Of course, in today’s economy $100k six months ago got you a lot more than today.As I design a project I let my clients know if the decisions/requests they are making will keep the project within budget or if it is starting to go over.

Your family (kids schools, friends, your friends, etc) should all come into play in your decision as well so if staying is "best for personal life for you and fam, then pick that and use your other options to see where and how to invest.Here are a few options to consider along with what you have already named: Investing in a syndication with your savings, cash out refi, or any other liquid funds you have can be a goo place to earn double digit annual returns and get economies of scale with your investments.

Because they know nothing about it, nor have experience in, that specific highly specialized area, a competitive area against very large developers with economies of scale and market positioning.

And so we're coming out of a boom period where a lot of money has been printed, lent into the economy.

Not only is there always a unique deal waiting for you, but this squirrelly economy will scare away a lot of newbies and inexperienced investors....Throughout my long (but possibly unremarkable :-) RE journey, I have never once taken stock of what the economy is doing when I approach a possible deal.

He has no reason to save the economy.

Interest rates return to "normal" (much higher than they have relatively been the past 2 years), economy goes into a recession to prevent inflation from going out of control, remote work (may stay some, some may get laid off), supply chain problems normalize a bit Here's the thing - demand in the market can change rapidly (we've seen this in the past 2 years) due to interest rates and 10 trillion $$ created.

Do you notice any economies of scale as you move into larger properties?

Nobody has a crystal ball, and nobody can gauge your risk tolerance better than you.With that being said, my 2 cents is that if you can buy a property right now in a strong location, with a growing local economy, and one that cash flows for you, then do it.

Well according to Fannie Mae in June the share of home owners who think its a good time to sell fell from 76% to 68% in June.Just 20% of consumers think its a good time to buy, which is an improvment from May 2022 (Fannie Mae)The biggest issue is theres more people who feel like the economy is on the wrong track and at risk of losing their job.Home Buyer Cancellations reached a new height of 15% in June, to put it into perspective cancellations were at 11% last year (Redfin) so we're not in terrible territory.