I'm honestly just saving capital until I see a great deal on a house, while still passively investing into the Stock Market through retirement accounts and my own taxable brokerage while still dropping cash into Non-Traded REIT's in order to have a balance during volatile times in the stock market. 

Things have been pretty volatile in the market recently but I'd recommend finding a mortgage broker you feel good about and speaking with them.

This post and your feedback has forced me to think about what my goal is, and I think ultimately what I am looking to do is have liquid cash ready, so that if the right opportunity does come along in this volatile market, I will have the ability to jump on it.

Multi family financing is a little more volatile right now and probably will be for some time now. 

People don't want to deal with volatility during a grocery run or a late night at the office so this is a big deal when you want the rent checks to come in over the years. 

I have used these instruments as cash equivalents in the past, but no longer wish to due so as volatility has returned.

@Kyle BergrenI'm not currently bidding on properties.Buying anything right now during this high volatility takes on unecessary risk for no additional gain.If the economic fallout of current events are bad (which they very well might be) then I don't want to be buying at all while prices are still high.

Returns are good ~8% caps on average in C class areas, but it's also very stable so you'll likely hold your rent rates and values a bit better than more volatile markets.

With the current stock market volatility, the argument can be made easier in any case.

These are also extremely volatile ( no all ins) .