I think there is a balance and/or threshold on what requests are granted and what are not granted.

@Tim LaRiviere If you are 100% certain that you want to be passive, then I'd suggest you try to balance that with the type of returns you'd consider decent. 

Balancing all areas of life is a skill in it's self and will never feel balance for very long.

Dallas Rental Market BalancedDALLAS (Dallas Business Journal) – An Apartment List report shows the city's rental market has relatively balanced supply and demand.

Our attitude wasn't "PAY OR ELSE" it was "HOW CAN WE HELP YOU TO AVOID HIGH RENT BALANCES WHEN THIS IS OVER".  

Can’t hurt to ask.I believe that for a recast you are paying down a big chunk of the balance and the lender is adjusting the new monthly payment to be reamortized over the remaining length of the mortgage.

Most of them have a solid balance of stocks and real estate - and these are people who have actually retired!

Get a credit card and carry a small balance and pay on it regularly.

HELOCs are much easier to set up than standard loans, although both are technically bank loans, and can actually improve your credit score if they have a zero balance.

Since you're using your profit, and you should be able to regenerate this from your seed money again, I say pay off the lowest balance of all the debt listed.Why the lowest?