We are disciplined and feel we could use that cash better than letting the buffer sit and doing nothing.

What would someone ask for when sitting down with a lender in my circumstance?

I am using the cash flow from the two I am holding to pay off the land they sit on.

The master has the futon in a sitting area just in case if someone needs a space.

You can either try to Quiet Title or a similar process if your local law allows.

 $950 a month per unit sounds good, but not if it sits for 5 months vacant because it should really be $850 a month. 

Trucks that have the call to action on the back generate more calls as well because people sit there looking at the "sign" (back of the truck) in traffic.I've gotten more people to ask me about my business (e.g., standing in line at a store) when I wear a SHIRT or JACKET with the business name on it.  

I would much rather have tenant A stay and get rid of B, but B's lease doesn't end until June and they haven't done anything to warrant getting them out early since we had a chat with them about the importance of being civil to their neighbors and abiding by the quiet policy (11pm to 8 am) in the lease.  

I also sit down with the tenants while signing the lease and have them initial, in blue ink, the "hot buttons", i.e.: no pets, maintining property appearance, etc.

But it has been sitting for 200+ days now.