The State of the Housing Market and Why Real Estate Is Not AI-Proof with Jason Oppenheim

The State of the Housing Market and Why Real Estate Is Not AI-Proof with Jason Oppenheim

April 27, 2026 · 1h 1m

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Jason Oppenheim discusses the current housing market, the impact of AI on real estate, and the benefits of renting versus buying.

Jason Oppenheim (real estate broker, founder of the Oppenheim Group— the brokerage covered on Selling Sunset) starts this conversation with a take Nicole was not expecting: it's a buyer's market, and he'd know, because he's been renting for the last three years himself. In this conversation, Jason covers every hot-button topic in real estate. He unpacks how he thinks AI will disrupt real estate and why he believes humanoid robots will be showing houses within the next two decades. He gets brutally honest about the LA market, why wealthy people are fleeing major cities in droves, and shares the cities he thinks real estate investors should avoid. He makes the case that renting is not "throwing money away" — in fact, he argues that in many cases renting is a smarter financial move. He and Nicole also debate whether there's actually a housing affordability crisis (Jason says we're misdefining it), how he thinks about money and happiness, and why he hasn’t changed his financial goals since he was broke. Check out Nicole’s financial literacy course The Money School Find a Financial Advisor or Financial Coach from Nicole’s company Private Wealth Collective Watch video clips from the…

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Host: Nicole Lapin

Guest: Jason Oppenheim

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Organizations: Oppenheim Group, Selling Sunset, Private Wealth Collective

Places: LA, major cities

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