Higher vandalism, unsophisticated tenants who don’t have financial management skills, lots of baby sitting just to get rent paid, more evictions, more money spent on turns, less appreciation.

When my resources ran out for this, I established a solo401K via Dmitryi's Sense Financial  and poured my IRAs into it.

Would selling it make more financial sense for this market?

What I am saying is that you have probably been misled about the amount of time, effort, and risk involved, both financial and legal.

Financially, that alone will make it make sense. 

I currently work for Enterprise and believe that real estate can help me attain the financial freedom that I long for.

I've become obsessed with the idea of using real estate to achieve financial freedom and to fuel my adventure travel lifestyle. 

30 Days Due Dalliance with option to increase to another 30 days.Due Diligence to start AFTER you receive all the financial information, copy of leases etc.

While I'm quite young and not worried about "early retirement", financial independence is definitely the end goal and the freedom it provides. 

Would getting a HELOC be a good financial starting point?