Should I ease up and wait for the markets to cycle down and get a stronger start position? 

Even if you do have a low CTR rate cause you are in these lower positions, the idea is the more auctions you show up on the more chances you have of getting clicks and spending that full budget.Contrary to popular belief, which is just showing up #1 for every keyword, statistically speaking if you only show a couple of times in those high positions you end up getting 1 click and lets say you have a 4% conversation rate your going to have to get a lot of those really expensive clicks in order to get a conversion but if your bidding at a fraction of the rate your going to get a lot more traffic.

I'm sorry in advance for this one, but it sounds like you could be in the infamous position of being a stuck landlord.

Im almost positive that reading Rich Dad Poor Dad somehow contributed to me finding BiggerPockets.

You should only leverage to the point where the investment can still create cashflowIn reality a property that can not produce positive cash flow with a hypothetical 100% financing can never produce positive cash flow without a abnormally high rent increase.

Invest $100, add $20 in value, market goes down $20, but you have cash flow and principal reduction along the way resulting in a positive return. 

The seller will most likely only tell you the positive's about the tenants so if there are negative's you should find out.

However, I have to get a loan for a primary residence later this year so switching to a 1099 position now doesn’t make sense.

My Dad has a lot by way of reserves although retired now, is there someway I could position him where if I did not make a payment he would become liable without actually putting him on the loan?

I’m cashing out of my positions soon and jumping into multi