The Myplace Playbook // 054
Hey Everyone,
I’ve been having a lot of conversations lately that all sound strangely similar.
If that’s you, you’re not alone. In fact, I think you might be surprised to hear how many people, just like you, are waiting for spring and summer to “see how things shake out.”
And that’s exactly why it’s worth talking about.
What “Winning” Really Looks Like
The Olympic hockey finals were a gut-punch. Silver isn’t the outcome we wanted. We all know that feeling of “so close.” But here’s the thing: our identity as a country isn’t based on winning every championship. It’s built on consistently being good at hockey, year after year, decade after decade.
Housing is similar.
It absolutely fluctuates from year to year. Some cycles feel great, others feel stressful. But over the long run, it’s been consistently good at doing what it’s supposed to do: provide housing and protect wealth as best it can in an imperfect world.
Just like in those gold medal games, you can play great all game, make all the right moves, and still come up short. Or, inversely, you can get outplayed all game, get a couple of lucky bounces, and come out ahead.
Either way, both teams in that final went into the game knowing they were going home with a medal. The loss stung, but it wasn’t “win or go home empty-handed.” It was “gold or silver.”
Same goes for getting into the market right now:
If you’re not in the game, you’re not even in the hunt. You’re simply watching the outcome play out for other people.
We’re not the American housing market. It’s not going to “go to zero.” And while you might cheer for the idea of prices dropping back to early‑2000s levels, you wouldn’t actually want to own an asset that could tank like that, right?
So what can we realistically hope for?
Stability with modest growth that at least keeps pace with, or slightly beats, inflation.
That’s exactly what most 2026 forecasts are calling for.
We have that. Your move.
-Andrew
Find out what’s possible!
You can build a quick mortgage scenario online in under a minute–or just hit reply and I’ll run it for you.