Tim LaBorde Team: Real Estate & Hedge Fund Advisory

06/09/2026

Apparently some people think buyers hold secret meetings.

They all gather around a table...

Laugh evil laughs...

And agree to lowball every deal.

Except that's not what happens.

Independent buyers don't know each other.

They simply review the same house.

The same rehab.

The same risks.

And sometimes they arrive at the same conclusion.

One low offer is an opinion.

Five similar offers are information.

Consensus is expensive to ignore.

Sometimes the market gives you an answer.

You just don't like it.

Tim LaBorde

06/09/2026

"We just need a buyer."

I've heard that countless times.

The problem is that buyers don't create value.

They measure it.

If five buyers walk the same property, review the same numbers, and all reach the same conclusion, that's not bad luck.

That's feedback.

No offer.

Weak offer.

No interest.

Most people call that a buyer problem.

Experienced investors call it market feedback.

The market doesn't care what you hoped the deal was worth.

The market tells you what it's worth.

The buyers are just delivering the message.

Tim LaBorde

06/08/2026

Interesting housing data from Redfin.

Closed home sales just hit their highest level since 2022, helped by lower mortgage rates in April and increased inventory.

At the same time, pending sales have flattened as rates moved back up and buyers became more cautious.

A few takeaways:

• Inventory continues to rise
• Buyers have more negotiating power than they've had in years
• Many markets are seeing longer days on market
• Houston pending sales were down 12.5% year over year according to the report

The housing market isn't crashing.

But it's also not the frenzy we saw a few years ago.

It's becoming a market where ex*****on, pricing, and due diligence matter more than ever.

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06/07/2026

After a deal falls apart, everybody starts looking for a complicated answer.

A legal issue.

A title issue.

A probate issue.

Sometimes the problem started much earlier.

During the first conversation.

During qualification.

During the questions that never got asked.

I've watched people spend weeks trying to solve problems that could've been uncovered with a simple question.

Who owns the property?

Is anybody else on title?

Has ownership changed recently?

Experienced investors don't ask better questions because they're smarter.

They ask better questions because they've learned what happens when they don't.

Tim LaBorde

06/06/2026

I've heard this countless times:

"We'll let title figure that out."

Maybe.

But the seller was already on the phone.

The seller was already answering questions.

The seller was already telling the story.

Some of the most expensive problems in real estate aren't hidden.

They're ignored.

Probate.

Ownership issues.

Unknown heirs.

Problems that often reveal themselves through questions nobody asked.

That's the uncomfortable part.

Every unanswered question doesn't become a title problem.

But every title problem starts as a question nobody asked.

The answer was available.

Nobody went looking for it.

Tim LaBorde

06/05/2026

I've heard this more times than I can count:

"Nobody could've seen that title issue coming."

Sometimes that's true.

Sometimes it isn't.

Because not every title problem appears out of nowhere.

Some leave clues.

The deceased owner.

The ownership mismatch.

The delinquent taxes.

The divorce nobody looked into.

The warning signs were there.

They just weren't investigated.

That's the uncomfortable part.

Finding a problem after contracting feels unfortunate.

Finding one that could've been discovered before contracting feels expensive.

Professional operators don't assume everything is fine.

They look for reasons it might not be.

Tim LaBorde

06/04/2026

Everybody wants to move fast.

Get the contract.

Find the buyer.

Get paid.

The problem is that title issues don’t care about your timeline.

I’ve watched deals that looked perfectly fine on the surface suddenly fall apart.

Not because the problem was new.

Because somebody finally found it.

A probate issue.

An ownership problem.

An heir nobody knew about.

And by that point, everybody was already counting money.

The seller.

The buyer.

The lender.

That’s why experienced investors ask different questions early.

The goal isn’t finding problems.

The goal is finding them before time, money, and expectations get attached to the deal.

Tim LaBorde

06/04/2026

One of the most expensive mistakes in real estate is confusing a signed contract with a closed deal.

The seller agrees.

The paperwork gets signed.

Everybody starts acting like the hard part is over.

Sometimes the hard part hasn't even started.

Probate.

Liens.

Ownership issues.

The surprise nobody knew was sitting there.

I've watched deals fall apart that everyone thought were headed to the closing table.

Not because the problem suddenly appeared.

Because somebody finally found it.

Title didn't create the problem.

They found it.

That's why experienced investors ask different questions early.

Bad surprises become expensive.

Tim LaBorde

06/02/2026

Every investor eventually gets burned by something.

A contractor.

A bad number.

A bad assumption.

A surprise nobody saw coming.

That's part of the business.

What separates experienced investors from inexperienced ones isn't avoiding mistakes.

It's what happens afterward.

I've seen investors lose money and immediately look for someone to blame.

I've also seen investors lose money and immediately start asking:

"What did I miss?"

One approach protects your ego.

The other improves your results.

Because the most expensive mistakes aren't always the ones that cost you money.

They're the ones that keep showing up again.

Different deal.

Different contractor.

Same outcome.

The mistake isn't what cost you money.

The mistake is paying for the lesson twice.

FIRE YOUR WHOLESALER

06/02/2026

Yesterday's video was about decision paralysis.

Today's video is about the fear behind it.

A lot of investors think successful investors avoid mistakes.

The reality is much less comfortable.

Every investor eventually:
- overpays
- trusts the wrong contractor
- misses a deal
- underestimates a rehab
- misjudges a market

Most investing lessons arrive attached to a bill.

The difference isn't that experienced investors never get it wrong.

The difference is they've survived being wrong before.

That's where confidence actually comes from.

Not perfection.

Experience.

Because experience is what happens after you're wrong.

FIRE YOUR WHOLESALER

- Tim LaBorde