What Are You Doing Right Now?

Rooftop
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Real estate markets never move in a straight line.

Some are buying. Some are selling. Others are just waiting hoping timing will do the work for them. A few are in the “something else” stage, building angles nobody else sees.

Vote here:

  • Actively buying
  • Selling, selling, selling
  • Patiently waiting
  • Something else, (comment below)
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My Breakdown:

Buyers: know chaos creates opportunity. They’re not looking for perfect conditions, they’re looking for mispriced assets.

Sellers are saying: cash today better than maybe tomorrow.

Waiters are calling timeout. But timeouts don’t win games, execution does.

Something else? That’s the creative lane. Refinancing. Repositioning. Structuring off-market deals.

The Point:

In every cycle, the split looks the same. Some push forward. Some pull back. The difference isn’t the lane you pick, it’s whether you pick it with conviction.

So, where are you right now? Buying, selling, waiting, or creating your own lane?

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Right now I’m in the “wait and underwrite like a hawk” phase.

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I’m actively buying, but hyper-targeted. There’s opportunity, but only if the numbers scream yes.

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Actively buying, but VERY selectively.

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The shift from broad buying to targeted underwriting tracks with what I’m seeing in Chicago: deals still pencil, but only when the assumptions are conservative. Selectivity isn’t caution for its own sake; it’s discipline. I’d add that the underwriting phase is where the real edge sits, since the market hasn’t repriced everything evenly. Are you passing mostly on price or on fundamentals like rent growth and vacancy assumptions?