When I get a little closer to retirement, or when NOI including mortgage payment is really healthy, then I'll get a PM :)  

Leaving the air circulating with fans or, better yet, leaving the Air Conditioning on will help to keep pets cool and healthy.

Even though we are healthy now, cannot assume same at mid-60s, we need to take retirement or partial retirement to focus on our health and life.If we sell current home, we can take 500k tax free capital gain and reduce rental mortgages (I can pay off one full mortgage and balance pay off 25% another rental).If I rent out my current home, it is 30 year fixed at 3.5%, tenants rent will pay all expenses and we will have the home free after 30 years (it will be gone to our heirs as we do not know whether we will live 30 years).What will you do if you were in our situation? 

Chances are you may be able to replace tenants with on loss of income if the rental market is healthy. 

By my calculations the investors are standing to make a healthy ROI if they sold haha.

Yours is the type of situation that people like me take advantage of, buy cheap, revamp without any emotional concerns and reap a healthy profit. 

Keep malice out of your next moves with your parents and try to re-establish a healthy relationship with them.

I have to say, i'm a fan of healthy debates but I really dont see much that I can argue with.

There is a college campus nearby with a healthy student population but the more I think about it the more my insurance rates climb.Im glad I found this real estate forum.

There is still value to reading and listing here, just do so with a healthy skepticism and rather than try to copy what they do try to understand the reasoning and governing dynamics behind it so that you can apply a similar thought process and come up with your own way that is custom built for you and your market.