It may be more beneficial to ride out the HELOC if possible, making the payments on the HELOC with the current rent payments.

You know the guy who has an expensive mountain bike and never rides it, or the lady with the expensive guitar that doesn't get played?

While we were underway with the loan process, the house was hit by hail and the house no longer qualified because it was now damaged.  

I don't see how this is a good solution for you.these tenants have had an easy ride for a long time and should be grateful for that.

But they have expressed that the idea of selling it and "riding off into the sunset" would be a pure bliss scenario for them.

I was riding with a lyft driver this morning and the driver happens to be a retail REA.

One of the best analogies for a real estate syndication is to think of it as an airplane ride.

So, she comes along for the ride. 

@Monte Riding Pittsburgh and surrounding areas is one of the places that interests me for investing - I’m also looking at parts of Florida, South Carolina and Georgia.

Based on how you think the overall economic situation will change going forward, you may choose to ride it out (expecting insurance will drop, rents will rise), or consider harvesting equity and redeploying it in a property with a better ROI & ROE (return on Investment / Return on Equity).Here in Louisiana, post-Hurricane Ida, rents skyrocketed due to the massive increase in demand.