Between our equity in properties and money in savings I believe we could comfortably acquire two to three more houses, we just need to have a conversation about risk tolerance I guess.

If your net worth is $10,000,000+ congrats.Don't do anything super risky, you can live a comfortable life making 5%-8% which is $500,000 - $800,000 annually

The Environment, the Safety of people and the living things around us as well as the general health and welfare of all living things are extremely important to us.We are passionate about real estate investment and Buy and Hold with a focus on providing affordable vacation rentals and long term living spaces for Veterans and individuals in situations of hardship.

Motivation is an emotional state. 2 people subjected to the same environment will inherently act differently and thus proves it is not possible to target motivation.A motivated seller is not someone in foreclosure or is an absentee owner or is in tax trouble.A motivated seller is anyone willing to sell their house below market value no matter the reason.Everyone, please stop telling others to stay consistent.Let me tell you something, coming from a (NASA) scientist and engineer.When something does NOT work, you don't "do more" you don't stay consistent.

I think most people wanting to break into investing are finding the current interest rate environment very challenging, but there's no reason not to use creative financing.

Having worked in a large corporation most of my career, the more analytics you throw at something, the more comfortable management feel about actually making a decision. 

Doing so would allow sidelined capital to be more aggressive and help alleviate the consistent housing shortages faced nationwide.Bottom Line: Inflationary fears are moderating, suggesting a more stable economic environment than previously expected.

Are you comfortable with that kind of exposure?

I know insurance in the foothills with timber etc and threat of wildfire has gone up all through the west.. but we are in Lake Oswego which is an urban environment.. when I got a renewal.. my insurance went from under 2k a year to over 6k a year..

i would feel more comfortable.