SFRs will rise with the market and there are limited ways to influence appreciation with your actions.  

Are you saying that you have a hard time refinancing those existing properties because to do so would cause you to bump up against your debt/income limits?

Biggest downside to office is the footprint has been reduced for companies with work from home / limited commute programs.

Girlfriend offered to help store some of the stuff but she said she has limited space as she still lives with her parents and besides I feel I at least need something in writing before I just let his girlfriend ATM come and carry stuff away. 

It would take me through the end of next year if I can limit lifestyle purchases like you said.

So you might be able to release some capital there to keep investing.Usually banks limit their loans to the same country unless they have securities in something in their own country.Investing in Dubai and Liverpool might be a viable option for you if you are employed in Dubai.

The truth is there is a very limited amount of cheap condos out there.For example, the cheapest 1 bedrooms (South King County), I have seen earlier this year were in the $40k price range.  

She definitely would not prefer to live over a house full of young children, but as long as the current tenants don't have children she is not operating outside of legal limits.  

He made over 100k a year and with limited lifestyle, we barely survive in SF.

Keep in mind that you may run into debt to income ratio limitations.