?" In
California, I think you guys have a lot
of weird counties that require you to
pay a tenant to get out.
>> Does Sacramento do that?
That's like if I own a Subway sandwich
franchise, somebody steals my sandwich.
Like they order it at the beginning.
They make my worker go through and do
all the thing. Hey, make sure you toast
that. Hey dude, put double cheese on
there. And then they're told what the
price is. And they go, "Yeah, I don't
think I'm going to pay." And then as
they're leaving, they go, "Wait, wait,
wait. I think you need to pay me to
leave the store."
That is your government, just FYI.
And y'all live here. I just want to let
you guys know. [laughter]
But that's only regular tenants. So, a
lot of times you guys will hear me bash
California online, but I am only talking
about regular tenants. Okay? So, if
you're going to do something like small
multif family, small multif family with
all of those types of tenants will work.
Okay? Section 8, HUDVASH, COC, um, uh,
Oxford House, [music] all of those types
of things. Co-living is awesome. One,
two 3.
>> Sacramento, where you at? Well, we're
here in Sacramento just wrapping up the
day. What an incredible meet up. 550
plus people. Lawrence, Wes, Art, thank
you for being our leaders here in
Sacramento for the Sub 2 community.
Lawrence, proud of you, man. Three RV
parks in the last 18 days. This is how
you dominate. So proud of you. All of
you guys that are [music] watching by
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San Francisco. Fresno, Los Angeles,
Yuma, that's it.
>> Tucson,
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