I am very interested in avoiding cap gains and recapture. 

@Dan Liston I am very sorry to hear this.

Welcome to BiggerPockets Lee and best of luck investing!

It's not a direct answer to your question, but it's very likely you have no contractual leg to stand on.

On the inside, our popular furnishing touches include a neon light up sign and a very comfortable pull-out couch enabling two extra guests to maximize the occupancy. 

But, since you seem to be implying very specific things, but without being specific.

You have used home equity lines of credit to purchase investment rentals and want to know the best way to pay down the HELOCs.Between the two properties you bought, after expenses, you have $250 a month positive cashflow to use.What I like to do is pay down some principal every month with my positive cashflow.I use my extra active income from real estate commissions helping other investors to pay down the principal even more which just frees up that credit for me to use again.I know I can refinance the HELOC debt before it changes to principal and interest as it is just interest only payments as yours are.One difference is the cashflow, I have greater positive cashflow and could make the principal and interest payment in the future with the extra cashflow I already enjoy.I always get HELOCs on my income properties as well after purchasing them to pull out as much of my downpayment as possible.

I don’t care to hide my fee as I will be very transparent. 

Hello everyone,My recent post regarding this topic was very vague so I'm reposting it.I own 2 single-family lots in the suburbs of Houston, Tx.

Zoned SFH and very common setup I am seeing these days.