What I have found are a lot of people who are doing different things in real estate and business who have been willing to speak with me, bounce ideas around, and talk through the deal.

I wish you only the best and please use Bigger Pockets to bounce ideas or questions just like the situation you found yourself in to get advice from seasoned investors .. 

Yes, it bounces, so it might be the top of page 2 or the top of page 3, but we're there!

I've had $1 million in properties get pulled from me, but I bounced back and now have 500k in properties.

this is for sure the conundrum  market gets bad enough that there are great deals.. but most cant access them because credit is dried up as well.( I was just musing on why I think correction ( which i am calling price stablizations) is upon us and has been.But because of lending policies and investors especially on this site  be gung ho to buy in the trough.. the trough is going to be much shallower than in the past as those that know now that these are not forever and prices will bounce back will take action.I think what happened in the GFC we were all shocked  Myself included and had no idea the depth of the problems in the financial / mortgage world. 

It's not like we are at war and even still, we've bounced back. 

If they bounce around from luxury to workforce housing and don’t stick with one class for long, I’d be concerned.

Considering your age and your ability to bounce back, you can always take a small loan from your 401k and repay yourself back.....or the other option is do nothing.

Bounce ideas off a real estate specific attorney. 2) the not living in the property scenario is not workable, and just makes no sense when you can buy a multi-family property legally (house hacking), meet residency requirements then move out and rent the unit you lived in previously.

Every single one of those questions require more than a basic answer if its somebody's else's hard earned money, and they dont have a safety net to bounce back on.