Community isn’t group chats and handshakes. It’s survival. For a long time, land investing rewarded lone wolves. Keep your list tight. Protect your sources. Don’t share too much. That worked… until it didn’t. 2026 doesn’t favor isolation. It punishes it. Deals are harder. Mistakes are more expensive. And trying to figure everything out alone costs more than money. I’ve seen the shift happen in real time. The people still growing aren’t the loudest. They’re not flexing on social media. They’re quietly plugged into rooms where ideas are shared, not guarded. Someone asks a question. Ten people answer honestly. One mistake gets shared. A hundred people avoid it. That’s the advantage. Community doesn’t mean everyone does the same thing. It means no one has to learn the hard way alone. Competition says, “If I win, you lose.” Community says, “If we learn faster, we all win.” That mindset isn’t soft. It’s strategic. Because when markets tighten, ego breaks first. Relationships don’t. 2026 will reward people who build together. Who trade insight instead of secrecy. Who value long-term trust over short-term wins. That’s not the easy path. But it’s the one that lasts.

hi - writing this before I call a buyer who is 3 payments behind. I've postponed repossession because he has paid 1/2 his balance. I've been in credit and collections since 1980. Yes, 1980. I worked for a department store, a credit card bank, and owned a collection agency for 20 years. I know how to write a note and collect it. We write "secured" transactions but I think they behave closer to credit cards than traditional A credit mortgages. How do I gauge trends to predict portfolio performance and therefore value? What cities have the worst credit card debt behavior? https://wallethub.com/edu/cities-with-the-most-people-in-financial-distress/133346 This is just one of many sites that spin up bank data. I've been a note buyer for many years. And I'm actively looking for portfolios to buy. So I'm not "out" but I'm not full of wide eyed optimism that every buyer will pay in full. Comments? Maybe a side bar discussion?

What does your land business actually look like when you strip away the highlight reels and look at the real numbers? I’m pulling back the curtain and inviting you to take a look behind the scenes of my land business---real cash flow, real expenses, real decisions, and a few months that didn’t go as planned. This is the side of land investing no one else has been willing to share publicly, and it’s where the most important lessons live. 👉 Here's an exclusive resources & transcript!

What CRM are you currently using? What are the pros and cons? We've been thinking about moving from Podio to Stride this year which will make @Seth Williams really happy! we've enjoyed Podio for being customizable and how things can flow from one app to another, but we think it's falling behind the times now and looks and acts like something from 10 to 15 years ago (because it is!).