In this episode of Uncontested Investing, we hit pause on deals and dive into something every real estate investor needs to do at least once a year: reflect, reassess, and reset your plan for the new year. We talk through how to review your wins, losses, systems, market strategy, portfolio performance, team, and mindset so you’re not just repeating the same year over and over.
We cover how to celebrate business highlights, identify what actually moved the needle, and cut the processes, platforms, and partnerships that didn’t. We also dig into market insights, changing interest rates, new legislation, tenant screening, BRRRR, non-core dispositions, portfolio optimization, alternative capital (IRAs, 1031 exchanges), new markets, hiring, culture, personal habits, and community.
If you’re serious about leveling up your real estate investing business in 2026 and beyond, this episode will give you a practical framework to turn this past year’s lessons into a better plan, better systems, and better results.
Quotables
“You need to personally acknowledge your strengths and weaknesses… being ready to relinquish control… that’s a huge hurdle when you transition from employee to owner.”
“Every successful investor that we’ve had on the show… they’ve all learned lessons the hard way. But it’s about taking those lessons and then turning them into success.”
“One of the most important lessons that we hope investors learn throughout the course of any year is that they can’t do this by themselves.”
Links
RCN Capital
https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast
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