I suspect that we will all be waiting a lifetime to see rates back to were they were 2 to 4 years ago.. so I would not bank on that.. as for pricing.. if its a place to live then you certainly can just wait and see.. its not like your homeless or need to move other than you don't care for your neighbors.. markets always slow about now.. what will be telling in my mind is were we are at next Feb March April in the buying season as it were.I was in a conference this week here in Vegas and some of the speculation is that many of the commercial type loans that had 5 , 7 and 10 year calls  are going to stress those that had max leverage.. as the rates rise the cap rates rise to keep pace thereby devaluing the properties.. to the point some of these investors are going to need to bring some to significant amount of fresh capital to pay down their debt to get a refi.. and that will stress those assets and there could be a real buying opp in that sector.. at least that's what I gleaned from the talk I listened to yesterday... hope you find that dream home in the country !!!

Standard protocol is for lenders to dream up what stuff they want in loan docs and load it up.

It don’t matter what you dream, think, or hope to be as a landlord.

If you can dream it you can achieve it!! 

Where will I get the money to fund my dream?

My dream scenario would be to meet other investors that I can just talk to in order to bounce ideas and numbers off and have actual discourse. 

They took a step back and we recently closed on their dream house for 1.3m. 

I started listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast and dreaming about some real estate investment about a year ago.

First, congrats on your first post: I know it's always scary putting your hopes and dreams out there for all the world to see!

My schedule has always been hectic (single mom with 2 kids), but if you're passionate about making your dreams come true and your future that much brighter, you go for it!