After I made a few small fixes, optimized the listing and started managing myself, I have about 90% occupancy (even in January/February, the lowest season) and on track for roughly 45k a year.

With sites like Airbnb, VRBO, Homeaway and the like, it's never been easier to keep these units occupied and make great returns if you or the right property management company can manage it optimally. 

When people go to your listing and don’t book, that’s a signal your listing isn’t optimized.

The level of financial sophistication it take to optimize both leverage and cash is a bridge to far for most on this site, so while I agree with your position that cash is better than debt, I think you are in the minority of investors who frequent this site when it comes to having that capital structure. 

It will ensure almost optimized use of the washer/dryer.Good luck

Id love to get a few more properties under my belt before the next recession so that I have my processes optimized and ready to roll when the deals come available.

The one thing they have going for you is that if you sign up they give you a website and you pick the template according to your niche and it's up in 5 minutes (keyword optimized), they are giving you a the template system for their bulk mailers that have had proven success (you just pick from a list of who you want to mail to in your area) a few clicks and it's done. 

Is it eligible for tax optimization strategies like 1031, Sec 121 exclusion (you referred to as $250k tax-free profit)More details are needed to determine the tax impact of the sale. - Did you ever rent this property that you're selling?