My current salary supports my family comfortably (given that we live well below our means).

Homebuyers and renters can comfortably move all year.

The more comfortable you need to live, the worse the numbers will be. 

In todays environment with higher interest rates there are less buyers in the market than a few years ago so waiting several years until rates drop to a more palatable range could lead to much higher returns.

Note, if there are things discovered that put you over budget and the seller won't negotiate, be comfortable in backing out of a deal even if you lose your earnest money. 

Use less of that and either get the seller to buy down your interest rate or you can do it and have a comfortable mortgage payment and still plenty left for your emergency fund.

Do NOT buy more house than you can comfortably buy for the sake of potential future revenue.    

But feel free to share more if you’re comfortable—happy to give some more insight.

I’ve grown professionally, confronted fears, and stepped out of my comfort zone in ways I never expected.

Yes, so the amount I would be comfortable putting into a syndication right now would be roughly 10% of all my investments.