𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 “𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭” 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐲… 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.
2019: “I’m waiting for the market to crash.”
2020: “Pandemic! See? I was right!”
2021: “Prices are insane. I’ll wait.”
2022: “Rates are too high. I’ll wait.”
2023: “Still too expensive.”
2024: “New administration coming in…”
2025: Still renting. Still waiting.
Meanwhile… the “panic buyers” of 2019:
• Their homes are worth ~ $95,000 more
• They’ve built 6 years of equity
• They’re not paying rent
𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 “𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡” 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫…
Even if prices drop 15% $417k → $354k
That’s still $32k higher than 2019.
You’re still behind.
And when prices do drop?
Every “patient” buyer floods the market
That $354k house gets 15 offers
Bidding war pushes it to $375k
You waited 6 years … to overpay anyway.
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮:
Appreciation you’ll never recover
Equity you’ll never build
Rent you’ll never get back
Stop building someone else’s wealth.
Make 2026 the year you finally get your piece of the pie.
If you want to know more about purchasing a home in 2026, please reach out to me.
Sandy Herrick
ReeceNichols
913-205-4333