alot more efficient if you do heat only the rooms you need. 

Both are in the same price range within my budget, same county, and both less than 3 miles from my workplace.

Perhaps I could pay to have a system installed of some kind to be more efficient?

There are plenty of states where it is easy to find cash-flowing properties in landlord-friendly, tax-efficient areas.But, if you want to keep the property, a HELOC is best considered as short-term debt.  

Would anyone be willing share their systems to make ordering material more efficient?

-Costco, retailers and distributors aren’t taking advantage of distressed sellers....they serve a function in logistics, distributing and getting products from manufacturers to where consumers can buy them and they have to do it in an efficient and cost effective to remain competitive-over 90% of wholesalers will never make a living doing it, so there is no jealousy/envy factor 

Heath and Mary,Thank you for the prompt replies.We have been self managing our portfolio the old school way and are looking to gain some efficiencies and think this will help.Thank you 

We get evictions done pretty cheaply due to our volume, and can't imagine a DIY could actually get it done more efficiently.

Things like "Where do I go to run background and credit checks in the most efficient manner..." and "Should I really use Cozy.co/Apartments to support my property...." has been running through my head.

Seems to be the most efficient way to pay off debt