I suppose that may mean accepting the good with the bad.  

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Hello BP, I'm new to BP and we recently had our offer accepted to purchase our first rental, a condo.  

What are your considerations for buying new property at this time vs keeping an acceptable reserve fund to weather the storm and not miss opportunities due to fear?

It'll likely take sellers and brokers a few months to accept that reality, so be patient and wait it out rather than rushing in to buy a bad deal.

Will be difficult to convince my independent minded dad to accept this help tho

Had to do an HVAC inspection per city inspection (sec 8)  they charged me $350 and the city did not accept their HVAC inspection  so I had to call one myself because of time sensitivity.

And, cash offers are often more likely to be accepted than financed, all else being equal.The risk is obviously your appraisal with a refi/delayed financing. 

I got the offer accepted 10k under asking and seller paying the majority of closing costs.

Very similar to their Premier Agent system.Zillow's instant offer is verified by a real estate agent who meets the seller and walks the property to verify condition (Zillow also does inspections to drop their price further if Seller accepts it) but the agent's goal is to take a listing by showing the seller how much more money they'd net, NOT to talk them into taking Zillow's offer.