;) My ticket arrived yesterday and I'm going by myself, so would love to meet up/sit with you guys if you're going!

I was at an open house in Bush Mountain this weekend that has 20 people sitting outside waiting on the realtor and the home already had an offer.We're seeing fix'n flips in the $260-$350k range in areas that a few years ago were $150-200k.

Too much equity sitting.

Two points: You need to talk to your company HR person and it matters if you want to do this legally or not.Most companies allow you to withdraw some % (50ish) out as a loan but you have to pay that back.You could claim "hardship" and withdraw it all with a 10% (I think) penality.You can withdraw it all, and if you are leaving the country, ignore the tax bill.. you will just have trouble coming back. ( like if your kids want to go to college here)Or you can just leave it and have it sit as an investment for the next 19.5 years and then pull it out.

Perhaps it would make sense for me to buy the entire lot and here's my thinking why;1-I could buy now and sit on it for about 3 years until I'm ready to make the move out there.

Jaylan,My first bit of advice: Sit down with the most experienced broker in your office (often the oldest).

I'm sure it won't sit on the market for long :)

I'd highly suggest working on Real Estate as a side hustle until you're losing money sitting in "jail". 

Guess it's more of a vent but is it time so sit on the sideline for a while and see if the market corrects?

Since the appraisal was low, the mortgage couldn't be for the amount we'd hoped, but. . .that meant a lower mortgage payment which freed up additional cashflow to cover our HELOC payment.Our plan, if needed, is to use the personal line of credit (now sitting at $0) to zero out the HELOC and then turn around to use the HELOC as our verified funds if we need another down payment for a residential mortgage.Final Advice: Just make sure you have a contingency plan.