If it's killing you right now, I think your sanity is more important than holding on to something that is causing stress and not producing a good return.Sell them and invest the money in a syndication that pays a return without any effort/stress on your part.

Oh and the original Incumbent tenant dies of natural causes in the unit one month prior to closing in June which delayed it again.Needless to say...

Depending on the nature of the relationship he had with the deceased, he may actually find it offensive that all you care at this point is your rental. 

For example most single family homes converted to multi family tend to not preform well for long term rental but if you are open minded to MTR strategy that same property may produce well. 

Cultivate relationships where referrals become a natural part of your interactions.

As long as the amount of segregated 1245 property in the replacement property is fundamentally equivalent in amount and nature to that of the relinquished property.

And you have to be comfortable asking people to do something they may not be naturally inclined to do.  

Thank you, RTR, for providing excellent and valuable services from start to finish, making it easy for out-of-state investors to own income-producing rental properties.”Forget folks swimming naked when the tide gets pulled, the sharks now need to put on blast. 

It was not a newly constructed fence to increase the value of the property; rather, it was a replacement for an old, damaged fence due to nature disaster. 

@Noelle MastelottoColumbus definitely gets all 4 seasons and thankfully no natural disasters which is good.