And of course I am in the vast minority of this thinking but I like paid for real estate most of the wealthiest clients I work with have a lot of paid off real estate.. if not no debt at all..

That obviously doesn't include debt pay down, etc.

I like the idea of being debt free.

This is a different structure, I realize, it is a debt investment and not an equity investment, but for some potential partners, that might be a preferable arrangement. 

View what types of debt and how much.

And any amount you purchase over the amount of your sale adds depreciable basis to your property and does create more depreciation allowance.Your situation isn't hopeless but it's probably going to have to be multi faceted and one where you have to compromise a little.Unless you simply do a cash out refinance and let the property support the new debt. 

Since i bought it last year, the market has gone up about 13% which put my property below 80% LTV. i just pulled a HELOC out of it in hopes of using it to pay off my debt to increase my FICO.

I will be doing exterior paint and pay down debt.

I try to keep so fixed and some variable rates, vary my maturities to only have a certain percentage mature each year and make sure to keep my overall debt levels to a certain percentage of my overall portfolio value.

That's a compelling argument for legislatures and courts that landlord's failure to fix AC swiftly is unreasonable.Moral of the story: Don't be a dick.Keep in mind that the tenant is in possession of your property.