Why You Can’t Buy a House & What The Housing Crisis In Ireland Is Really About - Ray Cooke

<p><strong>He Built One of Ireland&#39;s Best-Known Estate Agencies, Lost Almost Everything in the Crash, and Came Back. Ray Cooke on Housing, Money &amp; Sacrifice.</strong></p><p>Whether you&#39;re trying to buy your first home, stuck renting, investing, or you&#39;re just convinced the whole system is broken, you have an opinion on the housing market. Ray Cooke has watched it all from the inside. He built one of Ireland&#39;s most recognisable estate agency brands, survived the 2008 crash when he couldn&#39;t afford to feed himself, and has seen firsthand how policy, interest rates and supply shape thousands of lives.</p><p>Ryan sits down with Ray for an honest, no-spin conversation that goes well beyond house prices.</p><p><strong>What we get into:</strong></p><ul><li>Growing up in Rathcoole, dyslexia, and why hard work became his &quot;superpower&quot;</li><li>Working in the pub at 11 and the money habit that shaped everything</li><li>Setting up his business in 2005, then watching the 2008 crash nearly destroy it</li><li>Viewing one house 82 times before it sold, and living on beans on toast</li><li>The bank manager who ripped up his business plan three times and saved him</li><li>Why 2008 won&#39;t happen again, and how lending has completely changed</li><li>The truth about estate agents, ghost bidding and why they get so much abuse</li><li>Whether the housing crisis is really the agents&#39; fault, or the government&#39;s</li><li>His honest, blunt take on sacrifice, saving and getting on the ladder</li><li>What he&#39;d change first if he woke up as housing minister</li><li>How to build wealth starting with 20 grand</li><li>The biggest money mistake ordinary people make without realising</li></ul><p>Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos exists to platform guests who&#39;ve turned adversity into hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.</p><p><strong>Follow:</strong> @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis</p><p>🖊️ Sponsored by <strong>The Ink Factory</strong>, Temple Bar — Ireland&#39;s highest rated tattoo studio. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory</p>