@Carlos Martinez - Are you able to provide a cost estimate for the roof and/or the increased cost of the premiums?

We invested $20,000 in renovations, modernizing the home and increasing its appeal.

Chad Littell from CoStar notes that while institutional investors adjusted their strategies early in response to rate hikes, individual investors have only recently begun scaling back.July Sales ReportAccording to CoStar’s July Commercial Repeat-Sale Indices (CCRSI), the equal-weighted U.S. composite index, tracking smaller market sales, showed only a 0.2% price increase from June, with prices down 0.7% year-over-year, marking the first annual decline since 2012.

Every subsidy to housing increases housing prices. 

Makes a lot of sense, especially about rent increasing.

My employer offered a 25% pay increase, a relocation bonus of $5000(pre-tax), and a guaranteed pay for 40hrs/week.

Yes a longer term mortgage would have lowered your payments (and increased the amount of interest you paid), but live and learn.Honestly, I'd probably keep it. 

The reason for forever stamps is because the cost doesn’t increase.  

Gulf front investments or the majority of condos will net 2-5% return and slowly increase each year.

Over the last ten years, but particularly the last 3 years, values have increased at a far faster rate than rents have.