When I followed up and asked for a specific reason (thinking it might require an additional payment towards principle to put me under the threshold) they wrote back informing me that investment properties do not qualify for automatic termination and that PMI will remain for the life of the loan and if I want to remove it I can look into refinancing. 

If 2 work out you’re probably onto something and can get bigger while barely risking principle…  

I have been looking at Norada real estate and Roof stock and find their cash flow numbers differ greatly.

We've all been there; it's okay, but you ask about housing markets like it is picking stocks.

HD for example has a program where they will set up shelving, provide labeled/bar-coded bins, stock specific items that you choose, and check / restock to specified levels periodically.

@Cliff Mccue I don't know a single person that has bought a company specific stock without knowing something about the company. 

I am debating if I should sell my 2 houses and just move the move into syndications or stock market.

Here's a roleplaying softball, look forward to your home run:I'm a newer investor and I noticed that these properties have cap rates listed right on them, and a higher cap rate is a higher return, google told me that cap rate is the same as ROI on the stock market.

you can build one development and entitle raw land and get 30k a month with your balance sheet and cash drawdown ability. no one who commented in columbus really does that but it's what I do. if you want to buy one at a time or 3 at a time and take your time in older housing stock I would but ground up land development and real estate development is very good and strong and new construction is on fire in columbus where the economics work very well. 

The next day I spoke with a principle at Secured Investment Lending who was very responsive and I closed earlier this week.