{"podcast":{"title":"Real Estate News: Real Estate Investing Podcast","slug":"real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472","podcast_index_feed_id":217472,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/449046/rss","website_url":"https://realwealth.com/real-estate-news-for-investors-podcast/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/d/f/2/3df2fda0d0174eb6d959afa2a1bf1c87/cover_3000x3000px.jpg","author":"Kathy Fettke / RealWealth","episode_count":893,"summary":"Don't get caught off guard by market crashes that can take all your money down with them. And don't miss out on markets where you can build wealth practically overnight. Real Estate News for Investors with Kathy Fettke is the premiere source for savvy real estate investors who want to stay up-to-date on new laws, regulations, and economic events that affect real estate. Topics include: market trends, economic analysis that affects housing prices, updates on the best rental markets for investing in single-family rentals or multi-unit rentals, turn-key housing standards, the fate of the highly revered 1031 exchange and other tax law affecting investors, self-directed IRA investing and 401k changes, where rents and property values are rising or falling, flipping risks, new Dodd-Frank rules regarding private lending and financing standards, areas with job losses vs job growth, areas that are overbuilt or over-supplied versus areas with low supply and high demand, and how to avoid real esta...","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T00:19:21.308275+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472"},"episode":{"title":"Real Estate Fraud Hits $275M in 2025, FBI Warns","slug":"real-estate-fraud-hits-275m-in-2025-fbi-warns","published_at":"2026-04-17T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/real-estate-fraud-hits-275m-in-2025-fbi-warns","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472","url":"https://realwealth.com/real-estate-news-for-investors-podcast/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/4f81dee6-e57b-48d5-94b4-33ff3032a868/fraud1.mp3?dest-id=3767799","summary":"Real estate fraud is on the rise again. A new FBI report shows more than $275 million was lost to scams in 2025, impacting over 12,000 victims. In this episode, Kathy Fettke breaks down how these scams are happening, why AI is making them harder to detect, and what real estate investors can do to protect their money—especially when it comes to wire transfers. Source: https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/online-real-estate-fraud-climbed-to-275m-in-2025-fbi-says","meta_description":"Real estate fraud is on the rise again. A new FBI report shows more than $275 million was lost to scams in 2025, impacting over 12,000 victims. In this ep…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":183,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/episodes/real-estate-fraud-hits-275m-in-2025-fbi-warns/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/real-estate-fraud-hits-275m-in-2025-fbi-warns.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}