I did this in the MS market and while the advantages you pointed out were true.. markets that have slow appreciation and or areas where builders can keep building for low dollar amounts like the mid west.

Start with solid research, make calculated moves, and take it slow—real estate is a long-term investment.Good luck!

Even then the inquiries were a slow trickle (I used Zillow).

I am probably going to join the course by Kai Andrews, it seems like it is in line with what I want tk do which is replace my work income w actuve real estate investing and then scale to 20 m's.Thats all for now, been a slow summer hope everyone is enjoying it🙂

So a little over 7 months construction period, a little longer than I liked it to be but it's our first time building a house like this so we took it slow and had to correct some issues along the way.

It's slow going.

If you catch these at the pre-foreclosure stage as slow pays or initially in default all the better as the bank has less in collection expense.You can still work out a discount but even buying at the payoff it can be profitable depending on the property value.You can practically force a lender to sell as it can fully indemnify them as a full payoff as demanded, continuing with a foreclosure becomes a rather vengeful act by the bank to punish a borrower, they don't want to go there.

Or should I consider withdrawing smaller amounts, like $100k?

That is my hedge against inflation, and my slow term wealth build.

The market isn't going to take off and leave you behind tomorrow--you have time to take this slow and learn, observe, and review offerings without making an investment until you are ready.