It targets the babies and dries them up which breaks the life cycle. 

Have no idea how my contractor got that out or how it even dried in the first place. 

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. 

its hair on fire... prep a deed  get it signed and notarized have my secretary run it to the recorders.. hire a courier service to hand deliver cashiers check .. talk to customer service and get a date down so we basically knew our title position.. all done in a matter of a few hours..