Ok, you want to lighten up and try to crack a joke.

This might lighten the weight of the tree toward your property;  so this might help or not. 

Lighten up Francis! 

If you're uncomfortable letting them all go, lighten the load and let one or two of them go instead.

Cut in the easement road, cleared overgrown timber to lighten up the previously dark property.

Cut in the easement road, cleared overgrown timber to lighten up the previously dark property.

I see how this cannot lighten the burden of interest if you are continually borrowing from the LOC, but can't the equity be making more $$ in other ventures while a conventional is still heavy with interest and no access to the equity. 

Typically, a property management company that offers full-service can lighten that load – tremendously.

We had jobs there and we took summer classes to lighten the load of the regular semester.

Couple that with an interest-only note to lighten the immediate-term financial burden of the investment, we are really looking at an interesting long-term phenomenon.Now if we are to layer in a light "face-lift" into the equation, we could walk into 10-20%+ equity out of the gate.