RE cycles are like sex, it always feels the best right before it ends :)Who knows for sure, really, though ... my comment was more that it'd be a good idea in my opinion and worth it to rent for a bit so you can spend the time to familiarize yourself and get entrenched in the local market before throwing down $1M and don't feel like you're going to miss out if you delay since the market are hot now, because the market always moves in cycles.

There are a handful of "predators" in virtually everything... however the lion's share are always within the "entrenched" established order.

The systems are pretty well-entrenched and nobody wants to change them.

It's easy money if done correctly and if you are already entrenched in the business. 

They also bought a 4-plex through house hacking using an FHA loan when I was around 5 years old.Over the past year is when I’ve really started becoming entrenched into the real estate world.

I know that AirBNB started as renting a single room in your house, but they soon started offering whole house/condo/apt rentals, but it seems like it is still entrenched in the single room space.

There is hesitance in the market, and yearly or bi-yearly release roadmapping does nothing to help their stance against an entrenched Apple and innovating Google.Do you want to invest in Google?

They are pretty entrenched in the building.

We've reached the point where the ties and dogma are so entrenched our "leaders" are willing to sacrifice the country and perhaps the world to preserve their own interests.In the US we don't have early elections or no-confidence votes like in some other countries.

Deficiency rightsI think a lot of investors are entrenched in theory, but I am in the front lines battling day in and day out.