In terms of actual areas in the bay, do folks recommend one of the following:South Bay <SC, Sunnyvale>; East Bay <Berkeley>; TriValley <Dublin> or SFOr would you recommend sitting on the sidelines, wait and watch, and do a HYSA/CD to see how/where the market heads ?

I have to be healthy and around to yell at him from from the sidelines or bleachers. 

In your case, if you have $100,000 on the sideline I don't know if I would necessarily invest all of the capital unless it is in at least a B neighborhood and play the long game, rather than invest in the more volatile markets and swing for the fences.

We've seen some of the best deals we've seen in years with mid-size multifamily because so many are staying on the sidelines. 

There are probably 10 buyers on the sidelines waiting for interest rates to come down that are actually active in the market.

right now we have a buyer for one of our homes and my wife listed their home and the buyer is VA .. so its fine today but that VA buyer is buying a 950k home my wife has listed and then the client is buying one of my new builds at 850k. take the buyer and put them on the side line and now you have almost 2 mil in transactions that dont happen..

FYI: If I keep I will be sidelined for 8-12 months until I can buy another deal.What you guys think Keep a fully renovate home for 66k in a C+/B- area or sell for 107k for the next deal?

We're already starting see more of the sideline private equity entering the market again which will help rates.To pick the right market, you need clarity on your strategy. 

After years of being on the sideline, finally taking the plunge into real estate investing.

We jumped in after waiting on the sidelines too long and now are learning on the fly during this recession... correction... market cycle.