Besides being potentially inhumane, someone has to either remove and "store" them daily or feed/water and remove feces/urine daily.Anchoring: some investors are using hardened steel bands and mounting them to the concrete basement floors. 

You are feeding the beast of the property with just principal pay down to show for it.Not only would you pay capital gains if you sold but also have depreciation recapture you have taken over the years as a rental property.You have a lot of trapped principal pay down equity sprinkled in with a little bit of appreciation that is doing nothing for you.It seems you might come out much better selling and doing a 1031 into one or more properties.Without knowing more about your current liquidity and total net worth as a couple along with annual income from a job or business it would be hard for me to comment further.

Not typically when starting out or have a lot of mouths to feed etc. and  in a already a "frothy" market and rising values for last 7 years.3.

I use weed and feed from my local Home Depot, for the grass. 

My needing to get the project accomplished so as to feed my family and have a home against his desire to not be pushed for more money or time until he wanted to. 

Will this investment feed you or will it EAT you?

I am such a klutz with any kind of home project, my wife would stop feeding me if I decided to do rehabs...

I appreciate the feed back bias or not.

I personally suggest that you stay in your job and begin investing when you have the cashflow from your job because $60,000 can go very quickly when looking for deals, investing in them, and at the same time feeding yourself. 

Bought sixteen last year for myself, six for a solo rehabber who I feed deals, in return for inexpensive money.