The Zach Foust Show

Zachary Foust
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We break down housing, growing wealth gaps, and the economy in a simple, meaningful way. Clear, honest, and structured for real people.

  1. 41m ago

    The Truth About the Housing Market Nobody Wants to Hear | ZFS 75

    Send us Fan Mail I know you want a crash. I want one too. But I need to tell you the truth about why it is not coming and what is actually going to happen to home prices over the next three to five years. In this episode I walk through three battles destroying housing affordability for everyday Americans right now. The wage battle, where wages have gone up 25% since 2020 but home prices have gone up 52%. The price battle, where median existing home prices are sitting at $414,000 and barely moving. And the rate battle, where 30 year mortgage rates stay high because the ten year Treasury yield will not come down as long as inflation stays baked into the bond market. I also break down why a crash is structurally almost impossible right now. Half of all homes on the market are new construction being sold by corporate builders like Ryan Homes and DR Horton. 111,000 of those homes are not even built yet. They are blueprints being counted as inventory. We do not have the supply conditions that caused 2008 and we are not getting them anytime soon. I react to three tweets from housing creators calling for a crash, walk through real data on supply, demand, builder activity, tariff impacts on lumber, and what 100 economists surveyed by a Canadian firm actually said about where home prices are headed by 2031. The answer will make Sean sad. It makes me sad too. Support the show

    1h 23m

  2. 22h ago

    Your Net Worth Is Not Your Personal Worth | Zach Foust on Bigg Fella

    Send us Fan Mail Noah Tanner brought me on Bigg Fella for one of those conversations that just goes everywhere in the best way possible. We started talking about buying your first home in 2026 and ended up deep in self discipline, mental health, disconnecting from screens, and what it actually means to build a life that is worth living. I told him my honest take on homeownership right now. Is it still worth it? Yes. But not for the reasons most people think. We broke down what the housing market actually looks like for Gen Z and millennials today, how to think about your first purchase when the numbers feel impossible, and why owning an asset in a K shaped economy is still the single best thing most people can do for their long term financial picture. We also got into the stuff I have been talking about more on my own show lately. You are the number one asset. Your discipline, your mental clarity, your ability to sit in silence and know yourself is worth more than anything in your portfolio. And I closed with the one thing I want you to remember. Your net worth and your personal worth are not the same thing and should never be treated like they are. Noah Tanner is doing something real with Bigg Fella. He coaches big guys, he runs marathons, and he asks real questions without an agenda. Go subscribe to his channel and show him some love. Support the show

    1h 5m

  3. 1d ago

    Iran negotiations are done, what's next for America? | ZFS 74

    Send us Fan Mail I shot this one as an emergency broadcast. Iran has officially backed away from the negotiating table. Their deputy head of central military command said it plainly. Without surrender, war is inevitable. And we are not surrendering. So here we are. On top of that the CEO of Exxon is now calling oil at $150 to $160 a barrel within weeks. We are currently sitting at $91.50 as I shot this. For context we were at $62 to $64 before the Strait shut down on February 28th. Do the math on what that means for your gas, your groceries, your fertilizer, and everything that moves by diesel in this country. There is also a report out of Axios that Trump called Bibi Netanyahu and screamed at him. Called him crazy. Told him everybody hates Israel because of this. I do not believe that phone call happened the way it is being described and I will tell you exactly why. Because the day after that call Israel attacked Lebanon and killed six more people including two children. That is not what a steamrolled man does the morning after getting chewed out. I also break down the Axios funding question, the Glass-Steagall repeal, why crises never happen immediately but always trace back to a single moment, and why February 28th 2026 is going to be in the economic history books. And I close this one with three things you can do right now. Hold assets. Invest in yourself. Disconnect. Support the show

    1h 9m

  4. 2d ago

    "We're ALREADY in a recession" | Iran, inflation, & jobs numbers | ZFS 73

    Send us Fan Mail I just want to know what's actually happening. Not what the headlines say. Not what the stock market says. What is actually happening. The S&P 500 is breaking records every week since March 27th while oil is still up 30% from pre war levels, bond yields are screaming inflation, credit card defaults are climbing, car loans are going 60 and 90 days no payment at record rates, and the housing market is frozen. Those two things cannot both be telling the truth at the same time. One of them is lying. And I think I know which one. We also walked through the Iran peace deal for the sixth week in a row and for the sixth week in a row I am calling BS. Iran's lead negotiator said they will not sign anything until $24 billion in frozen assets are released. Trump's own post says no money will exchange hands in any way shape or form. Those two things are not a deal. That is two countries still at war using the word peace to move markets. We also got into the jobs numbers, the K shaped economy, stock buybacks consuming 90% of corporate profits, and why the government statistics we get once a month are not reflecting what real people are living every single day. Episode 73 of the Zach Foust Show. Half a million downloads and counting. Thank you for being here. Subscribe, leave a like, and drop a comment telling me one thing you are grateful for today. I will reply to every single one on this episode. source list: https://www.instagram.com/p/DY5VmGNT7hA/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-29/stocks-rally-continues-on-peace-deal-hopes-ai-spending-optimism https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/29/oil-prices-iran-ceasefire-us-trump-strait-hormuz-energy-costs.html?taid=6a197288d6c7180001779f52& https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.6/centery:26.7/zoom:11 https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2060347318616900030 https://x.com/BRICSinfo/status/2059370612129198366 https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/2058683492804817353 https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2060139377456460000 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/1t3ocmi/what_am_i_missing_the_job_market_is_dead_but/ https://www.wgal.com/article/college-grads-face-rising-unemployment/71430314 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/blruX1AoORc https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART Finance & Corruption tied together with Current Events 2 uploads a week covering current events, historical context, and cool guests TikTok: tiktok.com/@zacharyloft Instagram: instagram.com/zachary.loft zachary-loft-shop.fourthwall.com patreon.com/cw/ZacharyFoust?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Support the show

