Sometimes you can even use a failed 1031 to your benefit by deferring the capital gains to the next year.Lower Capital Gains Brackets - If you have flexibility with your income such that you can minimize other income in the year of sale, you may be able to take advantage of 0% taxation in the Standard Deduction, 12% Ordinary Income Rates (which is pretty low), and 0% long term capital gains rates.

Interest rates will most likely sore even higher in the upcoming year, originally they were supposed to go up by .5% max quarter to quarter but it looks like they've already superseded that margin. 

but sometimes paying tax at cap gains is OK if your going to buy a buisness that far out perfroms rental income and thats not all that hard to do frankly. 

I like setting "Quarterly biz goals" they're simple, time boxed and specific.

Rates have risen substantially in the last two quarters, but are still very low by historical standards.

Evan, a good property management company would, at minimum, provide profitability reports of your properties quarterly.

Like @Aaron B. mentioned we have a lot of worked planned to clean up our real estate listings this quarter so you should start see improvements in the coming weeks.

The best investment you can make is hiring a real estate specialized CPA to file your taxes and provide quarterly or bi-annual strategy sessions. 

The spread between treasuries and the CVS might also widen or stay the same.In any case, I'd take the CVS due to leverage, potential appreciation as well as different taxation rates.

Even if you see other Vacation rentals in the area make sure to add it on your next purchase because these HOAs have monthly or quarterly meetings and things can change.