Client has 1M to spend on real estate - need recommendations

Goal: Rent out for the short/medium term and possibly move into in the long run

Options:

A) hold off until market cools down (Q4 25/Q1 26) B) invest now into one property or two smaller properties

Conditions (all must be met)

• Cash only no mortgages
• Building not older than 5 years
• liveable sq footage (no shoe boxes)
• no weird layouts
• no international city, Warqa or middle of desert locations
• no third party chiller providers or the likes
• net ROI (6-7%)

Now I’m leaning more towards recommending option A since I think everything is hot and the conditions listed cannot be met at this time

Happy to be proven wrong and to the victor goes the 2% + vat 😁