Find someone who:A) Is Experienced AND Active In Your NiceB) Has a System You Can ReplicateC) Is Available for Questions and Will Help You Overcome any Fears/UncertaintiesD) Has Access to a Network You Can Leverage in your Business To attract a mentor that has these traits, you must become valuable to them.

The moment I personally changed my thought process from fearing debt to using it as a means of acquiring performing assets, my entire business reaped the benefits.  

Christy, Christy, Christy...I fear the worst with this tenant.

His fear is that anyone I would be dealing with would be such lowly people that they would do too much damage for me to make a profit, or won't pay rent, or that I won't be able to actually keep it rented and will end up in foreclosure.

So yeah, the pendulum has swung from fear back to greed.

I understand his fear of me walking after he has the inspection done and he is left with all these bills but I also do not want to get screwed on my first deal.

I understand all your fears and it is a hurdle/risk we have to overcome in order to ger skin in the game.

But know that things will go wrong and don't let the fear of that stop you from getting started or pressing forward.Seek and nurture relationships not transactions

They are afraid of sharing negative information for fear they could be sued if their reference results in you not renting to them.

An astute seller might not want to carry a note for a long period of time in fear of an emergency that might come up.