I'm just going to paste part of my response below:Manufacturers generally want a large number of units to produce because repetition and quantity lend themselves well to the manufacturing environment.

Thanks a lot , I really appreciate your response , I’m going to look him up .

I've been seeing appreciate slow down and last year, I became interested in turnkey rental properties in other states.

Slow appreciation and an area for growth so I think it better for a buy/hold.   

My question to you experienced investors is this: with 20/20 hindsight, if money weren't an issue when you were starting out, would you have gone straight for the big deals (8-50 unit multi-family), or do you think it's more prudent to go the slow and steady SFR route?

My buyer had a preapproval from a bank that is notoriously slow, and seller wouldn’t accept an offer from anyone using them. 

@JD Martin, thanks for the fast response, btw I picked up the guitar a few months back and have not been able to put it down. 

Thank you for any response, I greatly appreciate it. 

@David Lilley thanks for your response.

and 2) would waiting for the tariff war to abate and for demand to slow affect pricing, or are these typically ratcheted up with no hope of correcting substantially?