718: BiggerNews: The State of Real Estate in 2023 and 3 Ways to Beat a Bear Market

<p>Most <strong>2023 housing market predictions</strong> sound like this, “<strong>The sky is falling! </strong>Sell everything! Houses will be worth $1 next year! This is just like 2008!” Look at the track record of those who shill predictions like this. These are the<strong> same forecasters </strong>who <strong>have been predicting a crash </strong>will happen at some point<strong> over the last ten years</strong>. Now, with a whiff of fear in the air, mainstream real estate journalists will do anything they can to convince you we’re having a repeat of 2008. <strong>However, this is far from the truth.</strong></p><p>But how could we forecast the 2023 housing market without data? And where there’s data, there’s <strong>Dave Meyer</strong>, VP of Data and Analytics at BiggerPockets and host of the <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcasts/on-the-market" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>On the Market</em></a> podcast. Dave and his team have recently released “<a href="https://get.biggerpockets.com/state-of-rei-2023/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The 2023 State of Real Estate Investing Report</strong></a>,” which gives <strong>all the housing market data you need </strong>to invest successfully in 2023. In it, Dave shares <strong>how the </strong><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/housing-market-predictions-review-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>2022 housing market</strong></a><strong> flipped</strong> once the Fed raised rates, how supply and demand have been affected, and <strong>what we can expect for 2023</strong>.</p><p>Dave will also go over the<strong> three investing strategies </strong>he feels are more appropriate<strong> for investing in 2023</strong>, including a<strong> completely passive way to invest</strong>, a cash flow and appreciation combo, and how buyers can <strong>take advantage of this market</strong> to get deals at a steep discount. While we can’t predict the future, we can give you our best insight into wh