Valuetainment - January 30, 2026


＂The American Dream Is DEAD＂ - Is Co-Ownership The Future Of Housing In America？


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In this episode, we discuss the growing trend of co-buying a home with friends and family members. Is it a good idea or a bad idea? Should it be done with a romantic partner or with a friend or family member?

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00:00:00.000 This is going to be the end of these stories we're hearing about union.
00:00:03.900 Let's talk about co-buying to see if you guys think this is a good idea or not.
00:00:06.820 Co-buying is rewriting homeownership and romance is no longer required.
00:00:12.340 What is this co-buying stuff?
00:00:14.120 Is it like cohabitating?
00:00:16.380 Is that what that is?
00:00:17.760 What is this co-buying stuff?
00:00:19.920 Co-buying homes platonically.
00:00:22.520 That's a trend emerging among homeowners today.
00:00:25.140 Kate Wood, a lending expert, told Fox Digital that co-buying is attractive because housing is incredibly expensive in the U.S.
00:00:34.500 Wood said people are co-buying homes with friends and family members.
00:00:37.860 What we're seeing rising now is co-buying between friends or people who are family members,
00:00:42.180 but basically buying a home with someone that you're in a non-romantic relationship with.
00:00:46.720 According to the National Association of Realtors 2025 profile, first-time homebuyers consisted of 25% single women, 10% single men.
00:00:57.080 Interesting.
00:00:57.580 Yeah, right.
00:00:58.180 While the share of married couples remained flat at 50% from data collected from July 2024 to June of 2025,
00:01:07.380 in comparison among all homebuyers, 61% are married couples, 21% are single women, 9% are single men.
00:01:16.160 NAR also shared that the median age for buying a home for the first time rose from 38 in 2024 to 40.
00:01:23.500 Wow.
00:01:24.200 Additionally, purchases made by first-time homeowners made up 21% of all buyers in 2025.
00:01:31.100 Christina Modares, a co-buying strategist, shared her experience in co-buying with friends and family and one romantic partner.
00:01:37.800 I tried to buy a house when I was 23.
00:01:39.880 I don't know why I thought I could do it on my own, she told Fox.
00:01:43.260 I was just like, yeah, like I'm living with my five roommates, like I can do this.
00:01:48.980 I love the fact that they're adding the like in it.
00:01:51.020 I can do this.
00:01:52.080 And then looking into it, I couldn't get a proof or mortgage.
00:01:55.640 So I asked a friend and he was like, yeah, I'll buy a house with you.
00:01:59.900 So that's how I kind of got into it.
00:02:02.700 Brad, good idea or bad idea to go buy?
00:02:04.980 I think it's irrelevant as far as, you know, how you do it as long as that you do it.
00:02:11.420 You know, if I can't afford it on my own, well then partner up, leverage another relationship regardless of it's romantic or not.
00:02:18.560 Just get it done.
00:02:19.520 You're for it.
00:02:20.420 Absolutely.
00:02:21.360 Like get it done.
00:02:22.380 I think the result far outweighs the way in which you do it.
00:02:27.040 How old were you the first time you bought a house?
00:02:29.760 24.
00:02:31.280 24 years old.
00:02:32.180 So that receipt of girl really took care of you. 0.52
00:02:34.960 Yeah.
00:02:35.260 No, I mean, she gave me a little bit of a, of a launch pad.
00:02:38.380 Oh, very cool.
00:02:38.920 And at 24, you bought a, you bought a house.
00:02:40.740 What was it?
00:02:41.500 Just a little, you know, almost track home, Las Vegas, Nevada.
00:02:45.840 What'd you pay for?
00:02:46.720 Um, about 189,000.
00:02:49.640 Really?
00:02:50.380 And then, uh, very short, shortly thereafter, uh, ended up selling it.
00:02:55.440 Uh, or basically my wife did my ex wife. 1.00
00:02:58.560 She took it.
00:02:59.680 She took it.
00:03:00.240 Yeah.
00:03:00.460 That's qualified as a sale.
00:03:02.320 Yes.
00:03:03.740 But, uh, but again, when it comes to purchasing a home, I think it's the American dream.
00:03:09.860 I think everyone should do it.
00:03:11.080 I, I don't, I don't see real estate being a bad investment.
00:03:13.920 And if you need to go in with a buddy or, or a friend or, you know, even four, just get
00:03:19.660 it done.
00:03:20.200 All right.
00:03:20.560 I think, I think it's a good thing.
00:03:21.940 Tom, tell me you have a different position.
00:03:23.600 Cause I want to see a debate on this.
