In fact, it's really hard to buy enough 1000 XLRs to set up one masternode temporarily.
It's due to sell orders set up with low amount at each price point.
It's smarter to HODL Solaris as long-term investment.
As you pointed out, it's hard to buy Solaris at the moment, especially if you want to buy at large amount.
I agree, now is the best time to hold for the long term with the future developments the dev team have planned. We must also remember that over half the circulating supply is lock away in masternodes which in recent days have been increasing as more people buy to own a node. It might take a little longer but buying in small amounts each time is okay as I'm building up to owning my second node.