Location matters here. In my town we have good homes and great schools. Homes don’t stay on the market for more than a weekend. So prices have risen a ton this year.
In other parts of the country, there are a lot of empty homes.
So the answer is, do you want to be a landlord? You may have noticed, people are not paying rent.
Maybe buy some land? Rent it out to farmers or grazing?
I live in Missouri. Sorry if the flag in my profile wasn't a giveaway. ;)