Expand your horizons to better markets where rental rates allow you significant cash flow. happy to help if you need to know how i did this. 

Your post mentions buy and hold, so assuming a longer horizon I like Columbus as an area where you can still cash flow positively and also capture more appreciation.

However I likely need to return to the office once the pandemic stabilizes, but in terms of super long horizon I'm excited to see how I can make working remotely work!  

I think the answer for other people would depend on their age, how active they'd want to be (along with experience level), the amount of risk one is comfortable with, and the desired time horizon of the returns....just to name a few factors.If it were me, now that I'm older and experienced with REI, I'm looking for passive income from what I know. 

There seems to be an impending crash or serious market correction on the horizon.

I think I need to expand my horizons a bit.

Excited to learn, grow and expand our horizons. 

A little farther on the horizon, I anticipate that I will need a handyman on the payroll such that I can address small repairs in a timely manner without lots of scheduling hassle.

But I agree with Jon and Arn: you buy with a long term investment horizon, and underwrite accordingly.  

.:)When you want to sell one and buy multiple replacement propertiesWhen you want to sell multiple properties and consolidate into a larger propertyWhen you want to move from an appreciation market to a cash flow market or vice versaWhen you have excess equity that is not performing and is dragging down your ROIWhen you want to change geographiesWhen you want to change types of investment propertyWhen you want to move from active to passive investing - or vice versaWhen you want to position your assets for some personal enjoyment as well as investmentWhen you want to position your assets towards retirementWhen you want to position your assets towards tax free incomeWhen you are starting to do some estate planningWhen cap ex expenses are looming on the horizon of your current propertyWhen the current property no longer meets your desired parametersWhen depreciation has been maximized and you want to get access to more depreciable basisIn other words - Plan your investing journey.