00:03:25.180 Do you have a, do you have a, do either one of you guys have a different, okay.
00:03:28.380 Brandon does Tom, your thoughts.
00:03:30.000 Um, well, I agree with the concept of buying and creating stability because that creates
00:03:36.360 commitment.
00:03:37.020 If two people buy, then it creates commitment. 1.00
00:03:39.280 If one of them is an idiot, that's going to create incredible stress. 0.99
00:03:42.640 And I think that the, the, the downside of this is they will end up selling it probably 1.00
00:03:49.520 at the wrong time because someone's going to get married. 0.86
00:03:53.100 Someone's going to get a job somewhere else.
00:03:54.920 Someone needs to get out of it.
00:03:56.440 And then both of them are going to end up having to sell it.
00:03:59.100 So I see the benefit in the beginning because they're not renting now.
00:04:03.140 You're both, you know, paying into this and it brings commitment and stability.
00:04:07.680 Hopefully to those individuals that do it because they're, they're tied to the, the insurance,
00:04:12.680 the once a year, the homeowners, um, uh, property taxes and things like that.
00:04:19.240 But I see a downside because they're not going to be synchronized when somebody gets married,
00:04:25.220 somebody doesn't get married.
00:04:26.380 Somebody gets a job that.
00:04:27.500 So would you do it?
00:04:28.460 Would you do it?
00:04:29.460 No.
00:04:29.800 In your twenties, would you call by?
00:04:31.900 Probably not.
00:04:32.580 Would you recommend your girls to do it?
00:04:34.380 No.
00:04:35.000 Okay.
00:04:35.240 So you say, look how firm you want to know.
00:04:36.900 As opposed to just not owning, um, you'd rather they throw away their money.
00:04:42.260 That's a great point.
00:04:43.200 I wouldn't want my girls to be in a perpetual situation that they are not optimized financially, 0.97
00:04:49.260 but I can't just do it for them.
00:04:50.880 I can't write checks for them.
00:04:52.180 And so would I encourage my daughters to do it together if they were in the same city
00:04:58.800 and her career is going the same way?
00:05:00.580 Uh, I wouldn't stop them from doing it, but I would really lay it out.
00:05:04.260 Now, okay, when do you guys have to liquidate?
00:05:07.220 When do you guys, do you think this is going to break out?
00:05:09.620 I'd say, you really got to think about who you're in with and what their lifetiming is
00:05:13.400 and your lifetiming.
00:05:14.760 But I, I think this, that part is-
00:05:17.400 Where do you have, Brian?
00:05:18.440 Well, I just think there's an advantage in that situation because at some point, you know,
00:05:22.320 you might be the one that benefits because someone's getting married and getting out.
00:05:25.440 And when, and when you have the leverage, because, you know, that's your, that's your responsibility.
00:05:30.160 So you can buy the other half maybe a little cheaper than I have?
00:05:33.400 Yeah, I got the opportunity.
00:05:34.600 Now, if I, uh, also, you know, I could end up in that situation where I'm getting married.
00:05:39.420 Now I got to give you the leverage, but I think that's a future positive for someone.
00:05:45.260 Okay.
00:05:45.700 Brandon.
00:05:46.480 Yeah, sure.
00:05:47.060 You could say, uh, with the circumstances we're in, it's strategic.
00:05:49.880 If you match up with a family member and buy it and rent out to somebody, yeah, sure.
00:05:53.540 We got to live within the conditions that we have, but this is the absolute downfall of society.
00:05:59.540 I mean, this is the first time in probably a hundred years that we have a worse standard
00:06:03.800 of living than our generation before us.
00:06:06.160 Like we didn't hear our parents or grandparents talking about having to cohabitate and co-buy
00:06:10.420 a house together.
00:06:10.960 Like when I'm looking on Zillow, I'll see a house that's like, I'll be like, oh, wow,
00:06:14.240 it's a nice house for 400,000.
00:06:15.400 Oh, nevermind.
00:06:16.100 It's a little slice of that house.
00:06:17.300 You get this bedroom for 400,000.
00:06:19.240 Then there's two other people in the bedroom, in the middle of the bedroom on the far side
00:06:22.320 of it.
00:06:22.620 Seriously?
00:06:22.880 Yeah, a hundred percent.
00:06:24.000 They're doing that too.
00:06:25.120 And then there's a thing too, where they sell off houses for say $400,000, but you get to
00:06:30.740 live there from January through April.
00:06:32.560 Then another person owns it from, you know, June.
00:06:35.380 Stop.
00:06:35.480 It's called timeshare.
00:06:36.580 Yeah.
