@Jason Wray Thank you very much for this response ..I’ve never sold one of my rentals before feels like I’m cutting off a leg and paying close to 100k for cap gains is really starting to eat at me 😵‍💫Any chance you would be so kind as to send me a link to something in the ballpark of what you’re suggesting this way I can get an idea of area and what this type of property could look like!

But from a moral & ethical perspective, you may want to decide at some point to just eat it and accept write it off as cost of doing business.

These properties will now eat you alive.

If you are asking this, quit.

(Have your Cake and eat it too!)

A friend of mine, Ryan, who invests heavily in Baltimore, realized his interest costs were eating into his cash flow.

We did quite well in the Timber game in the 90s Owned many thousands of acres of Timberland during that time its a great industry one of the favorite things I ever did beat the heck out of rental houses LOL

I understand they can make our life a lot easier but is it worth it if it eats up a lot of our cash flow? 

He alsotestified that the kitchen was not used for eating or cooking, but he introducedphotographs showing pots and pans on the stove..." 

If they move soon, one month vacancy would eat away any savings of a hard "no" and it's wintertime (here) where vacancy is harder to fill...I'd at least discuss with the tenant and have someone do a bid to find out what it even costs for this home.