Both are renting and stockpiling savings. 

Personally I would power through and be a little uncomfortable to have two rentals and stockpiling cash looking for my 3rd.  

They have not been able to do it with lumber, but she said that they have purchased a shipping container, and literally are stock piling things because of this reason. 

. :)The only slight difference here is that it's possible Wall Street is flipping out more, or less, than the actual threat of coronavirus would warrant.If you think the media is hyping it up to be worse than it is, that's a vote to lock now before Wall Street realizes they are panicking over nothing.If you think the media is under-stating what we're about to get hit with, float and start stockpiling apocalypse survival equipment.  

But our hope is use the time living with them to either stockpile cash from renting our current house and saving our mortgage payment.

Also, as an investor, it's important to stockpile cash for such times where there's gaps in tenancy.I wish you the best.

Any company that has been mentioned by the President on Twitter will slump and rebound.If the sanctions are cut on Russia they will stop dumping their stockpiles of Platinum and Palladium. 

It is a great way for you to stockpile some cash for future investing and to pay down some bills in the meantime so that you can live, and breath, more comfortably on a daily basis. 

stockpile money for the next dip (i want the experience more than staying out of the game waiting for a better deal)?

Once you are comfortable with real estate in your area, have a larger stock pile of cash, and several other units, I would recommend doing 15 years notes.