Its not often that the sales person is also very good at management.

It’s a smart move, especially since it ties in with your goal of saving for your first investment.For skills, you probably already have a good foundation with your sales experience—things like communication, organization, and dealing with clients are all super valuable.

Like you a purchased my primary residence in 2017 as an estate sale and landed an amazing deal which still holds a large amount of equity.

Limited Housing InventoryThe number of homes for sale in Buffalo is significantly below pre-pandemic levels, with a reported 46.1% decrease compared to 2018–2019 averages.

Lower property taxes, affordable housing compared to LA (CA buyers are usually cash buyers because what they net from their smaller home in CA can get them a bigger home here, often covered by what they net from their CA sale), allergies (smog), and politics. 

There aren't many lake front properties in that area for sale, but there are a number that are in the 800k range.

Retail sales so far are +.7% MoM and +3.8% YoY.

My largest challenge with that is that my W2 doesn't pay me enough for me have to a large portion of down payment saved up...unless I saved more aggressively than what I do now.

However, value add with a sale is not as implacted by rates.  

U can initiate a sale as the owner this is just a moratorium from investors or others wanting to swoop in and take advantage of folks at least that's what the state is doing or thinking this moratorium is going to doIf that's the case, I'm a fan.