All your feelings are real, but if you sell now, you risk abandoning what could be a beautiful legacy for your and your children's future.I'm guessing you don't like the idea of a property manager because PMs restrict cash flow, but given your stress, now is the time to find that property manager, use them well, and find areas in your current budget to cut spending slightly so you can buy another rental.

Beautifully said. 

Track blood and hair into the home.

Now remember, no one gives a poop that you have amazing hair, are 3x world champion squirrel hunter and that your pet iguana is called Nigel. 

My employment changed late in 2020, and I had the opportunity to move to a no-rent share for a limited time - so I rented this beautiful unit out.

If you don't feel cracks in your subfloor (assuming you have a slab foundation) or rolls and breaks in your stemwall (assuming pier-and-beam foundation) then it is unlikely to be a hair-on-fire issue. 

(i just called it having a roommate) and back then I was commuting to midtown, it has worked out beautifully, despite the sharp economic downturn shortly after I purchased.

I've seen 18-month, 24-month, 72-month, and 15-year balloons and the variation seems to come down to what the seller wants/needs out of the deal.If they are a "hair on fire" type of person then they'll likely need the money sooner, though, so put on your empathy goggles and peer into their motives :) 

My in laws live in Clermont, FL which is beautiful as it’s hilly (most FL is flat as a pancake).

I have a beautiful screened in porch in Michigan.