It jumps out as rather obvious to me.

Obviously you want to lower expenses while maximizing revenue. 

Open to suggestion, obviously. 

This would obviously reduce my cash flow on both properties, as I would be paying the minimum HELOC payment plus extra towards the principal to pay it off quickly.

Just a follow up question, were you utilizing debt to invest, I have always been taught since a young age to try and not utilize debt (I come from a family of stock market investors, traditional business owners) where debt is not utilized as frequently which I obviously understand debt can be a very powerful tool and utilized in a great way its just something I want to avoid with my investments to an extent any suggestions for investing without debt or as little as possible. 

Our biggest problem is getting her out so we can do a proper rehab 60 days of dead dime waiting for her to vacate is not Ideal obviously. 

Not much to add other than the obvious bit not yet stated.

Brokers acting as paper pushers and contract writers will obviously charge alot less than a broker taking on all responsibilities including marketing. 

Not saying there isn't money in new properties, there obviously is, but I love tearing into an old place and upgrading it.

Obviously, you want areas with short DOM.3.