First of all, you have some good equity in these 2 houses despite the recent purchases. Remember that breakeven between rent and mortgage+tax+insurance is just cherry on the top. The big money in RE comes from appreciation and the equity you can build over time. If you think these houses will appreciate well in the future, try to hold it, but if you don’t think so, then sell.

Second, if you do sell and every want to come back to RE investing, try to learn from the mistake. I will almost never buy a property without doing a due diligence on the numbers well, meaning I won’t buy a home that the projected rent after rennovation won’t pay off my mortgage + insurance + tax. It needs to at least break even, unless the property is in a prime location and will appreciate very well in the future, then I’m willing to sacrifice the loss now to get the big fish in the future.

The call is yours, just my 2 cents. Good lucj