If you're serious about investing think about the time sitting on the sideline compared to the opportunities and ROI for properties you could have purchased.

I've been watching the crazy real estate market that I live in for a very long time but have had no idea how to get off the sidelines.

So what would you rather do, sit on the side lines hoping for the prices to drop (and risk higher interest rates) or get in and get someone else to pay off your property that you hold for 20 plus years at crazy low rates. 

He has been on the sidelines since 2015 and well...here we are.

Everyone that has been sitting on the sidelines waiting to see "what the market does" for the last 5 years has continued to watch prices increase all around the country.

@Ross Bowman some people like sitting on the sidelines ‘waiting’ for the dips.

Does my general thesis make sense, that instead of keeping cash on the sidelines and renting, to deploy it into a home and borrow against the equity to fund a business acquisition?

Don't sit on the sidelines forever!! 

Don't talk yourself into waiting on the sidelines for the "crash" that may never come.

But yeah, we realize we're getting into a competitive market with a lot of investors having a ton of liquidity sitting on the sidelines waiting for the next deal...so we're keeping our expectations for finding our first investment reasonable!