Using a “primary” to cheat code wealth creation through the live in flip or house hack approach is a great way to get started, but if you just buy a primary and finance the limit of what you get approved for, you will find that primary an anchor dramatically slowing your roll towards financial freedom.

There is no sense in hurrying to get a property to market heading into the slow/dead winter season. 

But in the slowing economy, operations matter and buffer the investment from market swings.  

I think the stock market is fascinating but I am too slow on the uptake getting in on the big winners.

Figure a few grand to paint rooms, replace carpet in a room, deep clean and spruce the property, replace a fixture or two, etc.If you have to replace your resident annually the $9600 total income will get a gut punch.The true value of the higher-end neighborhoods is residents know if they move out of the home they have it's a challenge to find another, especially if they have been there a few years and have a competitively rewarding rent rate.All this really is is basic economics...sell ten custom widgets for $1000 or 100 standard widgets for $100 each.

Now we will likely pay through another escrow agreement to a cleaning company to deep clean, so likely another 5k… but that will come out of our pockets during/after escrow.

Business has slowed down, and they are hungry looking for buyers and sellers. 

Right now it has slowed a bit and your competition is low.

If I was immortal then all cash would be a slow but steady, simple way to go.

I'm not experiencing much of a slow down in my market, even with the interest rates being higher.