First, get your feet wet and learn a little more about investing, read books, watch videos, and listen to podcasting.

However, I think you really do need to give out more info about YOU before you can expect people to cough up all that info about THEM.

If you tell people how much money you have, they'll be more than happy to tell you how to invest it, and it will probably be with them 🤣 (::cough:: ::cough:: Columbus brokers...)Second, BRAVO in your realization that finding the market is numero uno.

In Arizona drywall is inspected for proper nail/screw placement before taping and to make sure wet locations have denshield.  

Might take awhile to find the right deal, but it's good to get your feet wet.

I think this is the hardest part to start because never done it before and we are trying to get as much information as possible from other investor so a least we get our feet wet.

I am still getting my feet wet in my local area.keep up the good work. :)

We have certainly seen appraisers correct the market before (cough cough, the 2008 financial crisis).

House hacking can be a good method to deploy but that is not your only option.Networking in order to get your feet wet and potentially finding off-market deals is certainly feasible, as well as buying a fixer-upper and even utilizing the BRRRR method, a tried and true way of scaling your portfolio (if that is a goal of yours). 

If he doesn't cough up your funds and he's still late after a month, then leave, and you'll already have a backup available.He probably doesn't even have your money and squandered it (I hope not).Think about the baby!!!