Fundamentally though the price increases are driven largely by inventory shortage, not risky mortgage lending practices so there's no reason to expect that the next credit crisis will stem from the housing market though it will no doubt be affected. 

I'm not investing, retired, but if I were, I would keep my powder dry for now.The other danger is relying on 2 high paying W2 jobs.

Understand dry wall materials etc have gone up because of the trade war.

@Michael Garofalo Unfortunately I'm not the best source of info regarding B-class neighborhoods... as for inventory, I can only relate that in my experience, the MLS seems to have dried up for small multis-- I'm sure they're out there, just not nearly as plentiful as they were last year.  

Buy a clothes rack and let your clothes dry in the sun instead of running the dryer. 

The only thing that comes to mind immediately is "water marks" on the wood hidden behind a wall in the basement which indicate it was previously wet and dried.

I wanted to redo the kitchen (break down one of the dry walls if the building permits it and new cabinets) and also thinking about renovating the two small bathrooms as well.

Whoops.My pipeline has now run a little dry. 

I would like to know if anyone feels my goal is realistic, and if not that will let me know how I may need to adjust to see if this would be viable for me.Work has become heavy (in a positive way), that I have been able to build up the capital for multiple properties, however my time has become completely sucked dry.

About half of my portfolio is paid off, so I get the simplicity and peace of mind of free and clears.I didn't pay down aggressively until about 36 units, and then only higher risk and higher rate ones as deal flow dried up anyway.