The Fed is currently attempting to correct the current inflationary trend which they succeeded at in '94, but given how high the current inflation rate is I fear their efforts are currently only postponing a future correction.

Whether judicial or non-judicial state, you know when the next court hearing is, or the sale date being posted, potentially postponed by the trustee so communication with the lender/trustee is key.Now... while you're concerned about what if from your perspective.. consider the what if from the seller perspective.  

Should I postpone renting for now and rehab whenever I can afford to do so?

You can usually count on 6% to 8% of your purchase price in taxes you don't have to pay until you sell or postpone if you do a 1031 exchange.

Me and a couple of investor friends made a Newburgh trip and we concluded to postpone our plans there because although we saw some movement the lack of direct transportation from NYC is IMHO is what makes it trail behind decades places like Beacon.

Eviction process took about 4 months - each time he appeared in Court with another "excuse" for the Judge, and the Judge kept postponing....ugh!

If you scheduled any inspections, postpone them until you straighten this out.

The way it's done, M2M is not going to help.For tenants, he tells he could get one or two postponements, usually the excuse is tenant is sick, and this is good for two months.

Or do we buy an investment property first and postpone having a place we own to live in, for two years, an especially critical question now with interest rates going up fast?

My understanding is that evictions are postponed for non-payment of rent but can still happen for everything else?