By building a canopy, raising the rent on unit 2 may make the pill easier to swallow and get them to lease up through the Spring.

@James Swan There is no secret pill, its all about being consistent and persistence and following up after you submit offers.

My wife is a Physical Therapy Dr. as well as a health/wellness coach and she takes an approach to give the body the proper tools to self heal and people here are more interested in treating symptoms with pills. 

This is the poison pill of 1031 investing.  

Or is it better to take a 'suck it up pill" and move on.

Is balanced such that your overall cash flow from the other, free-and-clear portfolio covers your negative cash flow on the highly mortgaged portfolioThere are other things that come up in these threads like poison pills and other fancy stuff.

I simply turned my heloc into my new checking account and it's been working out fine over the past year with this method.I do not promote purchasing any products but in just gathering more information for yourself on the topic of turning your heloc into your checking account and paying back the funds extremely quickly, check out YouTube "the pill method" or "replace your mortgage".Happy Investing...

Take the red pill!

There is no one magic pill (otherwise everyone would be doing it). 

You are exchanging a high rate for a buyers market, swallow the pill and take advantage on this market.