Usually the higher price items slow down first.

Yes, the market is a little overheated although it is slowing down.I personally don't think that there is a good or bad time for real estate investing.

I agree with taking it slow, considering all angles and not committing to anything until all avenues have been evaluated/ analyzed.  

Withdrawing from that account is likely to produce a sizeable tax bill down the road because it's been growing deferred and it will be considered taxable income.

After the new year I plan on doing a very small scale, slow direct mailing / calling on currently off market multifamily properties.

We are cognizant that the market may be slowing again, so we’ll be careful with the numbers.

It sounds to me that you are just not doing enough, so your learning curve is too slow.

I haven't called a plumber a single time.Let me echo though what many others have said....go slow...there is a fine line between over-analyzing and taking action, but I definitely would diversify, invest a little at a time and into different deals, and find like-minded people who are doing what you would like to do.  

It's self-paced and you can go as fast or slow as you need to. 

But the Bodo method is too messy and too too slow in my experience.