It does seem like a more volatile market too.

If it can mitigate your cost of living over the next few years, will cash flow when you move out, and there's not extreme volatility of the industry there (just a steady slow down) - I think it is worth purchasing. 2-4 unit owner occupied's are the best cash on cash in the game and a great starter education into real estate investing.

I stumbled across a podcast talking about multifamily volatility.

I've gotten good returns on the stock market and plan to continue to invest it.Real estate is nice because it's less volatile then the stock market.

To add to that, most high dividend stocks (REITs typically fall under this) have extreme price volatility.

All of a sudden the rude and volatile volatile person is very meek.

A local example for me would be that Oklahoma City, OK is great to own property in, but I would never recommend buying in Bug Tussle, OK as the market is unproven (plus the population of 5 is very volatile).I hope my explanation is useful :) 

I'm planning to do so before than, because it's not interest free.My main concern though is if it was a smart move considering how volatile the stock market is right now.

As long as you have extra reserves given the volatile nature of the world right now, I would continue to invest.

In a really volatile market the comps he uses are already out of date.