If wages continue to grow so will the RE market and if RE values continue to climb wages will need to follow suit and so goes the circle.

You already have some experience and with additional effort, will quickly climb the REI ladder to its pinnacle.

That represents an increase of 3.8 percentTotal dollar volume for full-year 2018 soared 21.5 percent to $28 billion;December single-family home sales declined 4.1 percent year-over-year with 6,543 units sold;Total December property sales fell 4.6 percent to 7,709 units;Total dollar volume for December edged up 1.0 percent to $2.3 billion;At $240,000, the single-family home median price rose 3.4 percent to a December high;The single-family home average price climbed 4.7 percent to a December high of $306,314;Single-family homes months of inventory grew slightly to a 3.5-months supply;Townhome/condominium sales fell 7.8 percent, with the average price up 4.6 percent to $206,760 and the median price up 8.1 percent to $169,500;Leases of single-family homes shot up 13.2 percent with average rent unchanged at $1,771;Leases of townhomes/condominiums edged up 1.6 percent with average also unchanged at $1,532.

Im thinking we are about "The Climb" level.

We also have a HELOC that has been used to finance some acquisitions, and with rates climbing, the payment on that is getting a little larger, as you can imagine.

If the long-term prospect for rates indicated, they would continue to climb, meaning the average borrower would stay in their new loan for 5-10 years +, a discount point might make the most sense.

With rates climbing and funding sources becoming less reliable, wholesalers have been experiencing a lot of end buyers backing out.

I agree with @Henri Meli nobody can predict the future, but I do imagine being able to get into a better cash flowing property with the 8 remaining months of this year and I'm hoping climbing interest rates, bring down prices. 

I rent that house for $1,195.2 weeks after close of escrow, some tweeker climbed up on the roof and gutted the A/C for the copper.

There's no way I would have lived here 6 years, so hopefully it continues to climb.