If it’s self-managed it’s pretty easy to massage numbers.

You can get acrylic panels (about the size of a sheet of plywood and 1/4 - 3/8" thick) which have a high heat resistance - they were frequently used in engine rooms and galleys of boats and in fish plants when I was a kid.  

Buy and Hold- You could dubb this the Buy-Massage/Refresh- Re-Sell Approach!

Assuage (and at times massage) your wife of REI.

Five sets of loan docs to sign, I strongly suggest you bring coffee to the closing table, and some sort of hand massaging device as well!

Our best workers become part of our "team" and we let them know we value them by speaking highly of them, complementing their work, and treating them to lunch, or tickets to a show, or even paying for a professional massage or trip to the dentist from time to time.

I'm VERY comfortable with numbers, they're easy to work and massage.

After a little massaging, the city has given the current owner a permit to improve one of the apartments, but not the other.  

4 of 7 rooms are already rented consisting of hair salons and a massage therapist.

But despite those numbers, it sounds like you're just trying to force this one to work by massaging it a bit - which is usually an indication that you should move on.