I’d say stop searching for “the perfect market” and try and find the perfect team.

If I have dividend stocks, bonds, or am earning a return on crypto (defi/staking/etc), none of that is disqualifying.Assuming managing my rentals didn't prevent me from working a full time job (thus qualifying as self employment), it shouldn't matter.There is a lot of anecdotal tales out there, but I can't find anything concrete, which is what I'm looking for.

It’s a perfect place to invest and grow.

I have a line of investors looking for the perfect BRRRR and when one comes on the market it is gone within hours at or above listing price.

With the perfect capitalistic system, prices dropped and we competed for visitors. 

Podcasts and MillionAcre articles (via Motley Fool) will only get me so far, and if I've heard one mantra over and over, it's to just DO IT, letting mistakes 'fail me forward', as nobody's first house story is ever perfect (in hindsight), but is absolutely essential for turning a vague idea into actual action

Residential RE, Undeveloped Land, and Cryptos!

This project is still ongoing but has turned out to be a near-perfect BRRRR approaching the refinance stage.

You can find VA here in BP, there’s a lot of people who wants to start and don’t have the money or just want to learn and VA is a perfect way to do it. 

For a primary residence, I'm perfectly content with just covering a chunk of my housing expense compared to what I've been paying in rent to help increase my savings rate.