It seems like a lot of the bigger players are starting to sit on the sidelines anticipating a correction in the near future.

Since I have a full time job I looked into paid marketing like direct mail.I was on the sidelines all of last year trying to figure out what I wanted to do in real estate because there are so many avenues to choose from.

Don't sit on the sidelines---nothing will happen!

And those who are more conservative sitting on the sidelines watching others making a killing on what looked like unprofitable deals, as the market rises.

So now that I've said that, I'll encourage you to keep educating yourself on the many different options you really have (beyond multifamily even), one of which might be to sit on the sidelines and wait for a downturn and then take advantage of the "crisis".As you answer those questions to yourself keep coming back with questions and we'll be happy to advise you to the best of our abilities.

I'm hoping that this post would help me jump-start my investments since I've been observing/researching on the sidelines these past few months.

Hi Shane,I'm in a very similar situation to you, just started my career as a loan office and I've also been watching from the sideline for the past few months.

Meanwhile, this post has been made 3x a day for the last 4 years on this site, If I listened to these predictions I would still be broke, waiting on the sidelines for the crash while everyone passed by me while getting rich.

A small part of the reason that I've been side-lined in CA real estate since my appraisal days (right before the big crash!)

If selling, the plan is to rent and co live with family to save capital and have capital sidelined for quick buy moves in a less expensive market in Georgia focusing on distressed properties for flip or cheaper 50,000 properties to cash flow.