00:06:36.940 Well, yeah, that's a timeshare, but there is a principle that they're applying to houses
00:06:40.460 like that right now.
00:06:41.460 So they're applying that to like standard real estate, not just vacation places.
00:06:44.640 Like Florida snowbirds too.
00:06:45.680 Yeah.
00:06:46.340 Yeah.
00:06:46.560 But I mean, point being downfall of society.
00:06:48.860 I know Trump's trying to do a lot of things to ease-
00:06:50.660 So for a guy that's 30 years old, you're not for it. 0.98
00:06:53.420 No, I understand it.
00:06:55.220 Would you co-buy with Humberto?
00:06:56.860 Humberto says let's co-buy.
00:06:57.480 Not with Humberto, no.
00:07:00.220 Okay.
00:07:00.660 No, I would do it with a family member or something.
00:07:05.160 So here's what I think when I read this article.
00:07:07.720 I think, first of all, this article is written by a realtor who's not selling enough properties
00:07:10.980 and is just trying to get people to buy.
00:07:13.040 It's like, listen, man, if you can't afford it, go get a friend.
00:07:16.260 Like, remember back in the days when you wanted to buy a car?
00:07:18.700 What would the car salesman say?
00:07:19.880 Dude, just go get somebody to co-sign.
00:07:22.320 That's right.
00:07:22.880 Go get your dad to co-sign. 0.99
00:07:24.400 My dad will kill me if I ask him.
00:07:26.300 Doesn't your uncle love you?
00:07:27.660 Yeah.
00:07:28.300 Go, go, go, go, man. 0.96
00:07:29.440 Go get your mom. 0.92
00:07:30.500 You know, just tell a mom I need it.
00:07:31.840 Remember that scene from a couple's retreat where he calls Vince.
00:07:36.600 He's like, Vince, I got it.
00:07:39.220 Now his name is something else.
00:07:40.180 I got to buy this bike.
00:07:41.620 I got to buy this bike, man.
00:07:43.280 Jennifer left me.
00:07:44.020 I'm really trying to impress this guy.
00:07:45.180 I need you to co-sign.
00:07:46.000 And finally, Vince Vaughn kind of breaks and co-signs for the motorcycle for his friend.
00:07:50.500 I don't know if you guys know the scene or not.
00:07:52.080 But to me, I don't know.
00:07:54.220 If I would have bought a property with some of the friends I had and all of a sudden they're like, I went in a lease with a guy, office lease.
00:08:00.840 His name was Michael.
00:08:03.240 I'll keep it there.
00:08:04.700 And three months into it, he says he's sick.
00:08:07.900 So I signed a three-year lease at this place on Devonshire, 15,600 Devonshire, right off the 4 or 5 freeway.
00:08:15.980 Three months that he goes to Costa Rica for nine months.
00:08:18.180 I'm stuck with the assistant.
00:08:19.280 And one of his guys, whose mom's the assistant, every month I'm thinking she's collecting rent from everybody.
00:08:25.620 She's not collecting rent from her own son.
00:08:27.180 And I'm like, how are you doing this to me?
00:08:28.780 And then they owed me $15,000, whatever.
00:08:31.420 I'm like, this is not, the next office lease is, I'm not, you guys are not coming.
00:08:34.520 You guys got to go get your own place.
00:08:36.100 They had to go to the old Gore Hills office for a few months before they found office.
00:08:39.160 I said, nope, I'm going to find a way to pay this myself.
00:08:42.080 And it created so many headaches.
00:08:43.880 And there was, we opened up a checking account together.
00:08:46.420 And because something happened with credit, even though we had a penny left in the account, I was on that credit.
00:08:50.980 I'm like, no, no, no, no, no.
00:08:52.420 We have to move on.
00:08:53.120 So you have to pick people properly that you go into business with.
00:08:59.540 And that part, if you're in a desperate, if I'm a salesperson, I'm a realtor, you know what I'm saying?
00:09:04.580 What a wonderful, everybody should do this.
00:09:07.280 Everybody should do this.
00:09:08.400 But if my kid comes and says, dad, I want to buy a property with another guy, like, buddy, I don't know what the other guy is doing.
00:09:14.700 How stable is his income?
00:09:15.920 How, pick and choose before you go through it.
00:09:18.260 You want to, I'll give you the final thoughts on this.
00:09:19.820 Well, I would agree.
00:09:20.460 The part, the partner in which you pick is obviously important, but you know, you buy a house, can't afford it.
00:09:25.180 What do you do?
00:09:25.760 You rent out of room.
00:09:26.640 What's the difference?
00:09:28.680 You know, you have the single liability or, or joint liability, but picking the right partner is always the key.
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