Home prices will likely vary by region, with modest increases in areas of high demand and stable job markets, while others may stabilize or decline.

Maybe you pivot into a multi-family in Phoenix or a single-family in Omaha.. from what I’ve heard they can still provide stable cash flow.

Skilled Labor is in desperate need and we have literally tens of millions of "human cat's" just sitting on the shelf. 

Once you have a property under your belt and it's stable, do it again.

The bank people are either the least stable or get paid irregular. 

Now that we have significant equity positions in renovated, stable properties, we want to move into even better neighborhoods with better schools and we'd like to scale our business by purchasing newer and larger multi-family properties (rather than groups of duplexes).

 @Jake Baker Love that strategy by being to attract tenants with affordability and getting the stable monthly cash flow compared to weekly rentals which may have a higher profit but a much higher risk making them not really viable in today's market. 

Market is continuously stable and rents well.

If these are even an average sized breed they can eat through a lot of food in a day/week/month.So the first thing is to get yourself financially stable.

I’d recommend looking for properties that already have stable tenants or need minor updates to increase rents down the line.