Hey Alex,This is a great question and really depends on your timeline.If you think you're unsure to the point where you'll sit our for a while you'll probably want to put your money safer, longer-term investments.If you're thinking about jumping in soon you might want to keep that cash on hand or in assets that can easily be liquidated to be able to make the move when the time comes.You can consider some higher risk/reward investments based on your comfort but I'd recommend minimizing the percentage of your portfolio you expose to those asset classes.Best of luck!

Hi Alysha,I accept pets in my basement rental for two primary reasons:1) They bring comfort and security. 

Being too comfortable and not treating it like a business.

I realized that some of the improvements were made to make one of the units comfortable for us to live in long term and that we wouldn’t get all of our capital back from refinancing.

Random bit of trivia - In the 2008 crisis, one of the reasons the Fed was comfortable cutting interest rates without being too worried about inflation was the unemployment rate was still sufficiently high. 

Make sure YOU are comfortable.

In regards to which type of investing to go into first is all up to you as your comfort level will be different than others. 

That takes out the high end flips and the big fat juicy margins I hear about, but it provides us with a comfort level.

I plan to head out there over the next few weekends just to drive around and get comfortable in the area, but I would appreciate any guidance you have- looks can be deceiving sometimes!  

Then we have some who are not sure about it, not comfortable with it or old school and not as familiar with the double closing process which leads to them sticking to what they’re comfortable with.