Everything seemed to be working out fine until today when I found out that that court deemed the mother to not have the mental capacity (a few weeks ago) to give power of attorney to her son.

I would have the current owner sign a listing agreement with an agent before anything is started on the property, this hopefully gives the current owner the mentality that everything is moving forward with a sale.

I'll be on call 24/7, always there for you, no beating around the bush - it's time for business mentality.

Now if the seller has mental issues and he does not know what he is doing and you got the deal at a steep discount, then that is unethical.

I can share some of the great books I've read:   The Instant Millionaire, Success through Positive Mental Attitude, Think and Grow Rich, Rich Dad Poor Dad.  

Oh and the tenant will try to sue you for some BS that gets later thrown out of small claims court but still wastes your time and mental energy*.

All a mental game. 

Ricardo Olea in my opinion Quickbooks has very versatile functionality and is very user friendly.

Being new gather all the information you can and start creating a mental filing cabinet.My moto is....Be So Curious That People Thing You are A Thief.Franklin

You have to get over the initial mental hurdles on your own.