My wife and I have been considering jumping in as a side hustle as we are both mid-career (I'm 41 and she's 38) and we want to open up some optionality ahead of retirement. 

given the above two charts, massive supply x 13 years, falling rent growth rates x 18months, would guess rough times ahead for US Multi-Fam next 2 -3 years, but doesn't look like we are near bottom of the cycle yet?

You have to plan your steps ahead of the time and know what you are doing before you plunge.2.

It's a long road ahead for my market.

So you have to do the math ahead of time...

Couple things in your way: buying house from Dad isn't arm's length transaction; $23000 annual income = $1916 a month how much credit cars/student loans/vehicles/ and primary residence payments/ is there depreciation added back to that number?

I'm excited for you and the journey that lays ahead.

You are way ahead of most of us.

If it’s truly 4 years old I’d skip it outright or go ahead while occupied if you want to feel good about it.

I saw this in a story regarding an event in Las Vegas: Marjorie Taylor Greene, speaking at a Donald Trump rally, tackled the topic of electric vehicles in a way that left many attendees puzzled.