I would get a HELOC with your primary (at least $20k) and sweep away the mortgage on both properties. 

Also I could say the same thing about you being in CA, except I’m not into making sweeping generalizations that dump entire populations into one bucket. 

Different business folks in a town would feel different about Amz moving into town in a specific community: 1>the real estate investor folks definitely would be excited 2>the renter not so excited 3> Hipster restaurant-er with money to spend would be excited to sell over priced food "experience" 4>Local Subway store would not be excited due to being priced out/sneered at 5>Hipster pour over coffee  and fancy latte "experience" owner would be excited 6>Local $15 mens Barber would not be excited 7> $50 Mens "Hairstylist" place will be excited 8> Some people who have been in that area for years and dont like things to change much will not be excited 9>Politician trying to do favors for Az will be excited ......As you can see there will be many people on both sides ,  it is impossible to make a sweeping statement for a whole community that everyone would be happy with things to come, in fact for many people its a fight for their life and their means on income.

If you're extra concerned, you can always "sweep" the money to a new account after the first of the month. 

Sweeping floors, cleaning, anything that will help you. 

In this case, I think you're looking at the loser properties (because all the winners were sold quickly and often for list or more) and trying to draw sweeping conclusions about the state of a very complicated market.

This has worked really well also. 6 months after I implemented these policies, the "worst" tenant in the building was taking pride in the exterior of the building; picking up trash, hanging up halloween decorations, sweeping etc.

Dallas is a very large metropolitan area with 12-countis making up the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, and having a population of 6,810,913 (as of July 1, 2013).So, for anyone to make a broad statement about "its" vacancy -- high or low -- is far too general and sweeping to be useful in any way. 

More on this later.c) Make sure I have clipboards and pens.d) Make sure I have a blank sample of a lease (its required in my area to have this available to applicants before they fill out an application).e) Business cardsBefore the Showinga) If it's my first showing, I'll arrive a while before hand to set up the showing items.Visual - shower curtain liner, towels and hand soap in the bathroom, vases of fake flowers around the place in pleasant colors.Auditory - I use Pandora radio to play classical music at a soft volume.Olfactory - I place Air Wick air fresheners in apple cinnamon scent in one or two places in the unit.If it's not my first showing, I will have left these items there so I don't need to do this step more than once.b) Sweep, vacuum, or mop. 

Or after a 6 month sweep?