Real Estate Investors Are Running To Bitcoin (Here's Why) | Leon Wankum | BFM292
Real Estate Investors Are Running To Bitcoin (Here's Why) | Leon Wankum | BFM292  
Podcast: Bitcoin for Millennials
Published On: Thu Oct 15 2026
Description: Leon Wankum is a real estate developer and author of Digital Real Estate: How Bitcoin Is Changing Real Estate Development and Investing.› https://x.com/leonwankum› https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHSGBY6SPARTNERS🔐 The Bitcoin Way is your personal Bitcoin security team. Schedule a free, 30-minute consult: http://www.thebitcoinway.com/bram?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=partner-bram-kanstein⚡ Stack Bitcoin faster with Invity Turbo Buy: https://invity.onelink.me/yIY4/BRAM — use code BRAM to get €50 after 10 completed transactionsPRODUCTS I ENDORSE› Get 10% off a Bitaxe open-source Bitcoin home miner using code BRAM at https://powermining.io/?ref=BRAM› Heat your home and Earn Bitcoin with Heatbit - Get 5% off with code BRAM https://heatbit.com/?ref=BRAM› Stamp Seed: The safest way to backup your hardware wallet - Get 15% off with code BRAM at https://stampseed.com🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO GET NOTIFIED› https://youtube.com/@bramk⁠⁠› https://x.com/bramk🕑 TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Bitcoin as digital real estate08:02 - Deprogramming from fiat thinking11:01 - How inflation hides in assets14:01 - 1971 shift, real estate boom era16:25 - Higher rates break real estate math19:48 - Institutions, custody, ETFs, REITs26:48 - Why real estate became the store of value29:38 - Real estate owners selling for Bitcoin34:15 - How much is monetary premium?41:32 - What drives the shift to Bitcoin56:03 - Speculation, comparing probabilities1:04:05 - Sell your house, rent, buy Bitcoin1:11:13 - Macro implications, geopolitics and migration1:15:36 - Bitcoin urbanism, time preference shiftsℹ️ EPISODE SUMMARYBram Kanstein and Leon Wankum discuss why Bitcoin is better understood as digital real estate, not digital gold. Leon breaks down Bitcoin’s UTXO model like parcels of land, plus why real estate’s monetary premium is 80 to 90 percent. They confront how fiat debasement turned housing into collateral and a speculative attack vehicle. The conversation reveals how institutions, lending, and balance sheets pull that role toward Bitcoin. They close on time preference, Bitcoin urbanism, and why sovereignty starts with custody.