Housing and Urban Development is the correct way to manage the rental issue.This is the correct and efficient way to manage this at the Federal/State level.This is as simple as it has to be.Landlords register their properties from their Schedule E from their 1040 with Section 8 online.  

What determines if this is a “good time” for you to buy is all about your own motivations and if the numbers make sense for you. 

I did some deep diving on comps and found some, then presented them to the appraiser and explained my property was a flip and that FLIPPERS DO NOT HAVE A TYPICAL MOTIVATION TO SELL AND SO HOMES SOLD AS FLIPS MAY NOT REFLECT MARKET VALUE - The house got sold for full asking and I never heard another word of it.

Uber Eats, online jobs, grocery stores, ...).Keep them motivated since it is unknown how long we'll be in this situation.

When dealing in wholesale real estate, how does one find investors to purchase distressed properties when the seller is motivated? 

These will definitely be choppy times going forward but there will also be opportunities that arise, new strategies that are put into place, and efficiencies forced to be implemented that in the long term will increase overall returns. 

Real estate prices might not yet reflect it, but I would bet that there are more than a few motivated sellers of properties reliant on tourism.

Is the stock market efficient, is the real estate market? 

So isn't it not efficient to just have that 200k sitting aside there?

If the owner has lived their for a long time will know that place in and out and you will be able to find their motivation and much more by just listening.