Otherwise you are left sitting on the sidelines waiting and hoping, which I have never seen do good for anyone.Strange how I keep getting their emails to still invest in these funds.

Otherwise you are left sitting on the sidelines waiting and hoping, which I have never seen do good for anyone.Strange how I keep getting their emails to still invest in these funds. 

Hi @Tim Holt I think in general house hacking is usually a good move because it gets you off the sidelines and into the game with the most favorable financing possible (30 year fixed).There's a lot of value in getting started today vs waiting some undefined number of years until conditions are better, which could be a long time from now, because real estate is a business and the sooner you start actually learning about that business, the better.With all that said, I always recommend that people analyze any potential house hack as a pure investment that they aren't going to live in, because someday they may want to move out and you should know up front (before you commit) whether you're going to be able to do that, or whether you're overpaying and will be stuck in the property unable to move out because it'll be cash flow negative if you do.So you had it exactly right when you wrote, "the property would need to cash flow when I move out and rent out all units."

I consider that a liability,  don't want it on my balance sheet and if I were out of funds I would sit on the sidelines before entertaining that deal.

There's way too many moving parts in RE to where he has to sit on the sidelines, and plenty of stuff he can do that does not pose actual risk.

Nothing and watch from the sidelines

With the upcoming expected rate cuts making real estate "more affordable", I believe this will unlock many buyer's who've been waiting on the sidelines.

If inflation and yields stay high, we might see more buyers sidelined, which could cool demand and stabilize prices.

More then likely I would still be sitting on the sidelines still watching.In short purchasing the mentorship gave me the kick in the a$$ to get going.The way I started, if that is helpful, is I brought a friend to the three day seminar.

If you wait around trying to time the market for the best time to buy you'll be stuck on the sidelines forever.