Even if I paid quadruple on what I owe monthly, it would still take years to pay off while the other could conceivably get knocked off by 2017 with a lot of determination.  

Maybe that's a new item for driving for dollars, the property with lots of cats gets a door knock or a direct mail piece. 

@Christian ChavezHave you mailed them a letter or knocked on their door? 

The best way to learn are books, networking, and ACTION (knocking on doors, making cold calls etc)

I copy/pasted his email, I think he was an ivy league undergrad and school of hard knocks post grad.Obviously I am stupid; at the beginning we discussed commission numerous times so I thought he had integrity, whoops!

I was able to commit a lot of my time and knock it out fairly quick.

After seeing that and realizing that we have not called him once for an issue (knock on wood), I just couldn't let go of the fact that he just stops by and grabs a total of about $2250 every month off of the couple units he has and then its radio silence until the first of the next month.Given the total "Newb" state I am in, I did my research and stumbled across a ton of info online. 

Not knocking any of the turn-key guys, most run a good business, but we have picked up quite a few cheap properties from newbie investors who got swindled at Las Vegas sales events, and paid 4x-5x market rate for "turn key rentals with expert management" back in 2009 and 2010.  

Decided you know what I am going to go knock on some of these doors and get directly to the source.

Still trying to get over my fear of door knocking, which I think will happen in an hour😂.