Again, you have to weigh the cost of the PMI vs the prospect of buying additional properties, or using the money to make improvements which can decrease your LTV as well.  

Requiring higher limits of insurance will also decrease the amount of contractors to choose from .

@Andrew Feil When you say the price points are different in WB/S, I'm assuming you mean the rents will decrease.  

As a result this will decrease the number of buyers and that would cause the value of homes in the market to decrease as well.  4.

I'm still rather wealthy as measured by both the median in our country and world standards.I do think that the value of labor will continue to decrease as time passes though given the pressures exerted from our global economy. 

The supply is decreasing, the demand is high.

If the 2 properties were investment properties - you may have benefited from doing a 1031 exchange instead of selling 2 properties and buying 2 properties. too late now but something to think about in the future.For the property that you acquired with seller financing - please make sure to separate any payments going to the seller as principal and interest payments. principal payments decrease your liability with the seller while any interest payments are deductible on your tax return as interest expense.Stay safe as you go overseas! 

Paying off individual accounts within the loan doesn't seem to decrease the monthly payment.) 

Otherwise it's unlikely until you've built a large portfolio and can qualify as a real estate pro.Will your W2 income increase or decrease each month?

Condos alone are on the edge of being a buyer’s market.”That could mean further price decreases in a market that’s already seen three straight years of falling prices, according to the Citizen.