    1h 8m

  5. May 27

    What Pakistan Knows About America That Americans Don't | The Honest Middle ft. Zach Foust

    Send us Fan Mail I got on a call with Ali Sabir from Pakistan for the very first episode of The Honest Middle and honestly one of the best conversations I have had in a long time. Ali lives in a country that feels every move America makes at the fuel pump, at the currency exchange, at the border. The Strait of Hormuz closes and Pakistan pays five to six dollars a gallon on a minimum wage of 120 dollars a month. That is the real cost of American foreign policy and most Americans never think about it because they do not have to. We went deep on the Epstein class and who actually sits above the system. The Rothschild family, August Belmont, the 1895 and 1907 bank panics, Jekyll Island, the Balfour Declaration, Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine, and how every single thread connects if you just pull it. We talked about Peter Thiel, Palantir, the tech bros building a surveillance state and calling it governance. We talked about the two party system being completely politically homeless for most Americans. We talked about where the power is actually shifting and why the answer might be techno feudalism if we do not wake up. Ali is brilliant. He knows more about the American system than most Americans do. He is just getting started on his YouTube journey and this is episode one of something that is going to be very important. Support the show

    1h 37m

  6. May 27

    Why am I doing this? | ZFS 72

    Send us Fan Mail I turned on the camera today because I just needed to talk. Sean and Joe aren't here. It's just me and you. I was suicidal at 13. I had ADHD, constant social anxiety, and spent years at the bottom of the totem pole in a private Christian school with 16 kids in my class. I joined the Army to prove I was worth something. I got kicked out of college. I got fired from two jobs. I became a corrections officer in Delaware prisons. And then real estate came along and I got everything I thought I wanted. Rookie of the year. Selling 60 homes personally a year. Getting flown into Texas and California to consult. Speaking at events. Walking through millionaires homes. The wonderkid. And then one day I just asked myself is this it? This episode is me walking you through the whole story. The ADHD and the fight or flight that ran my life for years. The army and what it really taught me. The real estate career and the moment the money button in my brain just shut off. The surrender that changed everything in February 2023. The garden, the chickens, the off grid projects, the microdosing, the meditation, the Bible, and why I feel more purpose making this content than I have felt doing almost anything else in my life. I also want you to know exactly why I make this show. Not for the algorithm. Not for the money. Because I genuinely believe there is something bigger coming and I want you prepared when it does. Support the show

    50 min

  7. May 26

    The Third Party Candidate Taking On Big Money in Nebraska | Rick Beard | ZFS 71

    Send us Fan Mail I sat down with Rick Beard, the third party candidate running for governor of Nebraska, and this conversation opened my eyes to something happening in the middle of America that nobody is covering. Nebraska voters passed cannabis legalization with 71% of the vote. Their own legislature came in and dismantled it. That is not a coincidence. That is lobbying money doing exactly what it was paid to do. Rick is running on the Legal Marijuana Now party ticket with zero PAC money, zero foreign lobbyist dollars, and a platform that nobody else in the race is willing to touch. We talked about using hemp to build homes at $150 a square foot versus the $200 to $250 it costs today. We talked about the constitutional ballot amendment strategy that would put power back in the hands of the people and out of the hands of the legislature. We talked about Big Pharma, Big Cannabis from other states blocking new markets, data center moratoriums, property taxes higher than California on a state with 2 million people, and what it actually looks like to run a people's campaign against a machine that has infinite money. Rick is polling at 12% as an independent. That is the highest any third party gubernatorial candidate in Nebraska has polled since 1905. Pay attention to this one. Support the show

    56 min

  8. May 23

    Don't be fooled, there is NO peace deal + Thomas Massie LOST | ZFS 70

    Send us Fan Mail I was in Florence, Kentucky when Thomas Massie lost. I was running an exit poll outside Seabrook Elementary. I watched it happen in real time. And I need to talk about it. The creators who showed up generated 2.2 billion views in six days. We out-viewed the $30 million AIPAC machine on a national scale. But that money was never aimed at the nation. It was aimed directly at 310,000 registered Republicans in that one district. Mailboxes. Home phones. Television sets. Boomers. And it worked. That race was not rigged in the ballot box. It was rigged long before anyone showed up to vote. On top of that we are breaking down this so called Iran peace deal that has now been floated five times. The S&P 500 is at record highs, ten year treasury yields are screaming inflation is coming, and the goal of these negotiations as stated by Marco Rubio is just to get back to where things were before the war started. So what exactly did we gain? And to close things out we are going deep on the Fox News interview that may or may not have featured a masked actor posing as Admiral Robert Harward. I did not plan to go there. We went there. Source List: https://x.com/search?q=trump%20iran%20blockade&src=typed_query https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2057535441117773965 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116596094940250402 https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-us-peace-talks-strait-of-hormuz-control/ https://x.com/Macrobysunil/status/2057818163426037847 https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2057762643419795680 https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/2057840849048781108 https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/2057584386938122706 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2057831520316854731 https://x.com/GlobalMktObserv/status/2057805745224122378 https://x.com/Barchart/status/2057513837872726209 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US https://x.com/Barchart/status/2057517635953418335 https://x.com/OunkaOnX/status/2056927968413601795 https://x.com/MassieforKY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X06b8rITwRE Support the show

    1h 34m
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We break down housing, growing wealth gaps, and the economy in a simple, meaningful way. Clear, honest, and structured for real people.

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  • Creator
    Zachary Foust
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    86
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Zach Foust Show
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